Nitrousbird Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'm thinking about doing an upgrade to my PC, on a semi-budget. The motherboard HAS to have the following (like my current one): - Two PCI-E slots, as I run two video cards - 4 SATA and 4 SATA Raid slots. - One IDE slot at least (though this I might excuse, as I could replace my one IDE device) - Accepts a quad core intel chip - Must be a good overclocking board. - Chip: quad core, intel based. I am currently running an overclocked AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 4800+. I've been noticing that with a number of things I do, I am really maxing out this processor. I'm going to start burning Blu Ray soon, and I think this is really going to become a bigger issue at that point. I'm not a PC gamer, so my two XFX 7600GT XXX edition cards work just fine. I'd like to keep the mobo/chip combo in the under $300 price range. I'm torn on the ram side of it; DDR2 is so cheap, but if buying a new setup, I should probably go DDR3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 ttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supldys Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Whenever you find out let me know haha, I have not kept up to speed on the newer computer stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 for the processor you should be able to pic up a 6600 intel runs at 2.4 with a good heat sink should over clock to 3.2 easily and some have seen up to 3.6 without issue. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 here is a decent mother board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Go with a Q9300 processor. It'll be a little bit more but you get that much more performance out of it. Power savings too. Under $300 isn't really the quad core sweet spot range unless you absolutely need it and get a q6600. I love my Q6600, and I probably will for at least another 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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