help in which board?

DaveSmith1982 · 22 Sep 2007 at 08:48

I have decided to put together my own system and just want a bit of advice on which motherboard to choose! I will be going for this processor http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&tool=3 and would just to know what board you all would use. I have a budget of approx £150 for the board. So any advice on which board would be best for me would be most appreciated

Cheers

jbloggs · 22 Sep 2007 at 09:10

I would be inclined to go for one of the P35 boards, do you want to use DDR2 or DDR3 or one that supports both, what features you want?

The Abit IP35 Pro, Asus P5K Premium and Gigabyte P35 DQ6 are all good DDR2 supporting boards...

DaveSmith1982 · 22 Sep 2007 at 09:18

I would ideally like a crossfire enabled board as I have convinced the wife that I NEED 2 2900's :eek:

I would be guided by my betters on the subject of RAM as I will be intending this to be a gaming rig so whichever will suit my purpose better.

Thanks for the help

ThatJoe · 22 Sep 2007 at 09:19

P5K-E / P5K Deluxe

BUFF · 22 Sep 2007 at 19:01

DaveSmith1982 said:
I would ideally like a crossfire enabled board as I have convinced the wife that I NEED 2 2900's

In that case you may want to wait until mid-October for the X38 chipset boards as they will have dual x16 PCI-E gfx support as opposed to x16 + x4 on most P35s (Asus have a couple with a special chip that allows dual x8 but above your budget). Full house X38s will probably be outside your budget too but there are suppose to be a couple of stripped down, cheaper boards.

hardtarget · 22 Sep 2007 at 19:16

Anyone know when the X38 chipset boards are going to be released :confused:

BUFF · 22 Sep 2007 at 23:36

official launch has ben put back by Intel to October 10th/11th but there will be some boards in retail before that.

hardtarget · 23 Sep 2007 at 00:39

BUFF said:
official launch has ben put back by Intel to October 10th/11th but there will be some boards in retail before that.

Cheers Buff

DaveSmith1982 · 23 Sep 2007 at 07:56

If I was to only get one graphics card at the moment I could increase my budget for the motherboard by about £200. So I would then have approx £350 for motherboard! (more than enough I hope) So which board for the best gaming rig??? I am not to bothered about crossfire and would consider SLI if thats what people advise.

Cheers for the help

Actually thinking about it I would prefer SLI as I will be running just 1 card so will probably have to go 8800 for the time being until convince the wife I need a second one!

DaveSmith1982 · 23 Sep 2007 at 11:19

Right firstly a big thankyou to all who have helped me make my mind up. I have decided to go with the Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(please dont give me another option my head will probably explode and im at work so boss wouldnt be happy!) Again thanks all for your patience and help.

Dave

Cob · 23 Sep 2007 at 13:54

DaveSmith1982 said:
Right firstly a big thankyou to all who have helped me make my mind up. I have decided to go with the Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(please dont give me another option my head will probably explode and im at work so boss wouldnt be happy!) Again thanks all for your patience and help.

Dave

Noooooooooooooo!

Don't get that board with a Q6600.

Get the EVGA version instead.

BUFF · 23 Sep 2007 at 14:56

or if you are happy with a single card (8800GTX perhaps?) then just get a P35 based mobo.

WJA96 · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:56

Abit IP35-Pro or Gigabyte P35-DS4 + a single 8800GTX will give you everything you're after, and under budget too.