Help with new build

[therealnph]

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

[Liclac]

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..

[Alexandre]

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?

[IVIYTH0S]

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