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Upgrading to i7 2600K, NEED HELP.

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All depends on your budget. Nice - fast and affordable 2way SLI mobo are Asus Sabertooth P67/P67A-GD65/P67A-GD55/Gigabyte P67A-UD4. From toughest board shelf i would suggest Asus Maximus IV Extreme, P67A-GD80, Msi Big Bang Marshal. But as far i have tested my cousin Asus Maxumus IV Extreme - there are no much difference between NF200 (x16/x16) and P67 (x8/x8) scaling. On NF200 Dx11 have ~3% more FPS, and Dx10 games ~5% FPS less then P67 (running x8/x8). Tested cards 2xGTX580 from Asus. Will see - when B3 will arrive.

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I looked at the Asus Maximum III Formula
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is LGA1156 and it's not compatible with Intel Core i7 2600K (Sandy Bridge uses LGA1155 socket)
 
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I took a chance on Biostar after seeing results from other members. I came from Asus which I can tell you has the sorriest bios I have ever seen...hardly anything worked in it without some kind of glitch. The Biostar's on the other hand, worked perfectly out of the box and clock as well as anything else on the market.
 
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ou yea - rickss69 - Biostar tp67xe is good board to go. And about thos bios laaags/glitch - since bios 0901 it works much better.
 
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The Witcher said:
Hmmm..so I'm pretty much stuck until they start resupplying retailers...

You see, I don't want to buy a new motherboard then having to sell it after 3 months because a new platform was released.

If you were me and you had a limited budget, what would you do ? upgrade to the 1155 socket motherboard ? wait for the 2011 socket motherboards ?

I'm afraid of upgrading then regretting it later.
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If you are on a limited budget, 2011 might be out of your price range. Once the 1155 boards are re-released sometime over the next month, the platform is an exceptional value. Hell, you can get a good P67 board in the $150 range and if you are near a Microcenter, you can grab a 2500K for $200. I'd highly recommend the Biostar TP67XE. Very solid board with a nice EUFI bios for $160.
 
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Paulieg said:
If you are on a limited budget, 2011 might be out of your price range. Once the 1155 boards are re-released sometime over the next month, the platform is an exceptional value. Hell, you can get a good P67 board in the $150 range and if you are near a Microcenter, you can grab a 2500K for $200. I'd highly recommend the Biostar TP67XE. Very solid board with a nice EUFI bios for $160.
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Paulieg do you have any numbers or detail on the upcoming cpu's to support this? im lookin to build a 2011 rig when they come out and havent been able to find anything reliable on waht the cpu's will be nor a decent price range.

using 1366 as a model i figure it shouldnt be too bad.
 
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