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AMD Phenom II X4 955 + Gtx 260 core 216 SSC

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Name: TheSystemLord
Date: June 13, 2009 at 13:43:25 Pacific
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate
Subcategory: General
Comment:

Hello
If I buy the AMD Phenom II X4 955 and the GTX 260 core 216 SSC (2x) .
What is the best motherboard for those 2 ?

Thanx



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Name: jam
Date: June 13, 2009 at 14:20:07 Pacific
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There are dozens of motherboards that will work. How much are you willing to spend? Do you wanna use DDR2 or DDR3 memory? Do you have a decent power supply?


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Response Number 2
Name: TheSystemLord
Date: June 13, 2009 at 14:44:11 Pacific
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It does not matter how much it costs , I just want a very good motherboard and I would like to use DDR3 .
I have a Coolermaster UCP 700W. I would also like SLI support.


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Response Number 3
Name: jam
Date: June 13, 2009 at 18:47:36 Pacific
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If money is no object, why aren't you buying one decent video card instead of wasting your money on two?

Good luck finding an AMD board that supports AM3 CPUs, DDR3 RAM & SLi. If you insist on two video cards, you're most likely going to have to switch to ATI Radeons & run them in Crossfire.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...

If that's not to your liking & you insist on nVidia & SLi, you're gonna have to go with an Intel setup.


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Response Number 4
Name: TheSystemLord
Date: June 13, 2009 at 23:27:15 Pacific
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The 2 cards (Gtx 260 core 216) that I have are from my previous computer so I want to use them and i'm gonna buy the gtx 285 later this year.

Is it possible that I use the Asus M4A79T Deluxe but than I don't have the sli support .

What is the big difference between a motherboard with sli support and one without sli support ?


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Response Number 5
Name: jackbomb
Date: June 13, 2009 at 23:58:24 Pacific
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"The 2 cards (Gtx 260 core 216) that I have are from my previous computer so I want to use them and i'm gonna buy the gtx 285 later this year."

Why would you go from two GTX-260s to a single GTX 285?
That would be quite a downgrade.

To wait for the DirectX 11 cards would be much wiser. They should arrive at around the same time as Windows 7...October, I believe.

"Is it possible that I use the Asus M4A79T Deluxe but than I don't have the sli support ."

Nope. You'll have to limit yourself to a single nVidia card or switch to Intel as jam mentioned.

"What is the big difference between a motherboard with sli support and one without sli support ?"

SLI-capable boards are usually built around nVidia chipsets (nForce). However, all that's required to run SLI on the Intel x58 chipset is nVidia's blessing...lol.

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