Motherboard for Q9450

[mac007]

Looking at building my own system, want to go with the Q9450 chip.
Looking at the Asus P5E, iX38 @£127 from Scan.
What do you recommend?

[Blitzen]

The ABIT x38 QuadGt is soooo sexy.

[GenBanks]

Striker II Extreme 790i board when it comes out soon (or the cheaper evga/xfx 790i ultra boards)
The 790i's are getting really good reviews, they're turning out to be really good overclockers plus they give you the option to SLi. They're DDR3 so extra futureproof, and use PCI-E 2.0. And they support all the newfangled high FSB (1600MHz+) CPU's.

[Blitzen]

And they support all the newfangled high FSB (1600MHz+) CPU's.

So does the QuadGT

They're DDR3 so extra futureproof

If it ever actually gets going. The performance between DDR2 & DDR3 is SOOOO tiny. Future Proof is a big statement when you dont know whats coming next.

QuadGT - Cheaper and has Crossfire (if that kind of thing turns you on)

[GenBanks]

For some reason I was under the impression that the Nehalem architecture was going to use DDR3? Wikipedia has more, add this to the address (I can't post URLs yet) /wiki/Nehalem_%28microarchitecture%29
Which means that if you have a DDR3 motherboard now, you won't have to upgrade your RAM if you upgrade to Nehalem in a year or so.

[kchakkar]

Also DDR3 prices have come down. You can get 2GB for £100. 4 months ago they were £190

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by kchakkar

Also DDR3 prices have come down. You can get 2GB for £100. 4 months ago they were £190

For £100 i can get 4 times that on DDR2.

I would rather save the cash now and spend when the prices are actually viable and realistic.
Especially seeing how there isnt any noticeable performance increase aswell.

The DDR3 that will be around when the new CPUs/Skts are released will be better quality and better timed then aswell.

Whatever angle its looked at, unless you have a DDR3 only board (which is a silly waste of money for nothing), there is no good reason to buy it.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

yup exatcly. got for ddr2. you would be insane to waste money on a ddr3 board

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408

yup exatcly. got for ddr2. you would be insane to waste money on a ddr2 board

Why is a DDR2 board a waste?
(think about it and you will realise its not)

[moogle]

gaming performance gains on ddr3 are insignificant for the price difference too
check tomshardware.com or .co.uk in their new ram tests, the much faster ddr3 with its a bit higher latencies get beaten by ddr2.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Originally Posted by Blitzen

Why is a DDR2 board a waste?
(think about it and you will realise its not)

LOL i mean ddr3

[h0mes]

im going for the p5e, my mates got the same one set up and its a dream, very simple to overclock his 9450 to 3.6ghz

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by h0mes

im going for the p5e, my mates got the same one set up and its a dream, very simple to overclock his 9450 to 3.6ghz

But its ASUS

[Muska]

Originally Posted by Blitzen

But its ASUS

what's the problem with asus? it's only the bigest and best motherboard manufacturer in the world abit boy if youcan't wrap your mind around the thing that there might be more than one good thing in the world, at least let the people make a sensible choice without your 2 to 3 word bitching

[Blitzen]

Originally Posted by Muska

what's the problem with asus? it's only the bigest and best motherboard manufacturer in the world abit boy if youcan't wrap your mind around the thing that there might be more than one good thing in the world, at least let the people make a sensible choice without your 2 to 3 word bitching

Well if you read the forums rather than just creep around in this section you would know why i said it.

Firstly, you pathetic ABIT Boy flame comes from a tiny brain. You only mentioned this because you have one of the boards i questioned. Rightly so aswell...its very overpriced for what it is/does.

Just becasue a company is the biggest, it doesnt make them the most reliable. Asus chave a VERY questionable CS department.
Im not an ABIT fan because of the product. Im an ABIT fane because of the support that omes with it.

So do YOU think you can 'wrap your mind' around that?? (Are you an 80's yuppie throwback? You must be using terms like that).

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Originally Posted by Blitzen

Well if you read the forums rather than just creep around in this section you would know why i said it.

Firstly, you pathetic ABIT Boy flame comes from a tiny brain. You only mentioned this because you have one of the boards i questioned. Rightly so aswell...its very overpriced for what it is/does.

Just becasue a company is the biggest, it doesnt make them the most reliable. Asus chave a VERY questionable CS department.
Im not an ABIT fan because of the product. Im an ABIT fane because of the support that omes with it.

So do YOU think you can 'wrap your mind' around that?? (Are you an 80's yuppie throwback? You must be using terms like that).

LOL well said, his just bitter because he already purchased a second rate board instead of doing some research and asking around in forums etc. when spending that kind of money i would be researching and wont just buy somthing because its made by such and such, thats a home made fanboy right there.