Doing a computer upgrade, suggestions for mobo please

n88tr

So my tower is Fubar'ed by a dead mobo. Been that way since early may. I want to fix it up when I go back to college in sept.

I wanted to Crossfire my 4770 HDs but wanted to know what kind of mobo to get.

I did a basic google search for compatible mobos and got this 1 hit
ASUS P6T Deluxe
not really sure if it's the best. I'm not looking to overclock any

My other parts are

Intel Core i7-950
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
1.5 terabyte harddrive
750 watt psu

I'm Crossfiring to save money and hopefully get a fairly decent station to install maya and zbrush since my new laptop still ain't good enough. plus for games and music and other stuff, hence the 1.5 tb harddrive

Planning to buy and assemble around mid-august

Thankyou PC

n88tr

I mean do i need a crossfire-certified mobo or should I make sure it has like 4 slots for PCI-e 2.0?

throttlekitty

From what I understand, that's how it works (multiple pci-e slots). Hopefully these help you.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-crossfire-nvidia-sli-multi-gpu,2678.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245454-33-crossfire-faqs

EarthQuake

Do you already have two video cards?

If so, sell them on ebay and buy 1 decent nvidia card
If not, do not waste your time. Xfire/SLI will not give you any benefit in 3d apps etc, and more likely than not cause compatibility issues.

n88tr

mm i didn't know that eq

what do u think about a
Radeon HD 6870 1GB

EarthQuake

I would skip ATI cards, driver problems, more likely to have issued with 3d apps etc. Just get a decent nvidia card, like a 460 or 560. They're cheap enough.

You can probably get a faster ati card for cheaper, but its not worth the hassle.

Will Faucher

I second skipping ATI. If you're seriously into 3D, avoid ATI like the plague. nVidia is the way to go.

Ace-Angel

Get a budget nVidia card, a 360 will do fine, for a DX11 take a 460, and so far, the best for price/performance ratio is 560.

ATi isn't partners with nVidia so they get alot of penalties as far as such areas are concerned.

Joshua Stubbles

Well what is the PC for? Gaming or just work? If it's just work, EQ is right. One lower range Nvidia card will be more than enough.

If you're gaming + working as I am, SLI is okay. I'm running 2x250GTS cards and it works great in and out of games.

The mobo I bought is an ASUS P8P67 Pro rev.3 board. It's compatible with i5/i7 chips, supports up to 32GB of memory, has SATA 6GB, USB3, bluetooth, supports SLI/Crossfire and a lot of other neat shit. Good board, costs around $150 or so?

EarthQuake

For gaming+work SLI is still a bad idea, I mean, you buy two cards and can only use one of them for work, its just a waste. SLI is only good if you're using your computer exclusively for gaming or apps that take advantage of SLI. Otherwise its always better to buy one good card, instead of two mediocre cards.

If your computer runs ok for work despite your SLI setup, thats sort of another thing entirely. =P

Avanthera

Yep, run far away from Ati. I've never had anything but troubles with their products + 3d

gaganjain

There not to much game that use Xfire/SLI to it full too...
Like EQ said get nVidia card
I think 460/560 will do for you...
So you use it work/gaming too