Hey all
I'm building a new machine shortly but have ran into some conflicting information, perhaps some experience or advice from the locals here may help me out. Heres what I orginally intended to build.
CPU:Intel Q9450
MOBO: XFX MG-ISH9 780i
RAM: Corsair 4096-6400C5DHX (4GB pair)
GPU: XFX 8800GTS Alfa dog ed.
Being that I live in New Zealand, the Evga exchange program does not exist here so I'm not interested in any of their products, I really wanted to stay with XFX cause I've had good experiences in the pass. Most of these products are very cheap in NZ too, so please don't tell me to get something else because its cheaper :)
The problem I have is I've been talking to the local PC shops and the guys are telling me that;
A: the XFX 780i mobo DON'T support the new intel Q9450 cpu's, even though it clearly states it on the web (same with the 680i mobos). Some sort of conflict happens, funny, I thought seeing the Q9450 hasen't been released here yet.
B: Corsair is "crap" because it has a high fault rate, even thought they have a 5 year warranty. I also was told G-Skill RAM was the way to go, mainly (I believed) because it was the main RAM they stocked in the store I was in, but I've heard that G-Skill aint all that. I was also told the Corsair RAM doesn't overclock well.
C: SLI is crap on 780i & 680i mobos, apparntly is down scales the GPUs. This I'm not too worried about as I'm still on the fence about SLI, but it would have been nice as a future option.
D: One guy told me I'd need to run at least a 800W PUS for both these builds. This seemed a little exessive to me?
So, with all this in mind I decided to build/price up another machine, heres the alternative:
CPU; Q6600 Go verison.
MOBO: Asus P5E X38/ICH9R
RAM: still sitting with Corsair 4096 4GB
GPU: XFX 8800GTS alfa dog
So really I've only changed the MOBO & CPU. A little more information on what I intend to use the computer for:
Gaming @1600 x 1050, I would overclock the CPUs (on air) to about 3Ghz - 3.2GHz, SLI only as a future up-grade, either that or buy a new GPU.
So any thoughts on this, are there any truths to these claims or am I getting the "sales" pitch by desperate sales people?
Thanks in advance :)
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