Advice on Motherboard PLZZZZ

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renvilo

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• Aug 12, 2008

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Hi guys,

as you know, I have asked about that SLI ram on the forum.

Well I was thinking it over so...

I have the GA-X48-DQ6 mobo. It uses DDR2 1066. Let's say I want to upgrade to a board that uses DDR 3...

What the hell is out there that will kick my gigabyte? I haven't found anything (and please don't show me a thing that is over R4500...)

I got a buyer for mine. He said he's willing to trade cash + his MSI 680 SLI board... But that also uses DDR2....

If there's really no cool DDR3 boards (in that price range) what other board will be nice on SLI... If Sli is nice at all.

Thanks guys

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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Don't bother with DDR3. Doesn't make sense atm.

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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If you're adamant on DDR3 and nVidia, I'd suggest:
http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=81_226&products_id=15582

I agree with HavocXphere though - DDR3 doesn't make sense yet - at least not for the price at the moment.

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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DDR3 will only be worth it on intel nehalem and beyond, stick with DDR2 for now.

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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Like we said, if you're upgrading right now then stick to DDR2.

And if you have no use for SLI, there are plenty of other good motherboards without SLI. But your current Gigabyte board is pretty decent.

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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Well

I think I'll keep the GA...

I'm also getting that OCZ 4GB Ram. OCZ said it will work just fine with my Intel chipset.

Thinks slenderboy's Mobo is just wasted... or something, ehhe...

Cool thanks for your advice guys...

Enjoy...

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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He is talking about sli ram. That's different to gfx cards sli.

Sli ram just have the enhanced epp profiles. That automatically sets your ram to tighter timings. So instead of standard let's say 5-5-5-15, if both board and ram support sli it'll run it at 4-4-4-12 or whatever the ram can support.

Of course you can still set the timings manually.

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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Qwikslver said:

He is talking about sli ram. That's different to gfx cards sli.

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renvilo said:

his MSI 680 SLI board

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Was commenting on that I have a nForce 680i SLI chipset, though it's ASUS.

EDIT: For reference: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/t255747.html

SLi-certified RAM simply means that the RAM supports nvidia's EPP spd-extension timing and voltage settings

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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/250599-12-ready-ready

SLI Ready memory:
Only motherboards equipped with the custom-designed BIOS, such as those designed for NVIDIA nForce SLI MCPs, can detect the optimized SPD profiles and ensure the memory functions under the best possible conditions.

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Last edited: Aug 13, 2008