prices of Gigabyte X38-DQ4 & ASUS Maximus Formula & Foxconn X38A

[Blackfire]

Can anybody tell me what are current prices of these three motherboards?

[darklord]

There is no board as Gigabyte X38 DQ4, its either DS4 or DQ6
Foxconn board is not available locally.
Asus Maximus Formula is 18k or so.Maybe less but not less than 15k

[amitash]

^My dealer quoted the maximus formula at 13.5k

[hellgate]

^^^ wat happened u again shifting to LGA775 or something?
if ur dealer is giving that mobo for 13.5k then get it asap.its steal at that price.

[desiibond]

seriously, why should one pay 14k for core2 based board when Nehalem's boards are available for 2k more and that the processor too is available for 15k. Just a thought.

[Blackfire]

ok bro i may have posted wrong so what is the price of Gigabyte X38 DS4?

[The Sorcerer]

I suggest you save money and/or buy nehalem config. It doesnt make sense spending so much money on an LGA775 board now. It wise to wait for sometime and buy the x58 board with nehalem core with some good 1066 mhz rams. With some bios updates in the future, you can buy and use beyond 2000mhz based rams.

[Blackfire]

but bro DDR3 cost bomb right now plus X58 motherboard are costs much more than X38 plus the nehalem will also costs much more than Q6600 which i plan to buy & plus right now there is no performance difference between i7 & quad core.

bro can you tell me prices of i7 processors & a good X58 board? if they suits me i can consider them

[The Sorcerer]

^^ That isnt a good reason to spend so much on a DDR2-LGA775 based motherboard now is it? Most People barely tweak settings like dram-fsb ratio, voltages, northbridge and southbridge. You have to look at price per performance ratio as well.

[Blackfire]

Originally Posted by The Sorcerer

^^ That isnt a good reason to spend so much on a DDR2-LGA775 based motherboard now is it? Most People barely tweak settings like dram-fsb ratio, voltages, northbridge and southbridge. You have to look at price per performance ratio as well.

so what components do you suggest?

[amitash]

^^^ wat happened u again shifting to LGA775 or something?
if ur dealer is giving that mobo for 13.5k then get it asap.its steal at that price.

Lol no way would i shift back to LGA 775...I have already ordered the Gigabyte Extreme board...I was just giving the price for the maximus formula my dealer quoted thats all

[Blackfire]

Originally Posted by amitash

Lol no way would i shift back to LGA 775...I have already ordered the Gigabyte Extreme board...I was just giving the price for the maximus formula my dealer quoted thats all

bro can you tell me the price of your motherboard, processor & memory?

[The Sorcerer]

Originally Posted by Blackfire

so what components do you suggest?

I would recommend waiting for a month's time. We should get better rams by q1 2009. It make sense that we should get atleast 2000mhz if someone wants to move. Too much latency is not worth it.

[Blackfire]

Originally Posted by The Sorcerer

I would recommend waiting for a month's time. We should get better rams by q1 2009. It make sense that we should get atleast 2000mhz if someone wants to move. Too much latency is not worth it.

so you mean that i should change Ram to DDR3 but should stick to Quad core? right

[desiibond]

^^ You should move to Nehalem or wait for Deneb. No offense meant, it will be really really stupid to pay 15k for X38 motherboard at this point of time.

[The Sorcerer]

^^ you are right. The whole platform is changing from ddr2-ddr3. With that kind of budget- its wiser to wait. Waiting for one month wont hurt if you ask me.

[amitash]

bro can you tell me the price of your motherboard, processor & memory?

Gigabyte GA-Ex58 EXTREME (Ordered arriving in a week)--20k
i7-920--299$ (bought in the US)
G-skill 6GB 3x2GB--240$

[Blackfire]

Originally Posted by The Sorcerer

^^ you are right. The whole platform is changing from ddr2-ddr3. With that kind of budget- its wiser to wait. Waiting for one month wont hurt if you ask me.

what prices do you expect after 1 month?

[The Sorcerer]

^^ Better ram options. He can save some money till that time as well.

[Blackfire]

Originally Posted by amitash

Gigabyte GA-Ex58 EXTREME (Ordered arriving in a week)--20k
i7-920--299$ (bought in the US)
G-skill 6GB 3x2GB--240$

thank bro

Originally Posted by The Sorcerer

^^ Better ram options. He can save some money till that time as well.

ok!!! it looks like that i have to wait.

bro when will you are expecting i7 price to be under 10K ?

[The Sorcerer]

^^ Doubted. Too early to say. As it is there are always delays for price cuts to be reflected in India- especially Mumbai.

[acewin]

guys have a question about RAM for setting a nehalem 1 GM RAM is good enough or not I mean if a person can setup by spending minimum in RAM it is good enough so that RAM can be added latter, bcoz again, 4GB sticks havent hit in the market. MAX RAM will be reached then only as 4 DIMMs

[Blackfire]

i gb ram is enough for surfing or working on word, excel & some multimedia experience but except to play games or run heavy duty software on it.

[amitash]

Ya 1GB will be enuf for most small time apps and DONT get 4GB of RAm...either get 3 or 6 as nehalem as a tripple-channel mem controller which gives a HUGE performance boost...Also make sure that the RAM you get has a voltage of less than 1.65v or you will burn your processor..Tri-channel kits arent available in india AFAIK but you can get the transcend RAM which costs about 2.5-3k for 1GB and has 1.55v