Upgrading from P45 motherboard

Tim

My current system has the P45 chipset Gigabyte EP45-DS3R motherboard, E7300 Core 2 Duo, and 4 GB of RAM, and it has worked fine for me.

I was thinking of building a new system with my tax refund in a couple months. I was thinking of going I7 4 core, Windows 7, and 6-12 GB of ram. And a 6xxx series Radeon GPU, depending on how they work in the next couple months.

Any suggestions for good motherboards for the I7 processors? I read they are Socket 1366 and Gigabyte has some to pick from, although I'd consider other motherboard makers too.:)

Cliff_Forster

If I were you, I'd consider waiting just a touch longer to see what happens with AMD's Bulldozer.

Not to mention, aparently Intel's Sandy Bridge leaked out early? So you are going to want to follow that development if you are thinking about a new system.

Point being, we are going to be seeing more of these new groundbreaking architectures very soon, so don't leap before you look.

mirage

You have a nice motherboard, you could buy this Q9300 for $100. That cpu can overclock to 3GHz (or beyond) very easily.

Tim

Yes, I can wait a while yet if I should. I've been thinking that the i7's have been out long enough that it's about time for whatever comes next.

Basil

No computer needs a quad core CPU.

mirage

Basil wrote:

No computer needs a quad core CPU.

I was trying to figure out what you mean until I saw Tim's post in the LG dual-core phone thread. Good answer!

Thrax

Basil wrote:

No computer needs a quad core CPU.

Flawless victory.

Tushon

Lololol