Fast RAM and new motherboard needed

[Chris_]

Currently have:

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
ABIT IP35-E
4GB (4x1GB) Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (DDR II) 667 MHz
9800 GTX
OCZ SXS 600W

Need a RAM upgrade (looking at blazing fast stuff) and would also need to upgrade the motherboard as it only supports 667/800MHz RAM (see here).

Don't want to spend outrageous amounts but will pay a bit if it's awesome stuff!

I don't need SLI, RAID, etc, just new motherboard and fast RAM (6GB).

 

[caniba]

This would be a good option.

If you really need a new mb, get the gigabyte ep45-ud3r. With this ram and mb running the e8500 you could oc it to 3.8 easily. What OS are you running?

 

[Chris_]

XP Pro 32-bit at the moment, I dont want to overclock, and was thinking of moving to XP 64-bit or even Vista if I got 4GB+ RAM.

Is G.Skill available in the UK?

I was thinking blazing fast as in the latest DDR3 stuff.

 

[caniba]

Unless you upgrade to i7 ddr3 is not worth it. Don't get more than 4gb unless your OS is 64bit. Also unless you do a lot of photoshop or similar you will see no speed gain going from 4 to 6gb.

these are good options in the UK.

ocz

corsair

 

[theAnimal]

I dont want to overclock

Then there's no reason to buy a new mobo and faster RAM. It won't make any noticeable difference.

 

[jeremyrailton]

if you're not overclocking, the only thing that will be faster is the rate of money flying out of your account.