Ideas for Gaming Mobo

[philbar71]

lol, i dont know of any $20 mobo's. get a q9400 and a goot mobo.

 

[SHaTTaFaKKaP]

I would get a really good dual core, and a really good motherboard, since your budget only allows for $300 total, You can find many e8400's for $100~150, and this motherboard you can achieve very good clocks and nice gaming FPS, if you want to save some money and don't plan on overclocking, the standard edition will suffice.

 

[veg1992]

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Those should be good... SHaTTaFaKKaP's build works good too if you want SLI

 

[Puddle Jumper]

The biostar Tp45HP is cheaper and a much better overclocker than the 750i ftw.

Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Edit: vern beat me to it.

 

[SHaTTaFaKKaP]

oh ya, only get my setup if you looking to SLi or just want a "cooler looking" mother board, I suggested this motherboard under the assumption "gaming mobo" so I thought you were going SLi for some reason

 

[Pinscher]

Don't forget about Gigabyte mobos if you plan on overclocking

The biostar is the best overclocker for the core 2 series

 

[veg1992]

Just because the UD3P board you have allows you to hit 4.23ghz, doesn't make Gigabytes the best board around... if anything, that's a simple OC with an e8400 and most boards can do it with ease

 

[newbiebuilderguy]

Just because the UD3P board you have allows you to hit 4.23ghz, doesn't make Gigabytes the best board around... if anything, that's a simple OC with an e8400 and most boards can do it with ease

I agree completely. E8400 are very easy overclockers . I did it , being a total noob. Gigabytes are good 4 the money , though. Agreed?:freak:

 

[veg1992]

Not as good as the Biostar for the price

 

[newbiebuilderguy]

Yeah , the only advantage the gigabyte has over the biostar is the 16x pcie slot , I think. Does that give any kind of performance boost to a graphics card?