new motherboard needed

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jdizzil

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Hi, I currently have,

ASUS P7P55D-E mobo
i5-760 @3.8
8GB 1600 ram
ASUS GTS450 graphics card
OCZ vertex plus SSD boot drive
WD blue HDD
OCZ stealth stream 2 600watt

I want a new motherboard as my current one dosent support SLI, and in crossfire mode the second PCI slot drops to a x 4 as I understand it
for my SLI I will probably just get a second 450 as the one I have now dosent play top games with graphics turned all the way up any more.

any suggestions and advice is welcome, Thanks in advance
 
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Sleinous

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If you're happy with the functionality of your -E then maybe consider just grabbing an E-Pro (http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1156/P7P55DE_PRO/)

The board supports x8 x8 SLI which is more than ample for dual GTS 450 that will never use all that available bandwidth.

Also, this boards has a PLX chip allowing for full speed PCIE bandwith when USB3.0 or SATA 6gb/s is being used unlike the majority of P55 boards.
 
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jdizzil

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thanks for the reply, after looking into it a bit more im now thinking of just going for a better single card opposed to 2 in SLI (I know the i5 760 is old now but I don't have any issues with it for what I use the computer for) ive been looking at the MSI GeForce GTX 660Ti Power Edition card to replace the GTS450. I don't think it will have any issues going into my system from what I can see and should work fine. or if you think there is a better card out there for the same sort of price please let me know. Thanks
 
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The 660 Ti is a great card, i'd go with the EVGA version for warranty and RMA support alone (not to mention that you get a 90 day step-up window for the Christmas period right now). Whicih basially means if you wanted to trade up for a GTX 670/680 in 3 months time, you just send the 660 Ti in and you pay the difference for the GTX 670/680 (which will have decreased in price in 3 montsh time). The advantage is that for 3 months your GTX 660 Ti doesn't lose any value. Additionally during the Christmas period you wont need to buy an extended warranty in order to use the Step-Up feature. For more info you can PM me, GPUs are probably my speciality. :) Either way you can't go wrong with a 660 Ti, great little card! If you want to save a little, consider the GTX 560 Ti, also a fantastic card, but I don't think you get the special Xmas bonus from EVGA with the 560 Ti.
 
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