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so my amd board and cpu got kind of "hit by lightning" so i have in plan to buy a intel desktop...so what do you think about

the intel q8200 (i know q6600 is better but in the whole country there aren't any left )

and this mobo

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...e=GA-EP45-DS3P


are they a good combination? could the q8200 reach at least 3.3ghz?


does anyone got a better suggestion for a cpu and mobo under 370$?




p.s. by "hit by lightning" i mean i overclocked and something went wrong so my mobo and cpu got killed with a lazzy 3.3ghz overclock and 1.4v (on 3.4ghz with 1.5v everything worked great and passed benching so i don't know what happend)

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sLowEnd

I suggest you get one of Gigabyte's Ultra Durable 3 boards (EP45-UD3*)
ex.http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...=GA-EP45T-UD3P

They're much better overclockers

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Tator Tot

Well...you might be able to get 3.3 on the Q8200. But I would look into a Q9xxx chip if you can. Or a Q8400.

As it would take 412 FSB to hit 3.3 on the Q8200.

It would only take 366.7 FSB to hit 3.3 on a Q8400 because of its 9x multi. Which is much more feasable for a quad.

Also, why not consider going to another AMD setup?

You could easily get a Phenom II x4 & Board for the same price. Which would land you in a better path of upgrade down the line with DDR3 and chipsets.

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this one cost 35$ more,i haven't that much

p.s. i'm trying to stay on ddr2 cuz i don't have money for ddr3 ram

i don't have enough for a q9xxx,the q8400 isn't available here in croatia


no,i had it with amd,never again


i could go with this one but it hasn't cfx so i couldn't add another hd4830 on it later but who cares i'll buy later a single stronger gpu if this board i realy much better then the first one

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...me=GA-EP45-UD3

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sLowEnd

What about these?

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2953

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2952

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3013

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3012

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i can go with one of this two:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...e=GA-EP45-UD3R

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...me=GA-EP45-UD3

which one is better?

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linskingdom

If you don't need RAID, then UD3, Otheriwse, get the UD3R. Either board should be a big help for this 7x cpu but get a good read of temp before push it.

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i don't need it now,who knows for later...but the UD3R has a better heatpipe doesn't it? and the price is only 3$ more for the UD3R



about the cpu? the q8200 is good to roll with?

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linskingdom

Yes. The UD3R has better cooling components. Regarding Q8200, it is a 7x chip but the board should help. Not much selections at your place.

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ok....thank you very much


unfortunately not heh

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