Core Duo upgrade to old Athlon XP System - Advice Please

[ray_gillespie]

I'm glad I went with the MSI 975X now

 

[GEN3RIC]

a few links of confusion or issues with the striker extreme:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1173859
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1167471
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1167389

plus a bunch of mentions about general 680i memory incompatibilities with various motherboards. that much talk just turned me off..

 

[mfarley]

thanks for the links, will check them out.

 

[indyjones]

hmmmm makes it all the more complicated.... I am a massive fan of Nvidia after my awesome Nforce 2 ultra board which has been superb! but its making me think to look to the intel p965 boards...... but i lose the possiblity of sli then