therealnph Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Hi, getting ready to put a new system together was hoping someone could steer me in the right direction for motherboard purchase i would like to have as much ddr3 ram as possible and 2 pci express slots and if 1366 is the newest socket id like it to feature that. Thanks again, also if you think you might know how to make something better let me know 3,000$ can limit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liclac Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Hi, getting ready to put a new system together was hoping someone could steer me in the right direction for motherboard purchase i would like to have as much ddr3 ram as possible and 2 pci express slots and if 1366 is the newest socket id like it to feature that. Thanks again, also if you think you might know how to make something better let me know 3,000$ can limit hi, talking about RAM slots, the X58 based motherboard only support max 24GB DDR3 memory triple channel with 6 slots available. with $3000 budget, the choices are: Asus Rampage III Formula http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131666 ASUS P6X58D-E http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131641 EVGA X58 FTW3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188065 ASUS P6T7 WS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131390 or you can take the ASUS Extreme series, which will allow you to overclock it easily. there are some MB based on my personal opinion. Maybe the others have better personal opinion. The latest socket are 1155 with Sandy Bridge Processor... With $3000 you can take the Gulftown 980X, or you can wait for the Sandy Bridge extreme edition from intel. But I don't know when it will be released.. hope that help.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 With $3000 I would suggest you wait till bulldozer is out or at least SB motherboards are back into business. Maybe even wait for Ivy Bridge CPUs to come out. When are you planning on building this system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 With $3000 I would suggest you wait till bulldozer is out or at least SB motherboards are back into business. Maybe even wait for Ivy Bridge CPUs to come out. When are you planning on building this system $3000 should be spent on the absolute best (unless you need something now) you could always roll with a low cost AMD setup for now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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