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New Motherboard

  • 01-06-2012 2:27pm
    #1
    NiallFH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭


    I currently have a really horrible motherboard that I cant OC my CPU on or install more than 4GB RAM onto so I want to upgrade it, atm my set up is:

    Nvidia GTS 450 (This will be upgraded after the mobo)
    AMD Phenom x4 955 BE
    Corsair 500W Builder Series PSU
    4 GB RAM (1333)
    500 GB HDD

    I cant remember 100% what mobo it is I have, its an Asus board worth 50 euro ish.

    Cheers for any input


Comments

  • #2
    NiallFH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭NiallFH


    Suppose I should have added I intend to use it mostly for gaming/some video editing

    Budget of around 70-100 euro if its possible if not I will up it


  • #3
    Eboggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭Eboggles


    I'm using this board at the moment in my brother's build. I've only had it a day but it feels reliable, has SATA3, USB 3.0 and the chance to unlock 960t's on it are ridiculously good. It's also a good overclocker.

    If you want crossfire in the future, you could go with this one. They run in PCIe 2.0 x8 so higher end cards (7970, gtx 680) may suffer a tiny bit.


  • #4
    NiallFH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭NiallFH


    Cheers for the reply man, will need to give it a bit of througt, I do plan a graphics card update shortly after the motherboard but not sure if I would go down the lines of crossfire (dunno how good it would be using two gts 450)


  • #5
    Monotype
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    I hadn't seen a recent article on the topic of bandwidth so I searched around and found a good one by techpowerup. I'll post it in the hardware discussion thread too.
    http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/1.html

    At x8 (PCI-E 2) bandwidth, there's actually still very little difference for a 680 and 7950. With the x4, there's some noticeable loss though.


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