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i7 Build advice plz
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chickenbeef
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The 4670 will still be a better choice. The 4650 won't even utilise all that memory.
Seeing as the standard P6T is the same price as the Gene II get the P6T SE
Seeing as the standard P6T is the same price as the Gene II get the P6T SE
I would really take a look at the MSI X58 Pro-E. Good board with excellent reviews and can be had for R600 less than the asus with very little or no sacrifice.
Review:
http://www.techspot.com/review/168-msi-x58-pro-e/
Cheapest Online price:
http://www.ikonicit.co.za/index.php?target=products&product_id=3158
This Ram would also do very nicely, is cheaper than corsair and is CL7 to boot:
http://www.ikonicit.co.za/index.php?target=products&product_id=820
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chickenbeef
Executive Member
The MSI board doesn't support SLI and SAS drives though
+1 to that RAM, the dominators are overpriced BS
+1 to that RAM, the dominators are overpriced BS
That MSI x58 Pro-e does support sli and i have double checked with the owner of ikonic and he assures me it ships with a sli bridge as well. The x58 pro-e is the sli supporting version.
Proof of Sli support:
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1804&maincat_no=1
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Juggy
Executive Member
As far as I understand the PRO-E came out after MSI got their NVidia licensing kuk sorted out. Also I believe the standard PRO can be flashed with an SLI supporting BIOS as the SLI function is there but not enabled.
I may be mistaken though
I may be mistaken though
chickenbeef
Executive Member
the review you linked to said it does not have sli support
Yes I just noticed that, but prior to the boards release, as Juggy mentioned, MSI were having liscencing issue, but with the bios update it definately is sli capable.
Here is the press release that will clarify:
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=802
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Thanks...I am buying from Frontosa and they dont seem to have that MSI mobo.That asus is their cheapest i7 mobo
The RAM is the same situation
I can only choose between Kingston and Corsair...DammitPostmanPot
Honorary Master
IIRC the MSI is cheaper at retail price than Asus' cheapest at supplier price.
Corsair and Kingston are top notch and pretty well priced. You could always register at another supplier...
Corsair and Kingston are top notch and pretty well priced. You could always register at another supplier...
Get the MSI, I have the MSI X58m which does not support SLI, doesn't matter as I have an ATI card. You can even flash the bios the the PRO-E version and it will enable SLI, its just a bios constraint and not hardware. Spend the saved money on a 4850.
IIRC the MSI is cheaper at retail price than Asus' cheapest at supplier price.
Corsair and Kingston are top notch and pretty well priced. You could always register at another supplier...
I'm gonna try pinnacle micro as well. I see they have the MSI mobo but I only have an old price list atm so I cannot compare.
I was going to get an ATI card so SLI is irrelevant to me. Do you think a 4850 512mb will be worth it or is it only really worth it at 1gb?
Juggy
Executive Member
Cyberdyne do MSI.