P8P67 or GD5?

antonusklesk · 9 Feb 2011 at 15:20

Hey guys, after a bit of advice.

I’m currently in the process of finalising a build for an i5 2500k, and I can’t choose between the Asus P8P67 Pro and the MSi GD65.

I was leaning towards the GD65 simply because I’ve read less about BSODs and lock-ups regarding it, however, there are many good opinions of both boards and the P8P67 Pro is in the weekly specials, so the decision has become more difficult!

Opinions?

chippy08 · 9 Feb 2011 at 15:26

Msi if you want to get it out the box and not have BSODs.

Yoga · 9 Feb 2011 at 15:52

Can't comment on MSi, but seen many happy campers with 5Ghz clocks with the P8P67 Pro and 2500K combo

chippy08 · 9 Feb 2011 at 15:55

With asus board its more a lucky dip if you get a good one or not.

antonusklesk · 9 Feb 2011 at 16:43

As it seems to be something of a lottery with Asus at the moment, I think ill go with the Msi

Mario · 10 Feb 2011 at 10:17

chippy08 said:
Msi if you want to get it out the box and not have BSODs.

Didnt have any of it (exept when try OC 2600K to 4.8 on stock vcore

),and on stock vcore running 4.2ghz prime stable (2600K+Asus P8P67 Pro ver.1204 UEFI)
Most of the BSOD because people' "dont know how" that gives those kind of errors.
Also i bet Asus selling a lot more mobo's that MSI,so thats why we see more threads with it,since its new architecture and people making mistakes in OC'ing and changing parameters in UEFI.
Cant be more happy with P8P67 Pro mobo,didnt expected this,but im really happy

matthab · 10 Feb 2011 at 10:30

chippy08 said:
Msi if you want to get it out the box and not have BSODs.

Love sweeping statments like that with no prof or technical backup :rolleyes:

Id say the P8P67 as it has tonnes of features, the UEFI bios is lovely, it OC's very well, Asus look to be doing swap outs on the sata issue and with the latest Bios update its a stable board.

NathWraith · 10 Feb 2011 at 11:16

Asus board gets my vote but the GD65 is a very solid board.

chippy08 · 10 Feb 2011 at 12:39

matthab said:
Love sweeping statments like that with no prof or technical backup

Id say the P8P67 as it has tonnes of features, the UEFI bios is lovely, it OC's very well, Asus look to be doing swap outs on the sata issue and with the latest Bios update its a stable board.

Just go looking on the forum to see all the asus threads my asus has a problem with BSODs.

Mario · 10 Feb 2011 at 15:16

chippy08 said:
Just go looking on the forum to see all the asus threads my asus has a problem with BSODs.

And i can say opposite - didnt have BSOD since i build on P8P67 Pro
4.2ghz on stock vcore stable prime..
And remember,Asus selling probably 15:1 to MSI,so no wonder people have more questions about Asus.
Way to go with Asus - just update to 1204 and be happy (this week will be released 1302 UEFI)

antonusklesk · 10 Feb 2011 at 18:39

Thanks for all the input, I pulled the trigger on the GD65 in the end last night, I'm sure they've both got their issues but the vast majority are cracking boards without any trouble, fingers crossed and I'm like a giddy school kid about building it

DrBombcrater · 10 Feb 2011 at 20:44

chippy08 said:
Just go looking on the forum to see all the asus threads my asus has a problem with BSODs.

I've never had my P8P67 BSOD, but that's really the only positive thing I can say about it. It's been nothing but a constant stream of problems, not all of which have been fixed by Asus' endless BIOS updates. To this day it still occasionally does a double reboot or refuses to fire up with memory set to 1600MHz. If I had the option of swapping it for another board I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Liquid · 10 Feb 2011 at 20:44

Had the same dilemma myself.

In the end I went for the MSI P67A-GD65 and have been well happy ever since. Built my system up and now running 4800mhz @1.304v. sweet lol.

antonusklesk · 10 Feb 2011 at 20:57

Liquid said:
Had the same dilemma myself.

In the end I went for the MSI P67A-GD65 and have been well happy ever since. Built my system up and now running 4800mhz @1.304v. sweet lol.

Awesome, what bios version are you running?

chippy08 · 10 Feb 2011 at 21:13

DrBombcrater said:
I've never had my P8P67 BSOD, but that's really the only positive thing I can say about it. It's been nothing but a constant stream of problems, not all of which have been fixed by Asus' endless BIOS updates. To this day it still occasionally does a double reboot or refuses to fire up with memory set to 1600MHz. If I had the option of swapping it for another board I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I rest my case.

boomish · 11 Feb 2011 at 00:42

chippy08 said:
I rest my case.

I have a P8P67 Pro and have had no problems at all..in fact it has great features other don't have, overclocks with ease, well built, and is only going to get better.

I REST MY CASE TOO...

DrBombcrater · 11 Feb 2011 at 01:44

boomish said:
I have a P8P67 Pro and have had no problems at all..in fact it has great features other don't have, overclocks with ease, well built, and is only going to get better.

The big problem with the P8P67 is it's unpredictability. It works okay for some people, but causes major hassle for others. Its problems also tend to be intermittent: mine, in addition to the issues I mentioned above, also does bizarre things like on one boot out of every six or so the BIOS fails to initialise the keyboard and requires a reboot to get it working.

That's not the sign of a quality motherboard.

It may be that future BIOS updates will fix all of these problems, but this is 2011 not 1985. Motherboards shouldn't ship with a bug list that looks like the till receipt from my last trip to Tesco.

Liquid · 11 Feb 2011 at 04:38

antonusklesk said:
Awesome, what bios version are you running?

Latest official release v1.7

and just for reference I have an i7 2600k cpu

boomish · 11 Feb 2011 at 10:39

DrBombcrater said:
The big problem with the P8P67 is it's unpredictability. It works okay for some people, but causes major hassle for others. Its problems also tend to be intermittent: mine, in addition to the issues I mentioned above, also does bizarre things like on one boot out of every six or so the BIOS fails to initialise the keyboard and requires a reboot to get it working.

That's not the sign of a quality motherboard.

It may be that future BIOS updates will fix all of these problems, but this is 2011 not 1985. Motherboards shouldn't ship with a bug list that looks like the till receipt from my last trip to Tesco.

Yes maybe a few startup problems, and no boot problems like that are not right, but it's a new platform and I can remember the same thing happening before when a new chipset has been introduced, plus Asus have brought a new GUI bios to the board that has never been used before, and have easily done the best job with that.
It might be people are just running older bios versions, an update can cure most and at least Asus are quick at them and open about their fixes. Mine works fine and so do lots of others here, if it doesn't RMA it.

They are pushing something new for this platform and if anyone can sort it out Asus can, they have been the premier board maker for as long I have been building PC's. I hope you get the booting issue sorted that would drive me mad ..

TrojanWhore · 12 Feb 2011 at 18:59

got a p8p67 PRO here, no major problems after initial setup, but (and it may well be coincidence) both my 1tb drives in my raid died when I tried to swap to the 6Gbps controller. since reinstalling on an old drive has been 100% stable, and even quicker boot times!