White-Fusion
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So im getting

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Motherboard: EVGA nForce 680i SLi
Ram: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2
Graphics card: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=877
Hard drive: Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Dvd Drive: Samsung SH-183LBEBN
Sound card: Creative xtremegamer
Case: Antec nine hundred
Power supply: OCZ 700w
Headphones: Sennheiser PC161 Pro-Gaming Headphones

I am not going to be overclocking. And that motherboard seems to be based around overclocking... should i stay with that one, or is there a better cheaper one?
Bell
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Whats the point in one Raptor, two larger cheaper HD's in RAID 0 would be even faster than tht setup.

Anyways, the Nforce motherboards run great on standard sooo youve nothing to worry about there, but, there really made for overclocking, sooo if you dont plan to OC your probably wasting your money.  If you plan to SLI eventually though, you would be as well stickin to it as those are the boards to do that on.  There are LT models out (N680i LT) that drop off a few features and cost, but not much (like £20).

Infact I would recomend this if you want an nforce for less:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=205

Basically, if you want to run SLI, stick to that board, if not, either drop to a N650i, or go for an intel chipset (one of the P35s), but if you go for the P35, there crossfire, not SLI.  So you would need to either stick to one 8800GTX and that one only (replacing it whenever) or buy an ATI card, then another later if you choose to.  P35s, also support next gen CPU (yorkfield/penryn) out later this year, so thats a bonous, not needing to replace the mobo as soon as those nforce, and can support DDR3 RAM.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … subcat=913

Basically more futre proof, but, you loose the SLI ability for crossfire ^^^.  Theres also two other ones for about £100, that give and take on what you get, that one I pasted is the full featured one, but again, its an overclocking chipset like almost all of the premium ones.

Martyn

Last edited by Bell (2007-07-11 16:03:51)

Cybargs
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Stick with that board. That's what I would do. Since if a board can overclock very well, it means it's really reliable. Also once when you get that urge to push the performance up, you would want a good overclocking board
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Wait For The Blitz Extreme/formula Special Edition/formula :d
kylef
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If you are into media, you could get my board - the Asus P5W DH Deluxe - it is great.

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