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Old 07-17-08   #1 (permalink)
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I'm looking for a new MB, I want to stick with AMD and I want crossfire so I can get another 4850 later and run it. Whats good out there?
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Does a forum supervisor not have all the answers already
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Does a forum supervisor not have all the answers already
Well OF COURSE I already know the answer I just wanted to check with everyone else first
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Ramrod 1.5 + AMD Phenom 9950 BE = Ramrod 2.0! Coming soon...

System: Ramrod 1.5
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
Motherboard
DFI Lanparty 790FX
Memory
GSkill 4GB
Graphics Card
VisionTek HD4850
Hard Drive
Seagate 7200.10 160GB & 320GB
Sound Card
X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply
Antec 650w
Case
Antec 900
CPU cooling
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
GPU cooling
Stock
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Ubuntu/Vista 64
Monitor
Acer 19" WS
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Ah very simular to myself when I post
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Creative SB Xtreme Music
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What is your budget?
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Um...no budget yet I just want to see what some good options are
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System: Ramrod 1.5
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
Motherboard
DFI Lanparty 790FX
Memory
GSkill 4GB
Graphics Card
VisionTek HD4850
Hard Drive
Seagate 7200.10 160GB & 320GB
Sound Card
X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply
Antec 650w
Case
Antec 900
CPU cooling
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
GPU cooling
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard - This looks ok for you.
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Nvidia® GeForce™ 8800 Ultra
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System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+ CPU 2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
- 4 x DIMM DDR2 1066 / 800 / 667 / 533 Dual channel memory
- 4 x PCIe x16 with ATI CrossFireX™ support, @ dual x16; tripple x16 / x8 / x8; or quad x8 modes
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, and 0+1support
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, and 1 support
- 1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- Marvel® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2
- 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b
- Audio ADI® AD1988 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- 2 x IEEE 1394a FireWire ports
- 10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
- ASUS AI Lifestyle Features ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
- ASUS Fanless Design: Cool Mempipe solution
- ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design
- ASUS AI Gear 2
- ASUS AI Nap
- ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
- ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
- ASUS Q-Fan 2
- ASUS Optional Fan for Water-cooling or Passive-Cooling only
- ASUS AI Audio2
- ASUS Noise Filter
- ASUS Q-Shield
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI Overclocking (Intelligent CPU Frequency Tuner)
- ASUS AI Booster Utility
- Precision Tweaker 2
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Intel® Core™ 2 Quad CPU ~ 3.00 GHz
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GigaByte G71 630i
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4096MB 4-4-4-12.
Graphics Card
Nvidia® GeForce™ 8800 Ultra
Hard Drive
Samsung® Spinpoint F1 750 GB
Sound Card
Supreme FX-II
Power Supply
Tagan BZ-900 PipeRock Series.
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Antec 1200
CPU cooling
Zalman CNPS9700LED
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Also if you don't like that particular model you can look at this list http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...id=5&subid=808
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Intel® Core™ 2 Quad CPU ~ 3.00 GHz
Motherboard
GigaByte G71 630i
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4096MB 4-4-4-12.
Graphics Card
Nvidia® GeForce™ 8800 Ultra
Hard Drive
Samsung® Spinpoint F1 750 GB
Sound Card
Supreme FX-II
Power Supply
Tagan BZ-900 PipeRock Series.
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Antec 1200
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What good reason can you have for sticking with AMD, seems a little odd under the current situation!
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Motherboard
Giga-byte GA-X48-DQ6
Memory
Corsair Dominator PC8500 2GB
Graphics Card
MSI Radeon HD 4850 Crossfire
Hard Drive
Seagate 7200.9 & Western Digiatal 750GB
Sound Card
Creative SB Xtreme Music
Power Supply
Gigabyte ODIN GT
Case
Coolermaster Stacker 831
CPU cooling
ASUS Silent Knight
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