Gigabyte MoBo

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Chandos

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I need a help choosing my new motherboard I'm thinking of buying the GA-X48-DQ6 or GA-EP45-EXTREME motherboard.

My questions:
1.which one is better for gaming??cos I'm thinking of using the E8600 processor
2.does the X series VGA card compatible with them??coz from what I've read the X series have the DDR3
3.which RAM is better to use with them??the 1066 or 800 one??
 
1. E8400 is cheaper and you can overclock it to E8600 speeds (and higher) I however would suggest a Q9450/9550 quad-core or a Phenom II set up (cheaper and as good as C2Q line and can use DDR3)
2. Both boards only claim to run DDR2 so where is the DDR3 board (link it)
3. Faster is always better. I only noticed 1 second faster boot times however from overclocking 800 to 1066mhz.
 
If I change to Q9450/9550 does it mean that I have to change my mobo as well??can u give me some advice on choosing mobo??coz I'm quite confuse about mobo atm :confused::confused:

the 2nd question is for the graphic card which is the GTS250 (my bad,wrong info)http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250_us.html

coz I found that the standard memory is DDR3 while the mobo runs the DDR2, so shud I go with the GTS250 or go with the GT9800??
 
Chandos said:
If I change to Q9450/9550 does it mean that I have to change my mobo as well??can u give me some advice on choosing mobo??coz I'm quite confuse about mobo atm :confused::confused:

the 2nd question is for the graphic card which is the GTS250 (my bad,wrong info)http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gts_250_us.html

coz I found that the standard memory is DDR3 while the mobo runs the DDR2, so shud I go with the GTS250 or go with the GT9800??
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The memory type on the graphics card has nothing to do with the Motherboard Memory.

Faster memory is always good, but more memory is better.
 
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No you shouldn't have to change your current motherboard...double check on the Gigabyte website but it claims support for the 45nm chips.

They also run cooler and can overclock farther then the 65nm chips. I would wager with a little bit of patience 3.4ghz-3.8ghz could be achieved.
 
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