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25th Feb 2008, 13:19
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| I am considering purchasing a p5n-d motherboard for my new computer. I do not know much about this motherboard so if anybody knows the pros and cons of this motherboard i would appreciate it because there isnt much about it anywhere on the internet. i seen 1 person say he had problems with oc'ing but found out to be a bad board. Many thanks, Brad. |
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25th Feb 2008, 13:24
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| also with it would be the following parts. e8400...i plan to overclock to around 3.6 so this is why i need to know about the motherboard really. zotac amp 8800gt 2000/700 700w winpower psu and arctic freezer 7 pro to help with oc'ing |
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25th Feb 2008, 14:02
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| arctuc freezer is a good choice, never heard of gfx distributor
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25th Feb 2008, 23:57
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| Decent board, chipset doesn't look to be all that but then it is just the new revision of 650i, which was lousy. It's a SLI chipset and as you're going single card I don't really see the point. If you're oc'ing there's only really two chipsets at the moment; P35 (son of P965- about the best oc'ing chipset ever in my opinion. or X38 (son of 975X). P35 would be my choice and the board I'd choose would be the one I have, the Asus P5K. Doesn't have to be the Premium. I'd go so far as to say any P35 P5 is a good oc'er as I've pushed a few. I've my E8400 at 3.6ghz at 1.15v (see signature) with a peak temp of 33c using the AC7 (very good choice by the way)..
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26th Feb 2008, 08:35
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| oh i plan to sli in the future when i get more money and when GT sli service improves because originally it didnt work to well but now its looking better i believe. So i do plan to sli just not yet. This is why i bought this board mainly it wasnt 3 way which i didnt want just seemed the highest sli technology and ive always been a big fan of asus just on personal opinion. |
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26th Feb 2008, 08:38
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| oh and i have had my eye on this graphics card for a while its clock speeds are brilliant and its only 180 pounds which is reasonable for what it is. But i saw its baby bro the original 650/1800 go against a 8800gtx and a 8800gts and its lead the way in a majority of games apart from 2 i think. |
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27th Feb 2008, 17:42
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| The 9600GT and 3850 are both excellent choices right now, the 8800GT is still good but the other two's prices have been depressed so much in a price war that it's not as good of an option. You should be able to find either of them for £85 or so.
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28th Feb 2008, 11:27
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| zotac 8800gt 700/2000 vs the 9600gt 700/2000 the zotac is 30 pounds more expensive and outperforms the 9600 on every single game. A basic 8800gt is outperforming the 9600 aswell so for the price difference id go for the 8800gt solid technology and well proven card. |
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28th Feb 2008, 19:15
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| Quote:
__________________ "I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." |
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29th Feb 2008, 03:00
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| I got these results from Tom's hardware and that website has a very good reputation when it looks at tests the frame rate during games brought the 8800 on top every time only on 1 game was the 9600 within 2 frames on the 8800 |
