Quick Question: Good intel board that supports SLi

[Monkey]

I need a board that supports SLi, i had this #31059 in my cart until i noticed its not Sli.

Could anyone tell me of a similar board (price or spec) with SLi

Much Appreciated

[wonderlust]

You will not get an Intel Chipset with SLi support,

Only Nvidia Chipsets give SLi support.

I wouldn't recommend SLi it is just a waste of money

[alexnifty]

I think the main reasonable arguement for SLi is that you might be able to pick up a cheap GPU later down the line when you want an upgrade.

Thing is you need to find something at a bargain price or get it given to you to make it better than selling the old and buying anew.

[Monkey]

So do nVidia make CPU's or just boards? Im confused, thought they just made GPU's
Basicly i want to run two monitors off of a good MB and GPU

No need really for two GPU's but it wants to be pretty powerful for less that £250

Any boards on Aria that take intel CPU's and sli? not that im fussed im just wondering

[alexnifty]

nVidia make boards and GPU's. All of todays graphics cards will do dual monitors very well. I would just go for whatever your bank balance allows.

[Monkey]

Ok so i want one GPU and i was looking at the XFX GeForce 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX 512MB.

Anything that will be alot better on Aria?

[wonderlust]

Well the 9800GTX is better, but if it's worth the difference is debatable.

The card you have selected will be fine with two screens, i have a similar card and it plays all the games i play very well

[Monkey]

will it play crisis on two screens :P

[alexnifty]

will it play crisis on two screens :P

You know very well that it wont :evil:

[wonderlust]

iirc you cant run two screens on SLI either, with out the use of "special" hardware

[Monkey]

Ha ha... yeah yeah i know... what if i run it on the lowest details and resolution.

Sorry about the delay. Im remotley accessing someones computer to fix her MSN messenger :|

[Monkey]

iirc you cant run two screens on SLI either, with out the use of "special" hardware
Yeah i know that. Discussed that in another forum... stupid idea really. so is SLi

[wonderlust]

So why ask for a board that supports it? Very strange :D

[Monkey]

A freind of mine here at work wants sli. i however want a computer that is powerful and can support two screens...

52 in 1 Card Reader Black with USB
1x £5.95
500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 16MB
1x £41.95
Xilence 800w Gaming Edition PSU
1x £59.95
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
1x £114.95
Logitech G9 Laser Gamers mouse
1x £39.95
Samsung SH-S203 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
1x £13.95
Logitech Media Keyboard 600
1x £11.95
Nexus HOC-9000 Universal CPU cooler
1x £29.74
OCZ 4GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC (2x2GB)
1x £69.95
24" IIyama Prolite Widescreen TFT E2403WS
2x £221.23
Cooler Master Cosmos S case
1x £128.95
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB cache
1x £81.95
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R P35 Socket 775 Motherboard
1x £63.30
nVidia GeForce 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E 2.0
1x £159.95

Total: (exc. VAT) £1264.95

[Monkey]

What do you think to those specs by the way?

[wonderlust]

It's ok, I would go with a board with a heat pipe chipset cooler though

[Monkey]

So i would i... so suggest one please

[wonderlust]

MSI P35 Neo2-fr

[coiler]

MSI P35 Neo2-fr

i concur!

or if you can splash the cash

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35-DS4+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27305

[Monkey]

Ok thats cool but is it anygood? it looks tiny and it has less PCI slots

[coiler]

who uses PCI slots nowadays! :O

2 is ample

[wonderlust]

Ok thats cool but is it anygood? it looks tiny and it has less PCI slots

Which board looks tiny?

[jonwoad]

+1 for the Neo2-FR

[Monkey]

The MSI P35 neo, and i meant "pci express"

[wonderlust]

It's got 4! 1 x x16 1 x x16 (4 electically) 2 x x1

which is one more than the GA-EP35C-DS3R you were looking at :D

[Monkey]

Its got 3 in total hasnt it?

[Lynx]

Graphics cards only use 16x slots, they cannot use 1x, they are for top end sound cards or physX cards. Only 2 for graphics.

[wonderlust]

the neo has 4

[Monkey]

Sorry my bad... was looking at the MSI P35 NEO-F LGA not the MSI P35 NEO2-FR

[wonderlust]

Graphics cards only use 16x slots, they cannot use 1x, they are for top end sound cards or physX cards. Only 2 for graphics.

Unless of course they are of the open ended type, (not that I have seen a board with that type yet)

[wonderlust]

Sorry my bad... was looking at the MSI P35 NEO-F LGA not the MSI P35 NEO2-FR


Lol not worries! :D

[Monkey]

It's ok, I would go with a board with a heat pipe chipset cooler though
Ive just realised why you only said that setup i showed you was just ok. Your an AMD fan and so am i

[wonderlust]

Well I am not realy a fan, It's just that I've been working on a budget in the last few years.

My history :-

Intel 286
Amd 386
Intel 486
Pentium 90
Pentium 120
Pentium 166mx
celeron 266 (No CACHE :()
Celeron 300a @450 :D
Celeron 500 (dual processor)
P3 500
P3 700@933 x2 (dual processor)
Athlon 2200+
Athlon 3200+ barton
Athlon64 3500+
Athlon64x2 3800+
Q6600 @ 3Ghz

I am sure i may have missed one or two :D

[Monkey]

Ahh i see. Ive always prefferred AMD myself due to them not burning on a standard cooler :P
But lately (last 2-3 years) Intel have been beating AMD spec wise

[wonderlust]

They have both had their own merits,

I hva found intel chipset motherboards to be more stable, but probably due to having used a couple of dodgy Via chipset boards, But I must say that the ULI boards that i have had (from Asrock) have been excelent for stability and at the prices I paid very good vfm.

[Monkey]

ok what do you think to the specs now?

52 in 1 Card Reader Black with USB
1x £5.95
500GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA2 16MB
1x £41.95
Xilence 800w Gaming Edition PSU
1x £59.95
MSI P35 NEO2-FR Socket 775 Motherboard
1x £56.49
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
1x £114.95
Logitech G9 Laser Gamers mouse
1x £39.95
Samsung SH-S203 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
1x £13.95
Logitech Media Keyboard 600
1x £11.95
Nexus HOC-9000 Universal CPU cooler
1x £29.74
OCZ 4GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC (2x2GB)
1x £69.95
24" IIyama Prolite Widescreen TFT E2403WS
2x £221.23
Cooler Master Cosmos S case
1x £128.95
nVidia GeForce 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E 2.0
1x £159.95
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 7200RPM 32MB cache
1x £78.95

Total: (exc. VAT) £1255.14

[wonderlust]

should fly in most games,

my system only has 2Gb, an 8800Gt and an oem 7200.11 8mb and i get all 5.9 in Vista Ulimate 32

Yours is better...

[Monkey]

Do aria do builds or not? not that i would get it built for me but i was just wondering if they did

http://www.speedtest.net/result/273763057.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[wonderlust]

i am not sure.

nice upload speed, i take it you're on cable

[Monkey]

I should say i am ha ha. Im at work in a call centre so yeah they probably are but i bet its faster than that. Thats the speed for one computer. There are about 400 computers or more

[wonderlust]

ah I see, Last place I worked had a 100Mb pipe very nice for downloading linux distros