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04 June 2008, 04:15 PM
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motherboard help...
I am going round in circles trying to find a reasonable - not the most expensive - motherboard for a quad core Q9450, 45nm, 1066 ddr2 ram with SATA II.
Any recommendations pls for something less than 150 quid ?
Any recommendations pls for something less than 150 quid ?
04 June 2008, 10:06 PM
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Anything P35 should be fine if the BIOS updates support your Q9450.
IP35 is well reviewed, I have Asus P5K-E Wi-Fi which I like - needed BIOS update to recognise my 45nm E8400 about 2 months ago, but the computer would boot without the update.
You may want to consider a board that will take DDR3, I chose not to. We are at the end of the line for the present socket 775, so you might not have many/any future CPU upgrade options.
IP35 is well reviewed, I have Asus P5K-E Wi-Fi which I like - needed BIOS update to recognise my 45nm E8400 about 2 months ago, but the computer would boot without the update.
You may want to consider a board that will take DDR3, I chose not to. We are at the end of the line for the present socket 775, so you might not have many/any future CPU upgrade options.
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