Unless you have the need to do SLI I'd still recommend the Asus Rampage mobo. There
are plenty of DDR2/X48 choices but I'm really partial to this board.
CPU wise I am not up to speed on what's trendy. Q6600 has served me well so far, I'm
sure the Q9xxx series is what the Q6xxx was last year. Heat wise I'd not worry enough
to spend more on the CPU, put it into a good HSF/fan
If you need a case I'd recommend the Armor+ VA6000BWS case configured with fan trays
on the case bottom rather than 2x more HDD mounts. Newegg had a special on them
bringing the price down on par with the regular Armor's price.
FORC5 wrote:
no reason other then 65 watt consumption cought my eye. trying to not generate
too much heat like my current 125 watt cpu
thanks
will look, still looking. yes my memory is 1066 rated I think
fp
At 10:47 AM 5/22/2009, James Boswell Poked the stick with:
Why a Q9550S in though? they're a lot pricer than the Q9550, do you
have an extremely tight thermal/power budget to stick within?
