Best Mobo and ram for £160

[gaz2341]

Hey all need some help,
ordered a mobo which was then told it was out of stock got a
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache processor was wondering whats the best motherboard and ram I can get for £160ish for a gaming pc.
Cheers

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Foxconn BlackOps Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £82.00
(£71.30) £82.00
(£71.30)

Patriot Viper Kit 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PVS34G1600ELK) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73) Sub Total : £133.03 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £21.38 Total : £163.91

 

[DavieJG]

The above spec is your best for £160 but depending what you want to do with it, you may not notice the difference between a p45 DDR2 setup which could be had for around £30 less.

 

[GSS]

I have the same Q9550 CPU on an ASUS P5N-D board http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-265-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1057 with 8GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition RAM, 2 x Asus EN9600GT's + CoolinK GFXChilla GPU Cooler (SLI) and it's a solid performer IMHO. With this brilliant cable http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-031-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat= my system cooling (CPU Fan, Mobo Fan & 4 Case Fans) are all run efficiently by this board. TBH, my rig is a "Jack of all Trades" rather than a dedicated gaming machine, It's an HTPC, Photo/Video Editing PC (hence 8GB RAM), Gaming PC all in one. In my experience this board is very stable, performs flawlessly in all these tasks but is by no means a top perfomer.

It's well within your budget & you could get some decent RAM with the balance, Corsair & Patriot are very popular with people on the forum but OCZ's 'Lifetime Warranty' offers supurb value.

I agree the above combination (DDR3) would be a sound choice for for your budget, I thought I would just share my experience with the Q9550 CPU on a LGA775 DDR2 board that's also within your within your budget although out of stock at OC at the moment.

 

[gaz2341]

Spoke to one of the OC guys on the phone he didnt recommend the Foxconn Blackops says it has a lot of issues and said with my budget to go with a DDR2 set up. All the mid range mobos seem to be out of stock at the mo. Any suggestions?

 

[metamorphpwner]

Asus P5Q turbo with some kingston HyperX thrown on their

 

[gaz2341]

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