Recommend a good i7 mobo?

[Briarknit]

I was leaning towards the asus p6t because this is pretty much what everyone else recommends. My stubborn issue is that it only supports crossfirex......what if I want to switch back to nvidia sometime and use sli!?


lol :P

[Ualaa]

I'm using the Asus P6T and am happy with it so far.

Mine supports both SLI and Crossfire; I have the original (version 1) of the motherboard.

Wow is my game I wouldn't SLI/Crossfire regardless, as that is consistently a performance hit; if you need more monitors then a single card, stick a second card in, but don't SLI/Crossfire... that assumes of course you are only playing wow.

[Briarknit]

Originally Posted by Ualaa

I'm using the Asus P6T and am happy with it so far.

Mine supports both SLI and Crossfire; I have the original (version 1) of the motherboard.

Wow is my game I wouldn't SLI/Crossfire regardless, as that is consistently a performance hit; if you need more monitors then a single card, stick a second card in, but don't SLI/Crossfire... that assumes of course you are only playing wow.

Hmm, might just go with this
ASUS P6T SE Motherboard - Intel X58, Socket 1366, DDR3, USB, RAID, ATX at TigerDirect.com

Im switching to ATI anyway.


Do you have a link to your card ullaa?

[ollee]

Originally Posted by Briarknit

what if I want to switch back to nvidia sometime and use sli!?

Don't.

[Briarknit]

Originally Posted by ollee

Don't.

Question, does Tigerdirect omit certain details from lesser priced boards so you will be tempted to buy the more expensive ones?

I ask because these two boards both APPEAR to be able to support triple channel memory, but only one actually states that it does.


Mobo 1
ASUS P6T SE Motherboard - Intel X58, Socket 1366, DDR3, USB, RAID, ATX at TigerDirect.com


Mobo 2
ASUS P6T Motherboard - LGA 1366, Intel X58, SATA, SLI Ready, CrossFireX Ready, Triple Channel DDR3 support, RAID, Hyperthreading support at TigerDirect.com