Low cost upgrade

[darkorb]

My current rig is in my sig

Now i can upgrade my comp for very cheap, found a seller of Am2 parts

got a X2 5000+ BE.
Asus M2N-E SLI
Gigabyte GA-MA770-0S3
and a Asus 8800GTS 640mb

if i go ASUS/X2 i would get the 8800 to SLI with mine, but if i go Gigabyte i would just keep my card and not buy that.

Main question is, which of those 2 boards is better? Which can clock higher?

For eitehr mobo, X2 and and the GPU he said $300 but thats still negotiable.

[jellyrole]

I don't have the answer to your question, but I have the Asus board, and I love it!

[darkorb]

Jellyrole, thanks. Can you do me a favor? If you have this identical board, can u check in ur bios the max CPU and MEMORY vcore?

I read online the max memory was 1.95v. Thats way low for todays standards, Usually memory is 2.1v or so.

I really want a good clocking board, the one currentyl max vcore is 1.45. So if you could chck the max CPU, i would greatly appreciate it :)

[werty316]

These should help:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-nforce570.html
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/socket_am2_motherboard_roundup/

There are also user reviews on Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813131096&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&SelectedRating=-1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&Page=) if you want more info.

Wow, what a crappy location for the 24-pin connector.

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-131-096-04.jpg

[darkorb]

he said the 2 mobos, gpu and X2 for $300. SOunds really good or a fishy deal.

[PP Mguire]

If its legit thats a badass deal. You get to see which board is better AND you got the option for SLI.