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Old February 12th, 2007, 01:43 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Building New Cpu - Need MOBO advice

I just got a core 2 duo e6600 as a gift which was really awesome, but now its time to actually build the rest instead of looking at the box just sitting by my monitor.

I have been reading tons on motherboards and seeing a lot of great overclocking motherboards, which is what i intend to do with my c2d. I loved the evga 680i until i saw the price tag at 250 bucks. Found other great reviews with a not so much lower price tag on the motherboard. I was looking to spend 100-150 on a motherboard with SLI. I'm not sure if thats possible, but i wouldn't mind spending a little more. THe 200 price mark and lower seems more likely....

Please give me some advice on some great motherboards. THanks.
If you could also reccomend a video card that isn't too expensive because i want to get a dx10 card when they become more affordable.
And one last thing, a solid case under 75 bucks would be great...

any other reccomendations on hard drives, memory, etc. would be grateful as well, thank you!
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Old February 16th, 2007, 08:18 AM     #2 (permalink)
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I built a setup with a core 2 duo E6600 for my brother in law, he has the Asus P5N-E SLI.

The board is actually not all that expensive, and it's performance is very good.

Look at this review:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2894&p=7

This board has official support for cpu's that need 1333Mhz fsb, so your overclocking room is extended, since the E6600 has a 1066mhz fsb.

For my brother in law, I set the cpu to 1333Mhz fsb, no voltage increase, booted and ran and still running like a charm.

Here it is on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131142
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SLI is usless. the card one step up from the ones you are SLIing are usually better than the SLI and are cheaper too. this is a lil over your budget but i personally have it and i love it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811196011

this is a good card for under $150. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

and you might want to look into getting a nice powersupply to power that nice system.
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