Hey guys,
Now that the prices have dropped I want to get a Q9550 sometime this month, but I'm going to wait a little bit for old stock to sell out so I can try and get a E0 stepping chip. In the meantime I'm stuck on which motherboard to get. I'm looking at DDR2 boards as DDR3 is too expensive for me.
I'm not really much of an overclocker, but I don't think that matters too much as I can read about it here and other places. I just want to get a board that can OC the CPU up to 3.8-4Ghz on air cooling (TRUE or Noctua).
I'm looking at :
Asus X48 Rampage Formula
DFI X48 UT (a bit pricey for me. is at the max of my limit)
DFI X48 LT (Is there much difference between UT? price is better)
Asus P45 P5Q Deluxe
Gigabyte EP45DS3P (will only consider if their P45 range doesn't have DPC latency issues)
RAM :OCZ Reaper 1066 4GB Kit
What do you guys recommend?
Now that the prices have dropped I want to get a Q9550 sometime this month, but I'm going to wait a little bit for old stock to sell out so I can try and get a E0 stepping chip. In the meantime I'm stuck on which motherboard to get. I'm looking at DDR2 boards as DDR3 is too expensive for me.
I'm not really much of an overclocker, but I don't think that matters too much as I can read about it here and other places. I just want to get a board that can OC the CPU up to 3.8-4Ghz on air cooling (TRUE or Noctua).
I'm looking at :
Asus X48 Rampage Formula
DFI X48 UT (a bit pricey for me. is at the max of my limit)
DFI X48 LT (Is there much difference between UT? price is better)
Asus P45 P5Q Deluxe
Gigabyte EP45DS3P (will only consider if their P45 range doesn't have DPC latency issues)
RAM :OCZ Reaper 1066 4GB Kit
What do you guys recommend?