I always advocate Intel retail desktop boards because of their unsurpassed
stability and reliability, along with memory models that Intel certify
themselves and publish as compatible for the particular desktop board.
But alas, their sole P35 board released so far does not have DDR3 support
(wtf? unforgivably LAME!) Last brand I used before I went strictly Intel was
Asus, but they are not so hot these days are they?
The best nvidia manufacturer will be the one that offers the lifetime
warranty. I forget who, it's one of the brands you can buy retail at best
buy/compusa/fry's.
Forget Antec. Get a Seasonic S12, S12 plus, or S12 II. I can never praise
this brand enough. Very quiet yate-loon 120mm fans and has 80+ certification
for efficiency - which means you dont need as much wattage as you normally
would from a less efficient PS. A 500w is more than enough.
From: Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, The Hardware List
<[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re[2]: [H] Looking for advice on new system.
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:00:59 -0500
Hello Hayes,
Monday, July 16, 2007, 3:20:58 PM, you wrote:
> P35 is the only way to go. It has ICH9 which is the fastest southbridge
to
> date. In addition to DDR3 support, it's memory controller has been
tweaked
> to surpass the performance of older chipsets even when using DDR2.
> SLI is still immeasurably stupid. 8800 GTX's and Ultras are cheaper now
and
> the prices keep falling.
Yeah I'd rather run one video card. Esp, where one card can ruin two
in SLI.
So looks like so far we have:
P35 Express chipset board
E6850 (3.0GHz) dual-core
DDR3 Memory
8800 GTX or Ultra nVidia card
Anyone make a call on what brand I would pursue for P35 chipset?
I would probably take crucial memory since I am setup as a reseller.
Who makes decent nVidia cards nowadays? I am using a MSI @ the
moment.
Antec PSU? Wattage?
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Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
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