Thinking of getting this board

**apextwin146** · 08-15-2008, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Detale

Thanks guys. Well I could do it now or I could wait a bit. My current board is ok but I think it may be on its way out and I hate to be without a main computer for any amt of time. I do have my HTPC rig that works fine.

I am looking for something that will be a kick ass board that can overclock well. DDR 3 hmmm I don't know for sure yet I do like teh speeds but still Im unsure.

Unless u r a rich fella who updates his rig like every 6months then wait for prices to stabalise and ge urself a DDR3 board ...

**clocker** · 08-15-2008, 12:19 PM

One thing to keep in mind as the newer stuff rolls out...

I think it highly unlikely that DDR3 will ever reach the rockbottom price levels we now see with DDR2.
Current cheap RAM is the result of a perfect storm type scenario involving new fabs, overproduction and cheap shipping. We already know what happened to cheap shipping and, much like OPEC, the major producers have curtailed production to stabilize pricing.

Although DDR3 has come down in price from former eyebleed levels, I'm betting it will still be expensive for quite a while.

**Detale** · 08-16-2008, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by mr. nails

we've got the same board and i love mine. i have NO problems. what's wrong with urs?

Hey Nails how you been? I am seeing my Q6600 not being able to OC much anymore without restarts/trouble. I asked around and wise clocker suggested it may be the MoBo itself. Then the other day I lost my RAID out of no where 3 750's in raid 0 500 gigs of Movies music and pictures

. This is adding to my fear of my mobo being troubled. I am thinking of going DDR3 but honestly I don't know much about it pros/cons? Glad to hear your board is going well tho

What firmware are you using ATM?
You still using the wolfdale? Speeds?

Originally Posted by apextwin146

Originally Posted by Detale

Thanks guys. Well I could do it now or I could wait a bit. My current board is ok but I think it may be on its way out and I hate to be without a main computer for any amt of time. I do have my HTPC rig that works fine.

I am looking for something that will be a kick ass board that can overclock well. DDR 3 hmmm I don't know for sure yet I do like teh speeds but still Im unsure.

Unless u r a rich fella who updates his rig like every 6months then wait for prices to stabalise and ge urself a DDR3 board ...

Well no Im not rich, but I do update my rig around every 6 months. It's kind of my hobby so I don'tmind spending a few bucks now and again.

Originally Posted by clocker

One thing to keep in mind as the newer stuff rolls out...

I think it highly unlikely that DDR3 will ever reach the rockbottom price levels we now see with DDR2.
Current cheap RAM is the result of a perfect storm type scenario involving new fabs, overproduction and cheap shipping. We already know what happened to cheap shipping and, much like OPEC, the major producers have curtailed production to stabilize pricing.

Although DDR3 has come down in price from former eyebleed levels, I'm betting it will still be expensive for quite a while.

I agree that I don't thing DDR3 will come down for at least a year maybe more. What do you think bro? Money isn't really the issue (to a degree) but if I go DDR3 do you think:

a) is it worth it? Pros/Cons

b) What board looks good to you $300 range??

c) What kind of performance increase are we talking about here?

**clocker** · 08-16-2008, 12:00 PM

Haven't really looked into it, TBH.
I did just read a roundup of DDR3 (here) and was somewhat disturbed to see that two of them wouldn't even run at their rated speeds.
Whether this was due to board or memory issues, I don't know but I'm planning on sitting out the first year of the transition.
My current setup works fine and I don't do anything that requires more horsepower. I need hard drives first and I'm still holding out for SSDs.

**Detale** · 08-16-2008, 10:02 PM

Really Solid state!? I didn't know but they're pricey as hell, even for me. Meh maybe I'll wait till the new CPU's and do the whole rig over.

**lynx** · 08-17-2008, 12:37 AM

I'd like to go for SSD too, but at the moment the options seem to be single-level cells for speed (and high price) or multi-level cells for size. I wonder what the wafer size is for the latest devices, how soon it will come down, or even if it is relevant.

What I really find worrying though is the (possibly-mis)quoted access time of 3.5ms. Although that sounds faster than conventional drives, you have to remember that for conventional drives the quoted delay is the average, and assumes a full drive with data allocated randomly. If you have a sparsely occupied drive or the opportunity to organise your data the access time could be reduced considerably on a conventional drive, so if those quoted figures are correct then the SSD drive could actually work out slower, particularly for the MLC devices.

I believe Samsung and M$ are in discussions on ways to improve performance by adjusting the block size, but if 3.5ms access time is a real figure then there's still some way to go before these drives can really expect to take off.

**Detale** · 08-17-2008, 04:31 AM

I always thought SSD's were slower but more reliable. I thought that was their drawback along with the price of course.

Still guys I need a good recommendation for a really good mobo DDR2 now please, Thanks