Asus Sabertooth X58 good or bad?

AMD_PBz

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I'm not on the up and up when it comes to Intel side of things however my younger brother for some odd reason loves the color scheme of this board and wants me to build him a single GTX460 i7 930 gaming rig.

1: Is a 6GB Triple Channel kit ideal?

2: Can he get away with a Noctua NH-U9B SE2 If he wants to mildly over clock it?

Thanks again guys for any and all input or suggestions.
 
6gb kits are fine for gaming fella,depends what you mean by a mild OC but with it being a 92mm fan i dont think it would be upto much mate
 
1. Ideal but not completely necessary. Necessary is 4gb, 6gb is nice and will be triple channel (if the board has 6 slots) but isn't that much better than dual channel. Buy as much as you can afford I guess.

2. I have a Noctua NH-U9B and it was fantastic on both my Core 2 Duo and my Phenom 9950. It just hated my Phenom 2. You will get 'an' overclock out of it because you'd get that out of a stock cooler, but it will be a case of 'suck em and see' whilst keeping your eyes jammed to the temps. Once you find out your thermal limit and capactity you can just use the overclock that doesn't get too hot
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drop the 930 and get the 950 it only like 15 dollars more on Newegg. the 460 a nice and solid card can't go wrong with it.

also what game your bro got in mind?
 
SC2, and he's patiently waiting for Diablo 3, along with some games he plays on xbox Bioshock 2 and assasins creed 2 and dirt 2.

actually Microcenter has i7 930 for 199 and 950 for 249 also on 1156 theyv'e got the i7 875K for 299

Thanks for the Suggestions everyone it was much appreciated.
 
the 92mm noctua wont cope with an overvolted i7, its not really enough for a stock one tbh. Much better off getting one of their other coolers, we have covered a few dude
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Its my little bros money but I think I'll just give him my H50 and I'll get a DH14
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sounds fair

Thanks again everyone
 
If it comes down to budget fella just get a P6X58D-E from Asus, its an awesome mobo for the money and scored highly in our review
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I know it did Tom I linked him the review but he unfortunately likes the sabertooth and it's awful color scheme
 
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