New Build - Can Anyone Recommend A Motherboard/Processor ??

Im going to be building a new pc soon but am unsure of the parts i want to put in.

I know i want Nvdia & Intel but am not too sure of the motherboard/processor i want.

I would only be using the pc for gaming, internet & listening to music & watching films.

I was thinking of getting an Asus board & a quad core (Q6600) processor.

Can anyone recommend a motherboard/processor ?

Any suggestions to GPU, PSU, RAm etc is welcome.

 

CPU: Q6600
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro/GA-EP45-DS3R/BIOSTAR TPower I45
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 4850/4870
Ram: Corsair Dominator 2x2gb DDR2 1066mhz
PSU: Corsair 620HX

 

nVidia just isn't the right decision this time round.
Abuzar's build is spot on.

 

with the things you are doing a fast dual core would suit you IMO

 

He wants to game, apparently quad cores are quite useful in that area.

 

not as usefull as you would assume:

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=775&p=16

one interesting thing (sam note this) that when they did the same test with a 4870X2 games benifited from Quads alot more than duals, and i am sure this is down to CF needing a big overhead due to the CPU "talking" to both GPUs rather than a single GPU card.

this is the reason i think sam made those very impressive increaces.

heres one from a GX2 shoot out

so when i said with my 4870 all i would need is an E8600..... i didnt lie.

 

Except for Crysis, where a dual core will bottleneck you, whether or not you have crossfire.

 

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=775&p=5

Crysis 1920x1200 0xAA 0xAF DX10


Q9650 @ 3.6 :29 FPS
E8400 @ 3.6 :28 FPS

the extra frame could be a rounding up, human error when benching a run, OR most likey the extra 6MB cache.

 

Crossfire disabled, Crysis 1920x1200 High DX9:
E4300@3.2: 25fps
Q6600@3.2: 36fps

 

let me find one for the 4870 X2, they had an article for that aswell.

 

Ok cheers guys for the info.
Ill have to look into it more, as im unsure about the motherboard.

I was going to get the Q6600 from Scan for £122 along with the Radeon HD4850/HD4870 but its the motherboard im stuck at.

Im not really bothered about overclocking options as long as its a good board that supports a lot of the latest features.

I have a budget of about £130 - £180 for a motherboard & about £150 - £200 for a graphics card.


Sorry for taking so long to reply guys.

Ill get back to you & let you know how i get on.

 

I would get that Biostar. Excellent performance and would be nice to see something different.

 

id get the asus maximus II formula as you plan for quads. biostar are superb with duals but flop with quads

 

Is the Maximus II better than the Rampage then? I get lost in the named Asus boards....

 

hehe for OCing yes, as P45s are better than the x48s in the OCing department

 

Ahh it's a P45, ok, I knew that. Just struck me as odd as I'm sure the original Maximus wasn't a P35?

 

Hmm, well let's try recommending a board cheaper than 280 dollars.

Asus P5Q Pro/GA-EP45-DS3R

 

Edit: I was a noob. With that budget, the Maximus II seems realistic, if perhaps a little unnecessary, just because you can spend doesn't mean you should. But what do I know, I spend even when I can't! lol

 

boozer his budget is punds, and i gave him one in about the middle of it.

sam the original was x38.

there was a strike extreme 680, then a striker ii extreme 790i, now a striker ii extreme again but x58, bad naming, not as bad as nvidia though, the new gt1x0 are the 94 anf 7500s re badged, and the gts1x0 are the 9800s rebadged (9800gt and gtx+)

so the G80 is still going strong 2 years later with its 3rd rename

 

Man, I'd forgotten how ludicrously expensive the Rampage is. By comparison the Maximus II is a much better value product.