View Full Version : Looking to go 775....
KennyC
10-08-2004, 05:43 PM
I like the ABIT AA8-Duramax.
Thoughts?
I was looking at the new DFI LGA775 board using the i875 chipset....allows you to use your nice ram and AGP graphics card. Also has good voltage options.
Kunaak
10-09-2004, 01:57 AM
dfi 875 T gets my vote.
Thats the one :D
Oppainter is using one to top the 3dmark05 tables at the moment !!
KennyC
10-09-2004, 06:03 AM
The board looks Hot, but I need more then 2 SATA controllers.
BTW, Thi is going to be a complete new build, so no old parts will be used.
masterofpuppets
10-09-2004, 10:50 AM
I would go for a combo board (i865 or i875) since they don't have any overclocking restrictions. I don't know exactly what the best motherboard is though, being a 478 man. No graphics cards have taken advantage of AGP 8x yet and DDR2 RAM has incredibly bad latencies. As for CPU, it would be worth saving up for a nice shiny EE since they are currently the best performing chips from Intel at this moment. In the graphics department, 6800 or X800 are the 2 best cards on the market right now. Either one will give you great results. Finally memory: I don't know what the absolute best memory is right now and I get bored of keeping track, so maybe someone else could help you there.
Romaster
10-09-2004, 11:13 AM
I also vote for the dfi 875 very nice..
but however.. if you want totally new parts... keep in mind with ddr2 and pci-e already here.. having an agp mobo+ddr 1 would limit your upgradeability.. you'll still be king of the hill for a while but eventually to upgrade you'd need a new mobo,ram,gpu, and mayb cpu..
as for best rams.. lately the best ram is the crucial Ballistix pc4000 does 2-2-2-5-1t no problems at stock.. and mine can do 2225-1t full PAT even at 226fsb.. quite powerful stuff I'd say.. ($145 for a stick of 512mb)..
as for ddr2.. corsair recently introduced the low latency ddr2 sticks.. 3-3-3-8 if i recall correctly.. thats pretty good for ddr2 when most are 4-4-4-12
Anemone
10-09-2004, 03:55 PM
OCZ is supposedly working on EB 667 ddr2 but there is no word on how that is going so who knows. 538mhz @ 3-3-3-8 is damn good, imo, be far the best DDR2 out now.
$.02
freecableguy
10-10-2004, 04:54 PM
I would use some good ole BH-5 (1GB), the new DFI 875 board and a 3.6Ghz or 3.8Ghz Prescott (775 of course) if I were to build right now...