Upgrading from a 939 socket motherboard

[ragsters]

can you give me the link for that?

 

[bmuell]

can you give me the link for that?

cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115055

mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227267

 

[ragsters]

What is the difference between these two boards besides the amount of PCI-express slots?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280%2050001314%20107172615%201071740132&bop=And&CompareItemList=N82E16813128358%2CN82E16813128359

 

[JohnnyLucky]

The answer to your question is memory - The board with model #GA-EP45-UD3R can accept DDR2 1366 and/or 1066 memory. The board with model# GA-EP45-UD3P accepts DDR2 1366 memory.

 

[ragsters]

What is 1366? Don't they mean 1333?

 

[ragsters]

Are you also saying that the board GA-EP45-UD3P will not accept lower than 1366/1333. I thought that if it takes 1366/1333 it should take anything lower.

 

[aford10]

The board will take ddr2 1333 and allow it to be OC'd to 1366

It will take memory as low as ddr2 667

 

[aford10]

The difference is the option for xfire on the GA-EP45-UD3P

 

[JohnnyLucky]

OOPS! My mistake. I stopped when I saw the memory difference. Didn't see the CrossFire difference at the bottom of the charts.

aford10 correctly pointed out lower memory can be used. I wasn't thinking about that.

I think maybe I should shut down for this evening as my attention to detail isn't very good!

 

[aford10]

The boards are pretty much identical other than that.

 

[ragsters]

Thanks for everyone replies. I think I am going to go for the GA-EP45-UD3R version or the non crossfire version.

 

[aford10]

I have that exact board....Not a single complaint.