crossfire mainboard

[Xan]

litlle help on what crossfire mainboard to buy i will spend around £120 to £150

will be runing 2 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAP-48701

my power supply http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?OCZ-S600 will this be fine to run the 2 cards

Thanks for replys

fancy telling us what chip your using

[Xan]

Oh lol, Intel

[southwell]

Intel what? Not all Intel chips run on the same socket....

[Xan]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core

[boroboi]

If he's going for 4870's then i'd assume he's looking for an LGA775 board.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?ASU-P5QE

I'd recommend the P5Q-E. It's £10 more expensive than the lower model, but it has better mofset heatpipe cooling. In Crossfire, the cards will run 8x PCI-e 2.0 but with 2x 4870's that wont make a difference from x16 lanes. Theres no point in buying an X48 board unless you're running Quadfire.

how can you assume that though there are plenty of crossfire AMD boards.

This time its a correct assumption but there is no sure thing

I would also push an Asus P5 board been happy with my Pro

Personally though I think I would pay the extra and buy an X2 dunno why its just what I would do

[boroboi]

Because there seems to be the general consensus that pairs Intel with ATI, some people automatically think of intel when crossfire is mentioned so i assumed he would be looking in that direction

Originally Posted by boroboi

Because there seems to be the general consensus that pairs Intel with ATI, some people automatically think of intel when crossfire is mentioned so i assumed he would be looking in that direction

Glad I do not follow the concensus as seen in other threads I actually quite like AMD again. I wouldnt recommend them for the top top end but you can save money and still build a powerfull machine using them. I quite like the idea of a Phenom II with a AMD 790 chipset and a 4870 X2 myself

[boroboi]

Aye neither do i, but a lot of people who have had computers before but don't know there hardware, in my experience, have connected the two in the past

If i was in the market for a PC myself i'd probably go Phenom II, but i've had my Q6600 for 2 years in September and it still isn't falling behind and drives my GTX295 to stock Nehalem numbers in games, although i do have it clocked @ 3.6. I think my next major upgrade will be to an 8-core Nehalem.

[Xan]

thanks for the help its on order

[boroboi]

Excellent choice, you definately won't be disapointed.