suggest a gud motherboard

[fun2sh]

my cousine want to purchase a HI-TEK motherboard in price range of 5k.

here's wat he needs
1. support for core 2 duo n quad (also core 2 duo extreme and quad extreme)
2. inbuilt graphics but SHOULD SUPPORT GOOD EXTERNAL GRAPHICS CARDS. SLI OR CROSSFIRE IS WELCOMED
3. DIRECTX10 SUPPORT.
4.SATA SUPPORT
5. GOOD AUDIO DEVICE
6. think of other gud features n plz suggest a gud mobo in 5k range

[moshel]

U wont get SLi or crossfire or good onboard graphics in 5k. the best bet is 650i ultra mobo. in 5-6k.

[fun2sh]

OK THEN SUGGEST ME 650I ULTRA MOBO.. n brother i quite keen to purchase n intel mobo, but i told him that it wont hav that much performance, so plz suggest a good mobo to convince him that intel is not so gud

[moshel]

its XFX 650i ultra......thats the name of the mobo..but i forgot to tell u that this doesnt have onboard video.

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...oductId=989811

if he wants intel then tell him to go for 965G based motherboard which has onboard video...and better wud be G33 based mobo..but that m8 be a little expensive. there are many different versions available from intel itself and also other cos liks xfx, asus etc.

i dont think there is any mobo with onboard video supporting DX10.

[Pathik]

Get a Biostar p35

[fun2sh]

hey Plz give the link for their specification too...

and is n650i of nVIDIA a motherboard or chipset.
do nVIDIA manufacture mobo??

[moshel]

dude before purchasing a mobo u first need to know which chipset u wanna buy...

currently some "good" chipsets for intel CPUs are:
1. Nvidia 680i
2. Nvidia 650i
3. Intel 965
4. Intel 975
5. Intel G33
6. Intel P35
7. Intel X38 (m not sure whtr its been released in the market or not)

all these chipsets have different features/support(for eg. some have DDR3 support), each one has its own good and bad. but once u decide the chipset, u get options of which company mobo u wanna buy.
for eg. if u choose 965 chipset
then u can buy a intel, MSI, Asus, Gigabyte....etc mobo. with each company sporting some additional feature(crossfire, onboard wifi etc)....along with being based on a 965 chipset.

in short 650i is the chipset....and XFX has released a motherboard called XFX 650i ultra based on the 650i chipset.

[fun2sh]

ok thanku dude!!!

i suggested him to buy this xfx 650i only

[moshel]

cool dude.....but do add abt 5-6k more for a gfx card...
either go for 8600GT which will be in the 5-6k range or
the lower 8500GT...
both support DX10.

[fun2sh]

but he is tellin that he dont want to buy XFX coz it not a good company. he wants to go for ASUS havin n650i chipset.
so which ASUS motherboard to buy for him???

also isnt XFX reeliable????

[Choto Cheeta]

@fun2sh

with budget of Rs. 5k iether BIOSTAR P35 based board of XFX 650i utra would only fit in...

yes ASUS do have its own 650 SLi chipset based board, thats P5N-E SLi which is Rs. 7k + TAX, much more than the budget !!!

XFX is good enough, go for the board...

[Harvik780]

I hope the stability problems with XFX 650i ultra have been fixed by now..u better check it.
Why don't you visit the official pages of companies like ASUS and MSI.They might have motherboards based on new chipsets which will fit your budget.

[Choto Cheeta]

I hope the stability problems with XFX 650i ultra have been fixed by now..

all those board which had the problem (4th RAM slot not working while running 4 RAM modules together) were replaced with a working board....

[Harvik780]

I think XFX 650i ultra has more issues than just ram slot problems.I can find many users complaining about the board regarding different issues in indian forums.

[Choto Cheeta]

@Harvik780

well its not as bad as vx1932wm in case of this xfx board there are many satisfied user than those who has found a problem in their board...

[Harvik780]

Yes XFX 650i ultra is the best board for his budget.I have seen an ASUS motherboard based on the Q35 chipset but its 1k higher at 5.5k

[Choto Cheeta]

I have seen an ASUS motherboard based on the Q35 chipset but its 1k higher at 5.5k

please mention the model no

[Harvik780]

P5E-VM DO

Don't know why they call it an office solution as it supports overclocking.

[Choto Cheeta]

^^

May I know from where did u get the price quotation of Rs. 5.5k for the board ??

thnx...

[Harvik780]

The price I quoted is based on prices in USA+1k.
I haven't asked rashi about the price.

[Choto Cheeta]

ohh...

as i am wondering as the board is not available in Kolkata ... and not even any body is ready to take order !!!!

[Harvik780]

The board was released 1 and a half months ago i guess.