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Pentium D 805 Motherboard??
Name: Pinion99 Date: April 29, 2006 at 12:24:25 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 3400@2.6 / 1gig Product: Custom
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I was wondering what a good motherboard to match this cpu would be. I was previously looking at 955x based boards but am now considering the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI nforce4 board. Would this be a good enough overclocker? The fsb is only going to be pushed 200mhz max so do i really need to spend £100+ on a board? Thanks in advance
Name: Pinion99 Date: April 29, 2006 at 13:33:53 Pacific
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This was the 955x board i was considering before but the lack of sli/crossfire support and price put me off a bit. Would i really gain that much choosing the asus over the Gigabyte? I am trying to build a budget pc and don't want to 'break the bank' unneccesarily.
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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth Date: April 29, 2006 at 15:19:09 Pacific
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The ASUS may be the better overclocker, but considering the SLI features and your budget, the GA-8N-SLI nforce4 from Gigabyte is not a bad idea.
You can go for it but the Northbridge reportedly can get a little hot and also don't use the CIA2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator) feature bundled with the board.
Another inexpensive option to look at is at the URL below.
Name: jam Date: April 29, 2006 at 15:25:44 Pacific
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If you're on such a budget, why are you even considering a Crossfire or SLi board?
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Response Number 5
Name: Pinion99 Date: April 30, 2006 at 02:56:03 Pacific
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Well i'm on a tight budget at the moment and i want to build asap. So later down the line when i have money i could spend probably half the amount that i would on a better card and buy a second to go with the other. Would my overclocking be effected much by the cheaper board? Considering the fsb does not need to be raised very high with the cpu i plan to purchase i wouldn't have thought i would see much difference. Thanks in advance.
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