Which P67 chipset mobo should I get?

Ultrimo · 3 Mar 2011 at 21:54

I have a MSI Twin Frozr HD5850 and its performance isn't as good as I had hoped due to my lacking processor (AMD Athlon X2 4800+).
I'm looking to get the i5 2500K along with 4, perhaps 8gb ram.

Not knowing much about motherboards myself I was wondering which I should be getting alongside the i5. I see many different versions of the Asus P8P67 motherboards and cannot tell the difference between them.

So far the ones that look appealing are the M, M-PRO, LE, the one without a suffix and perhaps the PRO but it seems comparably expensive.

Thanks!

Liquid · 3 Mar 2011 at 21:56

This should help lol. I would buy the pro one, it will cover you in the future and give you the most flexibility too.

Also buy a nice aftermarket cooler as well because you will have a nice overclock on that board.

Ultrimo · 4 Mar 2011 at 14:41

Tis a bit confusing. What does the PRO have that the M-PRO doesn't?

Thanks I'll look at some coolers.

Liquid · 4 Mar 2011 at 15:00

Ultrimo said:
Tis a bit confusing. What does the PRO have that the M-PRO doesn't?

Thanks I'll look at some coolers.

They are both very similar, one is a smaller micro atx motherboard(M-PRO) and the other is an atx motherboard(PRO).

Personally I would go for the bigger atx motherboard, the PRO.

Ultrimo · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:06

Oh, if it's bigger perhaps it may not fit in my case.

Here are a few pictures I took a while back:
http://imgur.com/a/Mrx5V/0UUM9

Krislord · 4 Mar 2011 at 20:19

I'd say that's a standard atx motherboard so you don't need the smaller boards. this image shows the difference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atxscale.svg

Ultrimo · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:12

Okay, thanks!

Seems the final purchase will be the PRO.

Liquid · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:08

Ultrimo said:
Oh, if it's bigger perhaps it may not fit in my case.

Here are a few pictures I took a while back:
http://imgur.com/a/Mrx5V/0UUM9

It will fit in there no problem, grabbing the PRO is a great solution tbh.