Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to Bit-Tech and hope I'm not spamming up the forum by posting this thread. I noticed many other people were doing similar so thought it would be ok Right. Well, I am looking for a new Mobo and Graphics card. However I am being quite specific. I need my new mobo to be compatible with my current processor: AMD 64 X2 5600+ yet also leave me room to upgrade at a later stage. Also board must be SLI capable and hopefully not over £100. Sorry a bit specific. Also looking to upgrade graphics card in the hope of later this summer running SLI. I am looking at an 8800GTS as this appears to get me the best bang for my buck. Hope someone can help me and provide me with some good options. I try searching but hardware goes out of date so quickly its hard to keep up. Cheers Farmboy
Sorry for bumping, I'm not trying to be rude. If no responses this time I'll let the thread die lol Cheers
The 8800GTS (512mb version) is indeed a great choice for a graphics card. As for the motherboard, this seems to fit the bill. However, I'm not sure how well it supports the new Phenom chips. I think you'd be better off with a non-SLI board, as I think thats the only way that you'll get a really "future proof" board, these boards look suitable. Hope that helps.
The SLI boards that are in your price range have an old chipset (nVidia 590 chipset), which I don't think supports the new Phenom chips. To get SLI and Phenom (for the future) you need the nVidia 780a chipset. If you don't want SLI there are plenty of Phenom-supporting boards (noted as AM2+) that are in your price range.
just one more not... you do know that for SLI to work you need two identical cards, right? It seems a bit like you are unaware of this, so i thought i'd give you a little word of warning there SLI is a nice feature, but if you don't want to be on the edge of performance but just want reasonable performance at a resonable price, single card solutions are always better i think.
