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Old 12-23-2010, 07:02 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by ewong View Post
Oh shit, what motherboard should I be using?
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Something with an LGA1366 socket (& X58 chipset).

For gaming, you're probably overkill with that CPU. You could cut your price down by a few hundred bucks with an I5/P55 system, or you could use that extra cash to a better video card, you would get way more gaming performance that way.
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