new mobo help?

newmodder · Dec 17, 2005

i want a new motherboard, i am going to get out of the ecs rs480-m, any suggestions for a new motherboard, one that supports sli.

Welz · Dec 17, 2005

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136166

DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert

SunShine · Dec 17, 2005

Or DFI LP UT nF4 Ultra-D

wtf8269 · Dec 18, 2005

The Ultra-D doesn't support SLI though, unless you want to do the pencil mod. The expert is called expert because it requires you to be one in order to get it going. I'd suggest doing a lot of reading on DFI-Street.com before getting a DFI board. The regular SLI-DR is a good choice. Another thing is when you start a thread like this, giving a price range would be helpful.

newmodder · Dec 18, 2005

200 bucks

200 bucks would give me a nice board,plus i would have the other 200 bucks going on a second bfg 6600 gt oc :rockout:

i love these cards, i had to mod the heat sink, but other than that i love these cards.

wtf8269 · Dec 18, 2005

Well the SLI-DR Expert is $200 if you think you can handle it. I'm not trying to say you can't or anything, just DFI boards are really REALLY picky. I would just go with the regular SLI-DR which is about $160-$170.

Aevum · Dec 24, 2005

since your current board is a ATI based ECS, i would guess that 200 or even 160 might be a bit steep for you, if you want a cheaper alternative, have a look at the 939Dual-SATA2 from asrock, its a good solid board, and it overclocks well if you decide to solder a couple of points on it,

just as a note for the rest of you, not everyone buys 200 buck boards, recommending a 200 dollar DFI to someone who currently owns a ECS board which probobly retails under 80 bucks is a bit over the hill, isnt it ? you dont need to spend 200 bucks on a board for the machine to run well, actually, you spend 200 bucks for a board when you want to do stuff to it that will probobly make it run like Shaite in 6-9 months,

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Storage	wd 160gig sata2 hd
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Case	USP 100
Audio Device(s)	onboard Logitech x-530 5.1 spkrs
Power Supply	Antec Neo 550watt
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Storage	80GB Seagate PATA
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Motherboard	ASUS P5E Deluxe
Cooling	Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers
Memory	8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	2x ASUS 3870x2s
Storage	4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage.
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Case	Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :)
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Power Supply	Corsair CMPSU-750TX
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System Name	Gamer
Processor	amd phenom quad core 9950 black edition
Motherboard	msi ms-7309
Cooling	120mm front,120mm rear
Memory	2gigs ddr2 800
Video Card(s)	BFG gtx 260 maxcore
Storage	wd 160gig sata2 hd
Display(s)	LG 20in widescreen
Case	USP 100
Audio Device(s)	onboard Logitech x-530 5.1 spkrs
Power Supply	Antec Neo 550watt
Software	windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

System Name	Onus
Processor	E8500 @ 3.95ghz ~1.25v
Motherboard	ASUS P5E Deluxe
Cooling	Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers
Memory	8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	2x ASUS 3870x2s
Storage	4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage.
Display(s)	LG W2600H
Case	Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :)
Audio Device(s)	HT Omega Striker. Klipsch RF-3II fronts, Yamaha NS-A222 rears, Klipsch RC-3II center, Klipsch SUB12
Power Supply	Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64, lots of games, photoshop n stuff.

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Storage	500GB Wesern Digital green
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Audio Device(s)	Echo Audiofire 2
Power Supply	Corsair VX550
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