Good 1155 sandybridge board

roachyuk · 23 Apr 2011 at 15:29

Just wondering if there is a sandybridge board that doesnt use the marvell controller for 6gbs sata....ive sort of looked but most dont say what controller they are thanks .

Surveyor · 23 Apr 2011 at 15:38

Sandybridge boards will have 6Gb/s SATA connectors from the Intel chipset.

The MSI P67A-GD65, for example, has 4 SATA 3Gb/s and 2 SATA 6Gb/s connectors from the Intel chipset plus an extra 2 SATA 6 Gb/s connectors from Marvell.

roachyuk · 23 Apr 2011 at 15:58

Ahhh just done a comparison check at asus i forgot about that it tells you there what the chipsets are and that ....talking about msi though are they making a comeback as have not been much from them in recent years....and will the intel 6gbs controller give me better performance than the marvell one i have now on the i7 x58 board .

Krislord · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:41

The Intel SATA III connections are significantly better than the marvell ones. The marvell ones are only just faster than the intel SATA II connectors.

roachyuk · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:56

even with the intel 510 drive being a marvell controller it would improve...

Surveyor · 23 Apr 2011 at 19:28

roachyuk said:
talking about msi though are they making a comeback as have not been much from them in recent years

I don't know about a comeback but their Sandybridge boards seem to be far more stable than those from Asus and they've implemented an EFI BIOS unlike Gigabyte.

panyan · 23 Apr 2011 at 19:34

Surveyor said:
I don't know about a comeback but their Sandybridge boards seem to be far more stable than those from Asus and they've implemented an EFI BIOS unlike Gigabyte.

+1000 MSI seem to have won the "most stable 1155 boards" award

chrisarm · 24 Apr 2011 at 16:27

I'd say stay away from the asus. I'm on my third one and have been without my pc more than I've had it

Troezar · 24 Apr 2011 at 16:53

MSI are getting some very good reports atm which is a good thing as I have two P67A-GD65 boards waiting to be built up

Baldbloke · 25 Apr 2011 at 03:28

I have replaced my Asus board with an MSI. The msi is reliable and problem free.

Kaeo · 25 Apr 2011 at 06:36

Same as the above really. I've only recently starting using a GD65 after having some cracking MSI GPUs, and loving it. So easy to use, and no problems at all so far. *Touch wood*