Which motherboard should i go with....Quick

[Gawain of Orkeny]

I'm not a huge fan of SLI; I'd rather save up and get one really great videocard that hitch together two that are either (a) outdated, or (b) underpowered, or (c) insanely expensive.

Same here. Wouldnt a 8800GTX or even 8800GTS640 out perform two 8800GTS320s ?

The More I look at it the better the P5B deluxe looks. It seems most of the sites agree and in fact the P5N32-SLI Premium scores lower on most tests. Also I need to have wireless connection and Im not sure if the P5N32-SLI Premium comes with it. The P5B deluxe does.

[BlackAxe3001]

If your only choices are those two boards get the P5B. Also, might as well get the GTX and add another one later. One GTX is better than two GTS320's. Less power consumption too. If I was going to spend that much money on a graphics card I would definately get the GTX.

Another couple questions for you: Do you absolutely have to upgrade now? What is your current rig? It would definately be worth the wait for the E6x50 chips and the R600. Supposedly its only 2 months at the most... but who says they wont delay again... There is always something new coming around the corner but IMO this is the worst time to upgrade/build a new computer. Also, why not just build your own instead of paying someone else to do it? It's pretty easy and quite enjoyable. My

[Gawain of Orkeny]

If your only choices are those two boards get the P5B. Also, might as well get the GTX and add another one later. One GTX is better than two GTS320's. Less power consumption too. If I was going to spend that much money on a graphics card I would definately get the GTX.

I can go with any board in the 250 dollar range.


Psst a 8800GTS320 is only $269 a GTX is around $500. You could get two GTS320s for the same price as 1 GTX. Since I dont thave the money for the GTX the 320 is my best bet. Its almost as good and a lot cheaper. They say its about 95% as good.

Another couple questions for you: Do you absolutely have to upgrade now? What is your current rig? It would definately be worth the wait for the E6x50 chips and the R600

Upgrade? Im having another, yes another brand new pc built from scratch. Someone just stole my 2 month old E6400 with a 7950GT512., 2 gig of ram etc. So yeah I gotta "upgrade" NOW.

[BlackAxe3001]

Upgrade? Im having another, yes another brand new pc built from scratch. Someone just stole my 2 month old E6400 with a 7950GT512., 2 gig of ram etc. So yeah I gotta "upgrade" NOW.

Oh man! That's a bad deal right there. Well, buy the best that you can afford. Obviously if we all had printing presses in our basements... um... well yeah... IF we did then we could all have the quad core processors with dual 8800GTX with phase change cooling and the works. But alas, since such is not the case we must get the best that we can afford.

All joking aside, the GTS320 is probably the best route for you for your price range. Then, when you get some more cash on hand you can either get another one or maybe an R600(if its better). Lot's of options, but get the best that you can afford.

[Xiahou]

Even off of a AMD64/2 4400+ my 8800GTS 320 can handle everything I can throw at it. I maxxed everything in Oblivion and even added mods to improve face textures, weather effects, water, ect and it has still run a solid 40+fps outdoors. I can't think of any reason to go for the more expensive 8800s when the performance gap is so small.

On topic, I can't really help with the boards since I went with AMD- but I too went with ASUS My last few boards have all been ASUS and I've had good experiences with them until this last one... the first was DOA, apparently with a faulty SATA controller, but the replacement works fine. I've also hear alot of good buzz about Gigabyte- I may be tempted to go with them whenever the next time rolls around.