Ahhhhh DDR3 or SLI?

**Cew27** · #1 26th Dec 2007, 18:26

firslty i put this in general hard ware as it refers to motherboards, ram and graohics cards
right at first i thaught i would just use one gfx with ddr3 ram and the new asus motherboard that looks likt eh mutz nutz but then my ocd ways got the better of me and i wondered if i should get a ddr2 sli motherboard. but either option is cutting of upgradability and my ocd side of me doesnt like this (i hate him , he is called Raul).
so i am face with a decision
ddr2 or ddr3 ??
sli or single ?
or is there any ideas for when an sli ddr3 motherboard will be released ?? if its in the next 4 months i could probably wait (it would kill my inner child though).
arghh i hate these decisions

**Cew27** · #2 26th Dec 2007, 19:15

ok ... after chatting with a few people i have decided ddr2 as it would enable me to get more for the same pice as ddr3
so i started to look around for some decent nvidea ddr2 chipsets .... but a few that i looked at werent out ... yet again ... so
what motherboards are there that will support sli and fom a reputable company with good features ????
thanks

**alex** · #3 26th Dec 2007, 19:37

If you want SLI it has to be either the 650 or 680 chipset.

If you want oc'ing as well then it has to be the Striker.

**Razer** · #4 27th Dec 2007, 03:39

i think Microstar has released a few boards supporting both DDR2 and DDR3 chips. If you had the choice off DDR3 i would pick that. It faster than DDR2 ram and makes memory access faster. i think i read somewhere that 512MB of the fastest DDR3 can put out the same results as 1GB of the slowest DDR2. i would also use a single card as opposed to Nvidia's multiple card doohickey, its cheaper and i cant see the benfits of having two video cards to a monitor.

**Cew27** · #5 27th Dec 2007, 04:00

what about evga motherboards they look good and cheaper than the asus ones

**Cew27** · #6 27th Dec 2007, 15:03

any one know about the nre evga 780 chipset and if they are as good overclockers as asus???
or should i pay more and get the striker when it is released

**Cew27** · #7 28th Dec 2007, 12:04

anyone?

**alex** · #8 28th Dec 2007, 12:53

I think.......think, that the EVGA has been released Cewy.

The striker 2 hasn't but you can pre-order.

**Cew27** · #9 28th Dec 2007, 12:57

hmm whaqt do you recomend i go for the evga is cheaper and looks nice and as far as i know supports faster ram ? but what about its overclocking ability and bios is it superior of asus's????
thanks

**alex** · #10 28th Dec 2007, 14:50

Hard to answer those questions really. I've not had chance yet to build a pc using one of them.

From past experience though Asus' ROG boards (Republic of Gamers) are awesome oc'ers and very stable. There's a reason they command the price premium. But they are dedicated oc'ing boards, so if that's not your thing then you may want the EVGA.