(!) Sandy Mobo's (!)

Predicament · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:58

Some large price differences between these boards... any particular reasons?
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard > £149.99
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) > £113.99
Gigabyte P67A-UD3 Intel P67 Chipset > £109.98
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard > £89.99

Any recommendations?

xK1DREAPERx · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:06

Im going with the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-154-MS

Just for the fact it has one button over clocking, which i thought would be very handy

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard has this too.

Cookeh · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:06

The PRO supports 8x/8x Crossfire, which I'm sure you know what that is xD
The MSI C45 is a budget P67 board.
The Gigabyte UD3 is Gigabytes budget board, and is pretty shocking for the price.

Vegeta · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:16

I wouldn't go for the MSI C45. I have and it's terrible at overclocking. It's vcore volts fluctuate a lot so if you cpu is stable 4.6ghz at 1.3Vcore then you'll probably have to end up running it at 1.375vcore just to make sure it doesn't randomly drops volts and BSOD. So in the end limiting your overclock as with another motherboard if you run 1.375 you may achieve 4.9ghz (in my case).

Or you could run it at the higher clock but leave fraps on to make sure it's always 100% on load and not undervolting lol.

Skeng · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:16

Sandy motherboards aren't very impressive with there PCI-E lanes most only support 1 16x and the rest 8x. I think its pretty shocking compared to some budget i7 motherboards like the ASUS P6X58D with dual 16x lanes. Never the less this is just the first set of motherboards for the sandy bridge, give it a few months and some quality budget boards will be released.

stulid · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:39

Ironic having a link giving advice about computers in your sig, but not knowing basics.

Surveyor · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:42

Skeng said:
Sandy motherboards aren't very impressive with there PCI-E lanes most only support 1 16x and the rest 8x. I think its pretty shocking compared to some budget i7 motherboards like the ASUS P6X58D with dual 16x lanes. Never the less this is just the first set of motherboards for the sandy bridge, give it a few months and some quality budget boards will be released.

The number of PCI-E lanes is determined by the chipset.

No P67 motherboard (current or future) can offer more than 1x16 or 2x8 without the addition of something like an Nvidia NF200 chip.

andy_mk3 · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:47

stulid said:
Ironic having a link giving advice about computers in your sig, but not knowing basics.

I've noticed a good half a dozen other threads on simple things too.

VaderDSL · 30 Jan 2011 at 15:52

Surveyor said:
The number of PCI-E lanes is determined by the chipset.

No P67 motherboard (current or future) can offer more than 1x16 or 2x8 without the addition of something like an Nvidia NF200 chip.

Tis why I'm waiting for X68?

Gives me time to save up/sell my kidney.

Predicament · 30 Jan 2011 at 18:46

Thanks for the answers guys!

Skeng said:
give it a few months and some quality budget boards will be released.

I might just do that

stulid said:
Ironic having a link giving advice about computers in your sig, but not knowing basics.

Surveyor said:
The number of PCI-E lanes is determined by the chipset.

No P67 motherboard (current or future) can offer more than 1x16 or 2x8 without the addition of something like an Nvidia NF200 chip.

raising awareness for my friends site, no need to get stroppy.

Surveyor · 30 Jan 2011 at 19:46

raising awareness for my friends site, no need to get stroppy

Your friends site has nothing on it worth seeing.

stulid · 30 Jan 2011 at 19:52

why dont you ask your friend?

also do you know a chap called Situation? seen him on MTV a few times.

PoliticallyCorrect · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:12

how about the Intel DP67DE Socket 1155 @ around £87. Has everything you need if a) you don't need/want onboard graphics b) you don't need/want two graphics cards. Added bonus of MicroATX too for that extra flexibility on casing.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jan 2011 at 23:24

Predicament said:
raising awareness for my friends site, no need to get stroppy.

Isnt that a bit like going into Tesco and giving out directions to Sainsburys? If people want advice about computers they are already in the right place.

Predicament · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:50

VaderDSL · 1 Feb 2011 at 20:55

Personally I'd wait, I know the issues aren't show stopping at the moment and there are steps in place to sort the issue but if I were buying new, I'd wait till March when the new batches are available.

Rexton · 1 Feb 2011 at 21:48

VaderDSL said:
Personally I'd wait, I know the issues aren't show stopping at the moment and there are steps in place to sort the issue but if I were buying new, I'd wait till March when the new batches are available.

Might just have to do that