Well I made a mistake when buying my parts for my first computer this year, got an AMD, shoulda gotten Intel (from what all pl say). I want to switch over, and Im not sure what CPU and Mobo i should pair up for this. I dont want to spend more than $600 at maximum, perferably like $500 or less. I want SLI, PCI-E 2.0 and an NVidia chipset, for the CPU its gotta be quad.
I have now an ASUS M2N-E SLI mobo with an Athlon X2 5400+ slapped onto it with my Thermaltake V1 cooler (gonna put it on the new CPU)
I read alot about ppl overclocking the Q6600, and also the Q6700, I dont want to spend too much (as said before, remember I need a Mobo aswell) The Q6600 is $230 and the Q6700 $315 (OEM), Im buying from Tigerdirect.ca because im in canada no newegg here folks.
The Mobos I might get are:
- EVGA 750i SLI FTW (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3761586&CatId=3495)
- ASUS P5N-D (750i chip) (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3573170&CatId=3495)
With the Q6700 and one of these boards I'll be between the 500-600$ mark, dont really want to be but if its worth it...
Also could someone explain why the EVGA board is more, the features? the technologies? speed? iunno
-Thanks
I have now an ASUS M2N-E SLI mobo with an Athlon X2 5400+ slapped onto it with my Thermaltake V1 cooler (gonna put it on the new CPU)
I read alot about ppl overclocking the Q6600, and also the Q6700, I dont want to spend too much (as said before, remember I need a Mobo aswell) The Q6600 is $230 and the Q6700 $315 (OEM), Im buying from Tigerdirect.ca because im in canada no newegg here folks.
The Mobos I might get are:
- EVGA 750i SLI FTW (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3761586&CatId=3495)
- ASUS P5N-D (750i chip) (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3573170&CatId=3495)
With the Q6700 and one of these boards I'll be between the 500-600$ mark, dont really want to be but if its worth it...
Also could someone explain why the EVGA board is more, the features? the technologies? speed? iunno
-Thanks