I'll be buying an i5 rig next month. I need to find a decent mobo but I'm having a really hard time of it... seems like the perfect board never exists...
I want a pci-e 1x slot at the top for my sound card so the shield is between it and the only video card it'll be near, sli support so I can pick up another 260 when I get around to it, preferably blue or black dominant colors, and good overclocking ability. This has led me to only one board:
This combo here contains my chip and board I'm considering.
Worth noting, I'll have 8Gb of ballistix tracers. That memory is uber expensive, but I got a tri-channel kit sitting around begging to be used, and this Core i5 may just be the path I should take to use it. I can get the 4th matching stick for only 50$ through antarespro... and I'll have to order it there since it's not stocked anywhere else anymore unfortunately.
Combo for 350$, plus another 50$ for my 4th stick of ram and I'll have a pretty slick system for only 400$.
I can't complain about this except I read it got pretty low OC results. Granted for the money it ain't bad... but still.
Can anybody recomend a good alternative that's primarily blue and provides me with a slot up top for my sound card that ISNT blocked by a chipset cooler like all too many of the retarded designs out there?
Also, one other question, is 1156 compatible with heatsinks for i7 or lga 775? I can't find the answer on this. I have mounting kits for both for my GTZ.
I could wc sooner if I get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188056
I'm concerned the chipset cooler will get in the way though. Can anybody confirm if I could get an X-Fi Titanium into that slot?
I want a pci-e 1x slot at the top for my sound card so the shield is between it and the only video card it'll be near, sli support so I can pick up another 260 when I get around to it, preferably blue or black dominant colors, and good overclocking ability. This has led me to only one board:
This combo here contains my chip and board I'm considering.
Worth noting, I'll have 8Gb of ballistix tracers. That memory is uber expensive, but I got a tri-channel kit sitting around begging to be used, and this Core i5 may just be the path I should take to use it. I can get the 4th matching stick for only 50$ through antarespro... and I'll have to order it there since it's not stocked anywhere else anymore unfortunately.
Combo for 350$, plus another 50$ for my 4th stick of ram and I'll have a pretty slick system for only 400$.
I can't complain about this except I read it got pretty low OC results. Granted for the money it ain't bad... but still.
Can anybody recomend a good alternative that's primarily blue and provides me with a slot up top for my sound card that ISNT blocked by a chipset cooler like all too many of the retarded designs out there?
Also, one other question, is 1156 compatible with heatsinks for i7 or lga 775? I can't find the answer on this. I have mounting kits for both for my GTZ.
I could wc sooner if I get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188056
I'm concerned the chipset cooler will get in the way though. Can anybody confirm if I could get an X-Fi Titanium into that slot?
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