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ok, this is what i'm thinking about getting at the moment,

Motherboard:- Intel® Desktop Board DG45ID
Processer:- Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550
Ram:- DDR-2:-CT2KIT25664AA800

what does evryone think of them (pleese rate)
and what else should i get with them, i am relitively new to this so
adivice is appreciated, i'm very busy at the moment otherwise there would be more stuff or there

P.s. any one got any websites which they use to find parts, i know a few but don't have time to find any!

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http://processormatch.intel.com/Co [...] ame=dg45id

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Make sure the board has the bios or later & is one of the revisions in order to support that cpu.

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  • Any budget?
  • For what use?
  • Why this board specifically?
  • Need the MicroATX form factor?
  • Need the on-board GPU?


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what would you reccomend what i've said or one of theese extreme series mother boards?

Extreme Series
DP45SG - Intel® P45 - LGA775 - ATX
D5400XS - Intel® 5400 - LGA771 - eATX
DX48BT2 - Intel® X48 - LGA775 - ATX
DX38BT - Intel® X38 - LGA775 - ATX
D975XBX2 - Intel® 975X - LGA775 - ATX

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  • no budget
  • gamming, homework, the internet
  • ?
  • ?

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oh, by the way heres the link to where i found the extreme mother boards

http://www.intel.com/products/desk [...] dt_extreme

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To be honest, I don't know much about Intel manufactured board and I think most people on this forum don't use them; Asus, Gigabyte and others all make very good boards using the Intel chipsets.

What games do you play, need a monitor or planning to keep the one you have (if so what is it so we can have the resolution)?


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Jono T wrote :

what would you reccomend what i've said or one of theese extreme series mother boards?

Extreme Series
DP45SG - Intel® P45 - LGA775 - ATX
D5400XS - Intel® 5400 - LGA771 - eATX
DX48BT2 - Intel® X48 - LGA775 - ATX
DX38BT - Intel® X38 - LGA775 - ATX
D975XBX2 - Intel® 975X - LGA775 - ATX



you shouldn't only look at intel-branded motherboards. there are other companies that make equally good or better boards. Gigabyte and ASUS are both excellent.

and newegg.com is the place to shop online for computer parts if you live in the US. (and soon canada!)


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Nik_I wrote :

and newegg.com is the place to shop online for computer parts if you live in the US. (and soon canada!)




I agree, Newegg is one of the best places to perform research on parts. Lots of reviews, and lots of info about each product.

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i think the most powerful game i have is stronghold 2, but i do have quite a few war strategy games. also i'll buy a new screen any good ones to reccommend? i will check out newegg.com but i don't live in Canada or the USA

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By the way Would you say the G45 chipset is good?

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G45 chipset feature integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. Frankly these are weak and not up to the duty of gaming. These are designed for web browsing, office computers to display pie charts and video streams. If your going to purchase a GPU then buying this chipset makes no sense (like buying bicycle pedals for your car).

If you can wait a couple months the X58 chipset will be coming out soon!......when? ........ soon! along with thier X25-m SSD's........when? .......soon! and the i7 CPU's .....When??........ soooooon!........but.....but ......I want it now!

Ok forget all that Nehalem business, if your dead set on getting an intel board and have no budget then Skulltrail is what your looking for.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813121330

It literally leaves a trail down your skull making you wondering where your your brain ran off to? Sporting 2 775 sockets this bad boy can have 8 cores of gianormous CPU Powa! Having both SLI and Crossfire configurations means that you can have the best GPUs at all times. This is the as futureproof as we can get today..........but then there's Nehalem just around the corner........when...........Soon.

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3lvis wrote :

G45 chipset feature integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. Frankly these are weak and not up to the duty of gaming. These are designed for web browsing, office computers to display pie charts and video streams. If your going to purchase a GPU then buying this chipset makes no sense (like buying bicycle pedals for your car).

If you can wait a couple months the X58 chipset will be coming out soon!......when? ........ soon! along with thier X25-m SSD's........when? .......soon! and the i7 CPU's .....When??........ soooooon!........but.....but ......I want it now!

Ok forget all that Nehalem business, if your dead set on getting an intel board and have no budget then Skulltrail is what your looking for.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813121330

It literally leaves a trail down your skull making you wondering where your your brain ran off to? Sporting 2 775 sockets this bad boy can have 8 cores of gianormous CPU Powa! Having both SLI and Crossfire configurations means that you can have the best GPUs at all times. This is the as futureproof as we can get today..........but then there's Nehalem just around the corner........when...........Soon.




i'll just throw this out there, that's most likely way too expensive and extremely unnecessary for the OP.


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My sister works at PC world, so i went up there with her found a nice mother board but she forgot to write down it's name!!!!

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