I am building a new computer based around the intel Q9450 (a decision due performance/price).
I don't have a whole lot of money to spend on this, so I am picking components that give me the most bang-for-the-buck...or that can be easily overclocked. At the same time, I am willing the shell out a little more if it will make a substantial difference in terms of performance and stability.
The primary use of the knew computer is rendering and 3ds Max, maybe just a little time spent playing games.
right now I am looking to do a mild overclock on the Q9450 to around 3.4 GHZ, and using 8GB of DDR2 1066 memory, but I am getting different options/reviews on the best motherboard for this application.
I was looking mainly at the asus p5k se epu (i have used asus in the past and been pleased, but have had problems), but I found that people were having trouble running 1066 ddr 2 on the board.
the asus rampage looks promising, but again, coming across varied opinions.
and the gigabyte ep35-ds3r looks very promising.
looking for a board that will allow me to overclock my fsb, memory just a little without losing stability.
I don't have a whole lot of money to spend on this, so I am picking components that give me the most bang-for-the-buck...or that can be easily overclocked. At the same time, I am willing the shell out a little more if it will make a substantial difference in terms of performance and stability.
The primary use of the knew computer is rendering and 3ds Max, maybe just a little time spent playing games.
right now I am looking to do a mild overclock on the Q9450 to around 3.4 GHZ, and using 8GB of DDR2 1066 memory, but I am getting different options/reviews on the best motherboard for this application.
I was looking mainly at the asus p5k se epu (i have used asus in the past and been pleased, but have had problems), but I found that people were having trouble running 1066 ddr 2 on the board.
the asus rampage looks promising, but again, coming across varied opinions.
and the gigabyte ep35-ds3r looks very promising.
looking for a board that will allow me to overclock my fsb, memory just a little without losing stability.