Best P45 board for an upgrade?

RoachycaL

RoachycaL

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Hey guys,

I'm hopefully ordering an upgrade for my system today which comprises of a new motherboard and CPU

I've already decided upon the Q9550 (OEM) which is £40 cheaper just because it doesn't have a retail box? Am I right?

Anyway I've been looking at the Asus P5Q Deluxe and I'm thinking of going with that - I just wanted to ask and make sure there wasn't anything better that I could be going for.

My current system specs are:

E6400
MSi 975X Platinum Power Up Ed.
4GB G.Skill 6400 Ram
Asus 8800Ultra
750Gb of HDD (2 drives)
880W Tagan PSU (brand new)

Just looking for any help, tips or advice I can be given :)

Oh one last thing - I'm currently cooling my E6400 with an Asus Silent Square Pro, will that suffice for the Q9550? My current bios temps for cpu are around the 30 mark at idle so I'm thinking it should - if not please reccomend me a new cooler :)

OR - would I be better off going Core i7 which is much more expensive?

Thanks!!!
 
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Im using the asus p5q deluxe, and ive been very impressed with it so far, cracking board for overclocking with a nice easy to understand bios.
 
i went p45 :) I game and not planning on ever using 3way sli - so 0 point in going i7 route in my case - best to keep it to 2 cores for games

i don't regret it, i don't feel like i wasted tons of cash for no real improvement (sorry i don't benchmark)

that said , if you do video editing then get a new i7 quad. 920 is fine cpu from what i have read, if i were upgrading to quad then i would get i7
 
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lunarwolf said:
i went p45 :) I game and not planning on ever using 3way sli - so 0 point in going i7 route in my case - best to keep it to 2 cores for games

i don't regret it, i don't feel like i wasted tons of cash for no real improvement (sorry i don't benchmark)

that said , if you do video editing then get a new i7 quad. 920 is fine cpu from what i have read, if i were upgrading to quad then i would get i7
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I think I'll go for the P45 option too mate - thanks :D
 
To drag this out of the depths - I decided to go with a Maximus II Formula.

I have one problem though and I hope I dont have to start a new thread - my asus silent square pro wont fit going sideways, it will only fit blowing air downwards because of the positions of the heatsinks on the board.

So Ive decided to get a new CPU cooler - but I dont know which one to get as I might end up with another that doesnt fit? Ive been looking at the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme - would that fit ok?
 
I would go for the Gigabyte EP P45-UD3R.

That's if your never going to crossfire if so get the UD3P £30 cheaper & does everything the P5Q Deluxe will if not better.
Nelly said:
Asus make good boards but this is why Gigabyte are better.

1) It's Cheaper.
2) It will do exactly the same job, infact better when using Quad 45nm CPU's IF overclocking to it's maximum potential.
3) It has a UK RMA base if anything goes wrong takes a few days were as Asus RMA takes 6-8 weeks.
4) The Gigabyte UD3 series are shipped with the latest chipset Revision A3 as opposed to Asus's A2 Revision.
5) Engineer/Tech Official support from Gigabyte via Gigabyte Official Forum @ Tweaktown + Gigabyte UK Forum
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i have to side with Nelly

i've never had a problem with an Asus board, but every Gigabyte has been a dream to work with

even my Socket A GA-7zx (i think it's called that) is still running, I bought it for a Athlon 800 :)
 
The GA-P45-DS4 is a fine motherboard, I have one for my Hackintosh rig with 8gb of GEIL black dragon ram and a q6600 @3ghz
 
Agreed with Nelly, et al. The GA-EP45-UD3R is a fantabulous solid board, and if the rest of the UD boards are of the same quality then I wouldn't go elsewhere.
Nom nom nom nom.
 
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