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b0gey_dead_six, on Jan 7 2011, 12:57 PM, said:

any reason for the thumbs down?

the board seems solid:

http://www.xtremesys...ad.php?t=264703

Just for the price.    I forgot that Microcenter does match Newegg's prices!  Sunday's trip might just turn out better than I thought  

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Toby Werner, on Jan 7 2011, 05:13 PM, said:

Just for the price.    I forgot that Microcenter does match Newegg's prices!  Sunday's trip might just turn out better than I thought  

Yep, Im gonna have my HTC evo browser on newegg ready to compare come on down here Toby, let's shop together haha

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SC man....I'll meet halfway  

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Toby Werner, on Jan 7 2011, 06:49 PM, said:

SC man....I'll meet halfway  

Lol.

[Mr Smooth.]

I will be getting mine/ordering mine in 2 weeks. Not sure which one to get at the moment.

[Peter797]

OMG, 1 more dayy!!!!!

[Charlatan]

Oooh!!! http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Bundles

/checks bank account and cries

i5 2500k bundle, pre-clocked and guaranteed at 4.5ghz for £349! Sounds like a bargain to me.

[Peter797]

man....'tis BS, all these UK places already have prebuilt computers, and I can't even order the darn thing off newegg yet

[Peter797]

man....'tis BS, all these UK places already have prebuilt computers, and I can't even order the darn thing off newegg yet

[Flying_Scotsman]

OC's UK have a nice 20% discount on the MSI GD65 board.  A good offer if you are trying to save the pennies.

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Toby, i talked to someone from microcenter today, she said they would have the SB line up on the website by 9am, so you could reserve it for pickup when the store opens at 11.

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Well, unfortunately something has come up and I won't be able to get to Atlanta tomorrow.  This really blows because of the Snow/Ice storm that's headed this way tomorrow night. Wednesday might be the earliest I'll be able to get my hands on one!   Any word on how long MC is keeping these prices?

Edited by Toby Werner, 09 January 2011 - 12:26 AM.

[nw757]

Sandy Bridge available on newegg. MC is cheaper (for CPUs), but I'm looking at boards.

[Cortez]

Just it to my cart on new egg! can anyone recommend a good board?  (Figured this thread would get more attention )

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Budget?

[Cortez]

$600 or less. Ram can be cheapish, I'm looking at these two items

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115072
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813121482
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231208
Current total is $431

Edited by Cortez, 09 January 2011 - 01:16 AM.

[nw757]

I have a question Toby.

I am looking between the Gigabyte UD3P and UD4 (haven't looked a lot at other brands yet). Overall, they are pretty much the same other than one thing.

Under the comparison for the 'PCI Express 2.0 x16' section:

UD3P                 UD4
2 (x16, x4) 2 (x16, x8)

How much of a difference is the x4 from the x8 (I'm not sure what it means?). The difference in the boards is $30 (which is a decent amount right now) so if I could save a few $$, that would be great.

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I would recommend a minimum 4GB of RAM.  Also, if you're planning on overclocking (which I guess you are since you're getting the unlocked CPU) I'd pick a bit better motherboard.

http://www.newegg.co...8-462-_-Product
http://www.newegg.co...1-681-_-Product
http://www.newegg.co...0-552-_-Product

As for the RAM -

http://www.newegg.co...1-277-_-Product

nw757, on Jan 9 2011, 01:14 AM, said:

I have a question Toby.

I am looking between the Gigabyte UD3P and UD4 (haven't looked a lot at other brands yet). Overall, they are pretty much the same other than one thing.

Under the comparison for the 'PCI Express 2.0 x16' section:

UD3P                 UD4
2 (x16, x4) 2 (x16, x8)

How much of a difference is the x4 from the x8 (I'm not sure what it means?). The difference in the boards is $30 (which is a decent amount right now) so if I could save a few $$, that would be great.

Are you planning on running dual graphic cards?  If not, either board works well.  Once coupled with 2 GPU's, one card will only be getting 25% of it's total bandwidth (x4 instead of x16) which really makes dual-GPU's useless.  Budget P67 setups are better off with just one GPU.

[Cortez]

Toby, thanks a lot!
I'm gonna go ahead and make a long awaited, and deserved (imo) upgrade I really appreciate the help!

[nw757]

Ah, ok. I'll only be running one GPU. I'll probably pick one of the 3 you recommended for Cortez above. Thanks!