New motherboard time - what to get?

ChrisD. · 16 Mar 2008 at 13:42

What would you recommend? Spec in sig.

Must have ICH9R controller, get my Q6600 to 3.6GHz and over no sweat on water, decent manufacturers website. I have 5xSATA drives and one SATA DVDRW drive to connect to it. Not bothered about on board sound.

Van Diemen · 16 Mar 2008 at 13:46

Asus Maximus Formula or wait for the Rampage Formula due towards te end of the month

mysticsniper · 16 Mar 2008 at 17:56

How much money do you have to spend?

I would stick with Gigabyte if I was you. Take a look at the Gigabyte GA-EX38DS5

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-114-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=946

modez · 16 Mar 2008 at 18:10

I recommend GA-P35-DS3P Gigabyte (rev. 2.0)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2625

mysticsniper · 16 Mar 2008 at 19:11

modez said:
I recommend GA-P35-DS3P Gigabyte (rev. 2.0)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2625

Check out his sig, he already has an DS4, not sure he would want to downgrade

ChrisD. · 16 Mar 2008 at 21:08

Wanting to upgrade as my board just doesn't seem to be "stable" with any overclock, in fact it's annoying the **** out of me. I know it's the board as I had the same setup with a 680i and didn't have a single issue.

NoobieOCer · 17 Mar 2008 at 00:19

try an asus p5k premium?

ChrisD. · 17 Mar 2008 at 08:58

I like the look of that. I don't really want to be spending £130 on a motherboard though. Don't want another GB tbh. I've had ASUS before and that was fine, never had an Abit though.

split · 17 Mar 2008 at 14:16

The Abit IP35 Pro works fine for me, though the PWM does run warm.
Maybe as I'm using a cooler (Thermalright Ultima-90i) that doesn't blow air down onto the board.
If your watercooled, a small fan could sort that.

My PWM..

Also see thread

pastymuncher · 17 Mar 2008 at 16:40

Asus P5E would do the job. 6x sata ports and got my old Q6600 to 3.8Ghz. Highest fsb i have had out of mine so far is 520Mhz with a E8500. Cracking board now that we have some decent bios revisions. Can be had for £120 too.

ChrisD. · 19 Mar 2008 at 11:02

pastymuncher said:
Asus P5E would do the job. 6x sata ports and got my old Q6600 to 3.8Ghz. Highest fsb i have had out of mine so far is 520Mhz with a E8500. Cracking board now that we have some decent bios revisions. Can be had for £120 too.

Thanks mate, looks like I've found my replacement. Now to find the cash!