Best Mother board for E6600 with e-GeForce 8800 GTX

[carrot]

Hi there, I have been searching all night...just wondering if anybody would know which Mother board if I had a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 and eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX?

I am not planning to do SLI.....I think 1 good video card is enough. Not a big fan in over clocking as well.....

Thanks

 

[moosey]

Maybe try something on Intel's 975X platform.

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

I would agree - go highend with Badaxe or a 680i. Just avoid the eVGA 680.

 

[sd]

I'm in the same boat. Every time I think I find a board, I read some bad reviews. I'm looking at 680i boards mostly.

The eVGA 680i A1 has had some recent good reviews on newegg.

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

Don't trust reviews on Newegg - they are usually BS. They may give you a general idea what to expect but nonetheless, BS. Check out the usual hardware sites if you want real reviews. Again - if you have a high-end setup and aren't really worried about cost, Badaxe is probably a good way to go. The Asus board is probably one of the best and most reliable especially for overclocking.

 

[carrot]

Thanks guys for the reply I have talked to couple of folks and just to outline my findings below and I'm 90% finalized my Dream machine:

1. Maybe wait for another week or so, Intel chip price might fall. But I noticed RAMs, Video cards and the Corsair Power Supply I wanted are going on with Rebates which some of them ends April, 15, 2007. I know...$25, $30 bucks might not be much...but.....I might want to get those components first and wait for the Intel CPU to drop - What do you guys think?

2. Motherboards - Damn I saw some awful reviews on the Gigabytes MBs...particular the GA-965-DS3 boards. So as my friend and one of you guys suggested to get the INTEL board - Good choice - I m going for the DG965 as stated below.

3. Rams - well, i'm gonna stick with my option 1 - 6400 Corsair. I heard a lot of good reviews and know a lot of people using them said they're great. Maybe it wont' make too big of a difference now...but once new games are out and me running Vista on this thing might make a difference. I am willing to make that little extra stretch for good set of RAMs if I am going to use this Machine for more than 3 years.

4. I going for the GTX - gonna get a big LCD and use high Res for games and other stuff. From the source i'm getting the vid card, seems like prices are the same for BFG OC (or OC2 - have to make sure with my friend) and eVGA 837 - if this is the case , I AM DEFINITELY going for the BFG!!!! What do you guys think?

5. All other stuff can pretty much stay the same..I think they're good....DVD rom drive.....20$...bah just throw it in..I"m getting a decent DVD Pioneer writer so want to treat it better

6. The only Variable now is ... the Power supply, damn it looks good and performs very nice...I know nothing about computers but I know this thing won't let me down! But if my buddy is getting it for me...it will be Special Order so might cost more - So anyone out there , after knowing about the stuff I am getting..have any recommandations for a Power Supply Unit?

7. I am going for Windows XP for now....directx 10? bah, could care less - not much games out there need directx 10 anyway.....and Vista is still unstable in a sense - even though for some might not agree but XP is cool for me now...actually anything is cool for me since i'm moving from Windows 2000


Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 2.4GHz w/ 4MB Cache

Motherboard: Intel DG965SSCK Mother Board

Memory (option1): Corsair 2GB XMS2-6400 TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 1GB)

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case

Power Supplies: Corsair HX 620W Modular Power Supply w/ Triple +12V (special order for this item)

Video Card (Option 1): eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out (2 models...N831 or N837? they are about $60 different. But i just found out their price same as BFG...I would say BFG if same price cos BFG have life time warranty)

Hard Drive (1): Seagate 320GB Barracuda 7200.10 SATA II w/ NCQ, 16MB Cache

Optical Drive (1): Pioneer 212DBK SATA 18x DVD+/-RW

Optical Drive (2): LG 16X DVD-ROM, BLACK (OEM)

 

[MotF Bane]

Carrot, the GA-965P-DS3 is an incredible board, I don't know where you're finding the bad reviews.
Get a seriously good power supply; a GTX demands huge power, and it's a huge PITA if your power supply dies out. Don't do an Antec SmartPower

 

[carrot]

So....what do you think of the Corsair HX 620W Modular Power Supply w/ Triple +12V? hehe

 

[carrot]

Expensive Sushi

Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 6

Guys sorry...By the way...was just talking to my buddy...I am going to add 2 more items:

1. Auzentech AuzenTech HDA X-Plosion 7.1 DTS sound card
2. Edifier S2.1D Super Multimedia Speaker System
3. I have decided to get the OC2 version of the BFG 8800 GTX
4. LCD - will be LG 22" or 24" (if exist) - Dell has good deals but I believe the LG is better in quality.

 

[lopri]

680i has matured quite a abit. I can' tell you first-hand because I have had one the day it came out. With the lateset P26 BIOS as well as driver updates, many quirks have disappeared. And performance-wise, if you can get DDR2-800 with 1T, it'll beat anything out there. I'm more comfortant in recommending 680i now than like 3 months ago. If you like to toy with configuration and looking to SLI in the future, go for it. If you just want a 'setup ad forget it' type of build, go with a 975X.