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I really cant help but break the absolute limit: MSI P35 NEO-F, 75.51 €

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-02-03 07:51:37)

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:

http://www.azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/89/42661/p6n-sli-f-v2.html

MSI P6N. It has 650i and SLI.

Certainly don't get that board....

The GigaByte GA-P31-DS3L is a great choice though. Get that.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-02-03 08:21:31)

For some reason I don't like MSI boards but for that price the MSI P6N wins...

Don't get MSI. MSI is shit.

I'm very pleased with my GA-P35-DS3. About the same thing as the GA-P31-DS3.

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:

And the reason NOT to get that board is?

MSI boards break very frequently and the 650i is a fairly unstable and unreliable chipset.

That's bullshit considering the 650i is based of the NForce 590i chipset which is very reliable and I'm using 650i right now and I havent had any problems with it and my 650i is already factory OCed. Do you base your conclusing on own experience?

One thing I didn't like about 650i ultra and 650i SLi is the ram compatibility that is pretty horrible. the Ultra actually OC'ed a lot better than the 650i SLi.... which makes me ?

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:

http://www.azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/89/42661/p6n-sli-f-v2.html

MSI P6N. It has 650i and SLI.

awesome, but he isn't going to get SLI. The board price should be around €60. Could someone tell me what is wrong with the MSI P31 NEO-F? I mean it is a budget system for 600 euro as the absolute maximum (lower is better). It is going to run vista ultimate x64.

Processor: E8200 core 2 duo
Memmory: kingston 3GB ddr667 mhz, 2x 1gb + 2x 512mb dual chanel (2 gigs is to little, i know from experience)
GPU         : xfx 8800GS (384mb),  he is going to play on a 17" monitor, so 384MB is enough.
Motherboard:MSI MSI P31 NEO-F
Harddisk   : samsung spinpoint 160GB
DVD         :samsung writemaster dvd burner
PSU          : Xilence 500watts
case         : cheap ATX case

total cost around 590 euro including cables, and shipping costs

RDMC wrote:

BTW, I am nearly at the point that I have enough money to upgrade and I want to switch to intell, now I am pretty pleased with my K9N n570 Force SLI, so for the Intel mobo I wanted to take this one Here Is this actually a good motherboard? Sorry to derail your thread a bit.

EDIT: Fkn alternate, link won't work, anyway this is the mobo: 'Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI '[/color]

I have only one question: Do you EVER plan on getting SLi?

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-02-03 09:16:37)

RDMC wrote:

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_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:

http://www.azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/89/42661/p6n-sli-f-v2.html

MSI P6N. It has 650i and SLI.

awesome, but he isn't going to get SLI. The board price should be around €60. Could someone tell me what is wrong with the MSI P31 NEO-F? I mean it is a budget system for 600 euro as the absolute maximum (lower is better). It is going to run vista ultimate x64.

Processor: E8200 core 2 duo
Memmory: kingston 3GB ddr667 mhz, 2x 1gb + 2x 512mb dual chanel (2 gigs is to little, i know from experience)
GPU         : xfx 8800GS (384mb),  he is going to play on a 17" monitor, so 384MB is enough.
Motherboard:MSI MSI P31 NEO-F
Harddisk   : samsung spinpoint 160GB
DVD         :samsung writemaster dvd burner
PSU          : Xilence 500watts
case         : cheap ATX case

total cost around 590 euro including cables, and shipping costs

Seems like a decent system to me, 8800GS kinda brings it down a bit, but if it is for a budget system, then it will do fine.

BTW, I am nearly at the point that I have enough money to upgrade and I want to switch to intell, now I am pretty pleased with my K9N n570 Force SLI, so for the Intel mobo I wanted to take this one Here Is this actually a good motherboard? Sorry to derail your thread a bit.

EDIT: Fkn alternate, link won't work, anyway this is the mobo: 'Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI '

How do you mean, it brings it down? It scores like 10% less than a 8800GT 512mb on low resolutions. And he isn't going to play on higher resolutions than 1024x1280. So a good choice IMO

Now on your question: That mobo isn't that good, only because it has the stamp "Fatal1ty"on it, it's worth 20-30 euro's more . The 650 chipset isn't the newest, you're better off buying a non-sli motherboard with a good chipset and an awesome GPU instead of a cheap chipset sli mobo and 2 "budget" GPU's IMO.

RDMC wrote:

']['error wrote:

RDMC wrote:

Seems like a decent system to me, 8800GS kinda brings it down a bit, but if it is for a budget system, then it will do fine.

BTW, I am nearly at the point that I have enough money to upgrade and I want to switch to intell, now I am pretty pleased with my K9N n570 Force SLI, so for the Intel mobo I wanted to take this one Here Is this actually a good motherboard? Sorry to derail your thread a bit.

EDIT: Fkn alternate, link won't work, anyway this is the mobo: 'Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI '

How do you mean, it brings it down? It scores like 10% less than a 8800GT 512mb on low resolutions. And he isn't going to play on higher resolutions than 1024x1280. So a good choice IMO

Now on your question: That mobo isn't that good, only because it has the stamp "Fatal1ty"on it, it's worth 20-30 euro's more . The 650 chipset isn't the newest, you're better off buying a non-sli motherboard with a good chipset and an awesome GPU instead of a cheap chipset sli mobo and 2 "budget" GPU's IMO.

I was actually planning on buying an Intel mobo, a Q6600 and a Club 3D 8800GT + A PSU, because I don't think my 430 Watt Coolermaster can handle this . And then a month later, when I've hopefully sold my old CPU/GPU/Mobo and got my paycheck get the other 8800GT.

Also at the 8800GS thing, I guess you are right, kinda read over the 17'' part. PC will do fine

But lets not derail the thread any further, I will make my own post on this once I feel its time to get an upgrade. Its a decent PC, and will do fine @ 1280 x 1024.

One more question, this time about the PSU. Does it matter if I go for an "Xilence 500watts" PSU instead of an A-brand PSU? Budget must be UNDER 50 bucks. Select PSU here