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Do I need to upgrade my motherboard? (IP35 E)

py2006 · 2008-09-07 07:03:48

Hi all, This is my basket so far: Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 PCS Extreme 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK) I am not sure which…

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07-09-2008 8:03am

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py2006

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Hi all,

This is my basket so far:

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 PCS Extreme 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK)

I am not sure which of these two RAM to get!!

My current motherboard is an Abit IP35. I am not certain if it is suitable enough for my upgrade.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 09-09-2008 1:11pm
somakasvh

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the motherboard is fine

get the cheaper RAM

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#3 09-09-2008 1:39pm
Silenceisbliss

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id go for the dominator ram. remember the reaper ram has a pretty big heatpipes. a large cpu heatsink and you can have some serious clearance problems. both are pretty much the same though, whatever you like the look of better or whichever is cheaper

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