i am so sorry i keep bothering you guys about my stupid upgrade but im so lost trying to make up my mind
q6600 + asus p5q and no graphics card vs graphics card and possibly the asus p5q and stay with my e4300?
because my uncle bought an q6600 off new egg by accident and he knew i needed a new cpu and he told me if i want it i can buy it off him instead of him losing money in shipping and restocking fee and if i buy the q6600 for 189 and the p5q but i cant buy the 9800 gt and keep my 8600 gt for now until i get some more money.
sorry guys i just cant make up my mind and i posted on com.puter.tv and i didnt get a good response this is the only place i get a good response i dont wanna bother u guys with my crap =/
im guessing i annoyed the crap out of every one with me not being able to make up my mind all im asking for is someone to make my mind up for me aghhhh
Theres a better way. Get the cpu, get the grahpics card. Keep the motherboard u have now. It will be fine, i dont see a point in u getting a new motherboard
Your 8600 GT is fine. Maybe when the holidays come around, your oh-so-loving family will get you a new 9800 GTX+. As of now, get a new motherboard and Q6600. Are you getting the P5Q pro or P5Q? Both are good, but the P5Qs placement of connections/ports is a little whack. Heatsinks looks nice though.
my current motherboard dosent support quad core onyl dual core and a verly low fsb its the asus p5vd2 mx se and the freaking thing is under clocking my ran to 533 mhz i hate this board and i was looking at p5q and the 24 pin connection placement is retarted wtf
PCI-e 2.0 is backwards compatible both ways. Whether it is on the card or whether it is the socket that is PCI-e 2.0. It's probably a fault on their end, whether it be a faulty card or a DOA board. Strawberry Calpico ftw.
any good $100 range mobo suggestions preferably by asus sli is optional im better off without as i will save more money good solid boards please thanks =)
Unless this site is gonna run out of storage soon, ask all you want. Upgrading aint no little thing. I spent around 2 gran on my upgrade a day ago. If your going to invest a lot of money in something, make sure you get the right thing. So dont feel bad for double (or triple) checking on things you aren't sure of. It's not bothering anyone and people will say 'dude, omg, like stfu!1' because they are stupid.
You could, however, try to think about every part of your upgrade, and then put it all in one thread, to make it easier. Or you can hop on the IRC chat when a lot of people are on and ask them...
the only non nvidia board you can buy right now as far as i know that does sli is the skulltrail. so if you want sli your choices are basicly 680i 750i 780i 790i. all of which i think are over 100.
if you dont need sli just get a p45 and the best single card you can afford. which i personally prefer over sli anyway, i was disapointed with the gain i got from 1 9800gtx to two, but thats just me.