MB reccomendation needed for a new video card

[longway]

Bought this card earlier today and I'm searching for a MB in the price range of

$200-$300 somewhat give or take



VisionTek 900244 Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5


link for video card specs



Thanks in Advance

[Bigjakkstaffa]

We'll also need to know what sort of RAM and CPU you are intending on using, in order to determine an appropriate motherboard

--Carl

[longway]

well I was looking into some boards and was just looking for good ratings one and I came up with this.

GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6 Core 2 Quad/ Intel X48/ FSB 1600/

and for a CPU seems this is a pretty sort after one for about $210-240


INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6700 CPU BX80562Q6700 LGA775


any opinions or different recommendations for this Video card,this was purchased already no turning back

VISIONTEK Radeon HD 4870 512mb pcie 900244

Thanks in advance!

[longway]

I ordered the MB today and got this memory on sale

memory


any thoughts on how this memory will work out with that Board?



MB

[mobo57]

Good video card. Memory should work well in that system. Some systems have problems with memory that requires higher vdimm such as your choice. If you have problems booting, get a stick of DDR2 with a standard vdimm of 1.8~ then set the vdimm manually to the manufacturer specs.
Personally I would have saved the few bucks and gone with a Q6600, but that's my opinion.

[longway]

I hav'nt made a final decision on the cpu yet!, I'll keep the memory in thought ,

I was just about to make sure my power supply was powerful enough for this!

Antec neo HE 550 high efficiency power supply

anyone know if this is enough ?

also I hope my case is going to be big enough for the video card as well

what a time to wonder, Ha

[mobo57]

Should be enough as long as you don't put too much else in there.

[longway]

I'm going to try this all out with my pentium 4- 3.06 GHZ and make sure everything works and then search for a good priced CPU , whats the difference between the quad and the core 2 duo besides one showing 4 processors and the other showing 2


the only other stuff thats going into this is the burner and cd-rom ,

I'm a little cincern with the case being a midsize one , I might have to modify it some for the video card

[longway]

just realized my old cpu won't work so I ordered this today

Not A bad price , I heard fry's had this cheaper around july 4th , but I need this now


IPSG Intel® Boxed Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450
SKU: 579748
Manufacturer Part Number: 546499 1bt $279.99 $279.99


tax 24.16

Total 304.15 P/U @ microcenter

[longway]

just realized my old cpu won't work so I ordered this today

Not A bad price , I heard fry's had this cheaper around july 4th , but I need this now


IPSG Intel® Boxed Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450
SKU: 579748
Manufacturer Part Number: 546499 1bt $279.99 $279.99


tax 24.16

Total 304.15 P/U @ microcenter

I just checked the contents of the MB and theirs no screws or pins ! I thought MB's come with hardware? it's been a long time since I put one together

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I just checked the contents of the MB and theirs no screws or pins ! I thought MB's come with hardware? it's been a long time since I put one together

Nope, the screws and spacers usually come with the case

--Jakk

[longway]

Nope, the screws and spacers usually come with the case

--Jakk

I thought they came with the MB anyway I found them in the case I had to use 3 spacers on this board , installed everything except the video card that will be here tues night , I don't see a specific way of connecting the sata cables but I did put them in this order anyway

HD 0
ROM 1
BURNER 2
03-04 for sata external

also not sure of a couple of fan hook-ups for the case fans

[longway]

in what order should the sata cables be set at ? the manual is linked below but it dosn't say. I'm assumming the device will take priority here


MB manual

[Bigjakkstaffa]

It doesnt really matter as you can set individually set the boot order for devices in the BIOS.

--Jakk