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With the P45's out im looking to upgrade from my abit ip35 pro v1.1
I am goingto be upgrading to a quad core CPU and a 4850 (in 3 months to a 4870x2).
Was looking at the Maximus II board, but it is a little pricey still. I would really rather stay around the 200 dollar range.
IP35 pro is a great board I just want something with more voltage stability for quadcores and of course PCIE2.0 I do not care about the size EATX is fine, I have a big case, but I doubt I would find a EATX fully featured mobo in that price range with good overclocking ability. So ATX is most likely.
It is silly and not entirely necessary, but a mostly black PCB would really be nice, and if the toss up between 2 boards is one is black, thats what I will take most likely. (Everything else in the system will be black so why not 4850 isnt but it is going to go into a another machine when i get the X2, which is black)
Lastly, adequate cooling without needing to by aftermarket parts. I do intend to watercool to try watercooling again in the future, but right now with the upgrades I want its not in the cards.
I am not a diehard clocker anymore, I just want to build a kick *** gaming machine. But I will be trying for 3600+ on a quad core. (not sure if I am going 6600 or 9450 yet, the 9450 will not clock as high but better performance per clock sounds nice...
The striker looks good but I am a little tenuous of getting an ASUS board because of the issue around the 16 phase power and the fact that they seem to kill D9's. Do not know if this is an older ASUS issue or not, so an alleviation of my fears will be necessary if you recommend a cheaper ASUS board
Thanks For the help.
I am goingto be upgrading to a quad core CPU and a 4850 (in 3 months to a 4870x2).
Was looking at the Maximus II board, but it is a little pricey still. I would really rather stay around the 200 dollar range.
IP35 pro is a great board I just want something with more voltage stability for quadcores and of course PCIE2.0 I do not care about the size EATX is fine, I have a big case, but I doubt I would find a EATX fully featured mobo in that price range with good overclocking ability. So ATX is most likely.
It is silly and not entirely necessary, but a mostly black PCB would really be nice, and if the toss up between 2 boards is one is black, thats what I will take most likely. (Everything else in the system will be black so why not 4850 isnt but it is going to go into a another machine when i get the X2, which is black)
Lastly, adequate cooling without needing to by aftermarket parts. I do intend to watercool to try watercooling again in the future, but right now with the upgrades I want its not in the cards.
I am not a diehard clocker anymore, I just want to build a kick *** gaming machine. But I will be trying for 3600+ on a quad core. (not sure if I am going 6600 or 9450 yet, the 9450 will not clock as high but better performance per clock sounds nice...
The striker looks good but I am a little tenuous of getting an ASUS board because of the issue around the 16 phase power and the fact that they seem to kill D9's. Do not know if this is an older ASUS issue or not, so an alleviation of my fears will be necessary if you recommend a cheaper ASUS board
Thanks For the help.