Got a heads up on what's good in X38 boards that are
DDR2? Frackers are damn
expensive at over $250, never mind the $300+ ones, so
I want to choose right.
Was going to try & track down the disco'd GA-680i-DQ6
until I read the bad press
on 680i's SATA problems from last year combined with
trouble now on newer CPU's.
Of course loosing SLI option in the process, but no
likely to use it anyway.
Intend on getting a Q6550 CPU since it's good for what
I can afford.
Chris Reeves wrote:
> Ok, we're in the middle of like the Christmas push
here so all the QX9650s
> are going out the door. Just some thoughts:
>
> . People on Nvidia 680i boards: you're totally
f*(&*. It doesn't work.
> Hell, it barely posts. But, like the Q6600, it just
sticks at multiplier 6
> when it does post.. and that's not often.
Humorously, the Intel
> 965/Q33/P35/X38 all get it. (The Intel 975 does
not..). So, if you
> invested heavy in a 680i board and SLI.. you're
hosed until the 780i, which
> isn't until the 17th.
> . The performance is SICK. Forget the fact that
it's the same speed as the
> QX6850.. the thing runs damn near cold. Using an
Artic Pro 7 fan, the
> processor easily sticks under 30C.. that's pretty
incredible.
> * Team it up with an X38 P5E3-WiFi, and you get
5.9's down the board in
> Vista.. not bad.
> * DDR3 is still incredibly expensive compared to
DDR2, and you really don't
> want DDR3-1066, you want DDR3-1333.
> * Sticking with your 680i? Wolfdale 2 core out in
January.
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