E8400, looking for advice on mobo,ram, gfx

bubonicus · 29-05-2008 10:47am #1

Hi,

I am going to get the E8400.

I am looking at getting an SLI mobo and ddr3 ram(4gb). to run on a 24' monitor(1920x1200).

Could anybody spec a mobo,ram and gfx card(s) , good bang for buck. Also I won't be using hardversand.de. just dabs or komplett, maybe memoryc for ram(discount from work).

Cheers guys.

blackgold>> · 29-05-2008 11:06am

Have a look through the builds already posted to get some ideas maybe?:)

bubonicus · 29-05-2008 11:29am

ok thanks, had only a quick look

blackgold>> · 29-05-2008 11:36am

Just curious why you chose to get ddr3 ram?
There's new graph9ics cards out in a few weeks just so you know.

bubonicus · 29-05-2008 11:49am

blackgold>> wrote: »

Just curious why you chose to get ddr3 ram?
There's new graph9ics cards out in a few weeks just so you know.

not sure why ddr3 ram, because it's new. match the bus speed.

Oh new gfx cards... goes googling.

blackgold>> · 29-05-2008 12:07pm

dd3 in your case is only good if your doing some serious overclocking.
Anyway if you get nice ddr2 ram you can overclock to ddr3 (speed)mhz anyway.
Try get some 1066 or 800mhz ram.

bubonicus · 31-05-2008 6:48am

Ok skipping SLI and ddr3, I was looking at this mobo:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=345781

and this ram:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=335234

I'll wait till after the 17th of June for the new nvidia cards.

E8400, looking for advice on mobo,ram, gfx

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