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??Can't decide??
- Thread starter narcotis
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i built a rig for my friend with the asus striker and it was a pain. the mobo would not even turn on. took 2 rma's from newegg before it worked right. now, after it works, great board, but getting it there is hit or miss i guess.
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- Gday from Melbourne Australia!
Striker Extreme is a pain
It runs Crossfire tho
Very expensive premium to pay
It runs Crossfire tho
Very expensive premium to pay
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OK, we need to know a few things before we can give you some decent advice otherwise it is just like shooting in the dark 
Do you need X-Fire or SLI capabilities?
Do you plan on running a Penryn (E8### or Q9### series 45nm) CPU or E6### / Q6### series Core 2 duo/quad CPU's?
Is raid important?
What is your budget?
What CPU, graphics card do you already have?
Let's go from there...
*edit : I see you already have another thread going on the exactly the same question, maybe you should only run one at a time
Do you need X-Fire or SLI capabilities?
Do you plan on running a Penryn (E8### or Q9### series 45nm) CPU or E6### / Q6### series Core 2 duo/quad CPU's?
Is raid important?
What is your budget?
What CPU, graphics card do you already have?
Let's go from there...
*edit : I see you already have another thread going on the exactly the same question, maybe you should only run one at a time
- Thread Starter
- #7
i Want to start ordering the components in the next 2 or 3 days. yes i want to run Sli,
2X nvidia 8800GT
As for the processor, i want to know what the best C2D is for overclocking to 3.0+ on water...
I want raid but do not necicarly need it, i guess i would say i would rather have it then not, atleast the posibility that is..
2X nvidia 8800GT
As for the processor, i want to know what the best C2D is for overclocking to 3.0+ on water...
I want raid but do not necicarly need it, i guess i would say i would rather have it then not, atleast the posibility that is..
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^^ As he said, if you wiat untill the end of the month you can get a CPU based on the new Penryn 45nm architecture that would yield above 4 GHz for around $210 (E8400)
As the SLI boards are not the best for overclocking and SLI in most cases not worth it, get the dual 9800GT as Dr Evil said which is 2 x 8800GT's on one frame, otherise get the 8800GTS which is pretty similiar to one GT but with better OC potential
What price range are you looking at for CPU + motherboard + Graphics card?
As the SLI boards are not the best for overclocking and SLI in most cases not worth it, get the dual 9800GT as Dr Evil said which is 2 x 8800GT's on one frame, otherise get the 8800GTS which is pretty similiar to one GT but with better OC potential
What price range are you looking at for CPU + motherboard + Graphics card?
