Help Please (680I, E8500, HD4870x2) Any bottle necks here for gaming rig.

[leighl]

I currently have a striker 680I mother board and im looking at getting an 8500 plus 4870x2 when its out for the best gaming performance i can get will this setup bottle neck me in any way or not.

I would like to run the E8500 at 4.2Ghz or higher

currently my board is doing 500fsb x7 with an E6600 at 3.5Ghz

I game on a 24in monitor.

or

Should i bin the striker and get another motherboard.

Another question i have it whats the best gaming CPU.

I cant figure out which way to go.

Help?

[Leeghoofd]

I run my Striker daily at 450FSB with 9 multi...(1501bios) it has absolutely no issues with the Wolfdale, neither with the 8800GTX... I haven't tried the GTX 280 on it as some say it's best to have a PCI-E 2.0 to enable full bandwith... so before rushing out and to buy another mobo , give the good old Striker a go... if it underperforms you can still opt for another mobo with Intel chipset...

For ya total speed limit yaself at 4ghz as you will require 1.3 or less volts... for more you prolly need to go over 1.4 Vcore which isn't recommended for 45nm CPU's (unless you get a an excellent batch that can do with less volts)

Keep us posted what gives...