CPU/Mobo Mobo help... need suggestions

[Joel Toms]

my friend is going to buy a rig with a C2D e 5200 proccy..
he wants to have a motherboard with onboard gfx and preferably 2 pcie-x16 slots..
he is planning to get a 4830 or wait for the 4770.. so having IGP will help..
i suggested him a gigabyte ep31-ds3l...
but i want to know if their ultra durable tech is available in the lower end g31 chips..
he may crossfire later once prices come down.. so should i ask him to get a higher end mobo, coz one of my other friends told me to stick to a high end mobo if you are going to CF.. he said that lower chipset mobos may conk out with such heavy loads of CF..
plz suggst...

 

[taher]

e5200 wont give enough juice for 4830 crossfire....instead of 4830 crossfire getting a single 4890 or 4870 will come out cheaper for considering mobo, psu expense......keep aside crossfire scaling

if he wants to go cheaper then get g31+e7300or e7400

wait for 4770 to come and then go for it..

 

[madnav]

e5200 wont give enough juice for 4830 crossfire....instead of 4830 crossfire getting a single 4890 or 4870 will come out cheaper for considering mobo, psu expense......keep aside crossfire scaling

if he wants to go cheaper then get g31+e7300or e7400

wait for 4770 to come and then go for it..

+1

multi-gpu setup will cost u more overall...
settle for single powerful gpu instead.

bt more importantly... what resolution will be used for gaming??

 

[DarkAngel]

e5200 wont give enough juice for 4830 crossfire....instead of 4830 crossfire getting a single 4890 or 4870 will come out cheaper for considering mobo, psu expense......keep aside crossfire scaling

if he wants to go cheaper then get g31+e7300or e7400

wait for 4770 to come and then go for it..

+1... Get a single chip.... SLI is not worth the extra bucks....

 

[Joel Toms]

Please suggest people....

i need it urgently...

any low end MB with igp and pciex16 if possible 2 of them....

please tell price also..