I need to select a motherboard for the e8400 and the radeon 3870

Jasumi · 05-06-2008, 05:07 PM

I'm pretty sure it would need pci xpress 2.0 x16 for the Radeon 3870 x2 to work well. All the Intel boards I found are $200+ Are there cheaper products I can buy?

reddevil6 · 05-06-2008, 11:29 PM

na the cheapest board that is going to to that is $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128089

daisymtc · 05-07-2008, 11:14 AM

1. Get P35 Motherboard, although it work at PCI-E x16 1.1, you can run 3870 on that.
2. Get GA-EX38-DS4 as reddivil6 said
3. Wait until the end of May. New Mobo with intel P43/P45 chipset, which support PCI-E x16 2.0, will be released (if ther is no delays)

05-06-2008, 05:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jasumi Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 62	I need to select a motherboard for the e8400 and the radeon 3870 I'm pretty sure it would need pci xpress 2.0 x16 for the Radeon 3870 x2 to work well. All the Intel boards I found are $200+ Are there cheaper products I can buy?

05-06-2008, 11:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
reddevil6 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Age: 15 Posts: 1,052	na the cheapest board that is going to to that is $199 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128089 __________________ (1) GA-MA770-DS3 - AMD 6000+ - WD SE16 2x500G - Gigabyte 3870 @ 855MHz - 2100MHz - Apacer 2x2G DDR 800 @ 4-4-4-12 @1.8V - Thermaltake Soprano RS100 full tower - Coolmaster extream power duo 650W - 3DMARK06 10643 (2) GA-81945P-G-RH - Pentium D 945 (3.4GHz) had it @4.42 GHz - SATA 3.0G 1x250G 2x500G - ASUS 3850 - 3G DDR 533 - Topower 750W - 50''(127CM) 1080P 1920x1080 plasma - 3DMARK06 7250. (3) Intel P4 3.0GHz - Jetway PM880DMS - IDE 320G - RADION 512MB 1650 pro - 1.5G DDR 400 - ATLAS 450W.

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05-07-2008, 11:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,317	1. Get P35 Motherboard, although it work at PCI-E x16 1.1, you can run 3870 on that. 2. Get GA-EX38-DS4 as reddivil6 said 3. Wait until the end of May. New Mobo with intel P43/P45 chipset, which support PCI-E x16 2.0, will be released (if ther is no delays)