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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: xiwsa on February 21, 2010, 04:33:57 am

Title: Have Q9550 & DDR2-800, which motherboard?
Post by: xiwsa on February 21, 2010, 04:33:57 am

Which Gigabyte motherboard would you buy if you had a Q9550, four 1GB modules of DDR2-800, and a GeForce 7950GT/500, and an SSD main drive?

Would you ditch the DDR2 memory and go for a GA-EP43T-UD3L and buy DDR3-1600 memory modules?

I play Forged Alliance and the upcoming Supreme Commander 2, and do some flight simulation FS 9/10.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Have Q9550 & DDR2-800, which motherboard?
Post by: t00nCiNaToR on February 22, 2010, 06:41:05 pm

Well if you plan on overclocking your best bet would be the P45-UD3P, very solid DDR2 mobo and maybe the best all around LGA775 Motherboard. I would stay away from all DDR3 LGA775 boards if you can, they're really picky about memory, don't generally OC well and gave me more BSOD's than I care to count, but if you really want one I have a P45T-DS3R for sale... ;)

Title: Re: Have Q9550 & DDR2-800, which motherboard?
Post by: oggmonster on February 25, 2010, 01:32:39 pm

Quote from: t00nCiNaToR on February 22, 2010, 06:41:05 pm

Well if you plan on overclocking your best bet would be the P45-UD3P

What he said! Love that board, see here http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,615.0.html (http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,615.0.html)

Title: Re: Have Q9550 & DDR2-800, which motherboard?
Post by: gilgamesh on February 26, 2010, 03:01:59 pm

Quote from: oggmonster on February 25, 2010, 01:32:39 pm

Quote from: t00nCiNaToR on February 22, 2010, 06:41:05 pm

Well if you plan on overclocking your best bet would be the P45-UD3P

What he said! Love that board, see here http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,615.0.html (http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,615.0.html)

+2 on the above