£1300 base unit spec check

[psychas]

umm...LOL

the P5Q is a P45 chipset with PCIE-2.0

pcie-2.0 o 8 x not 16 oh SNAP

 

[MikeHiow]

pcie-2.0 o 8 x not 16 oh SNAP

What?!

 

[shaffaaf27]

only when running dual graphics cards OH SNAP

 

[MikeHiow]

 

[shaffaaf27]

yep.

honestly, people shouldnt starting spray FUD.

 

[MikeHiow]

I'm certain I read somewhere that PCI2.0 at 8x was equivalent to PCI-E1.1 at 16x. Not that it really made much sense to me. Can anyone confirm/discredit this?

 

[shaffaaf27]

yes that is correct.

the P45s have one x16 PCIE 2.0 slto when using just one gfx slot.

when using 2 slots it revert to 2 8x 2.0 PCIE slots.

PCIE2.0 = double the bandwidth of PCIE 1.1

so x16 PCIE 1.1= x8 PCIE 2.0

 

[MikeHiow]

Heh, thanks for clearing that up. About time I brushed up on my hardware knowledge

 

[psychas]

actually p45 is generally bad chip u can search in motherboard forums as the guy snapped hes p45 for being so bad and **** i suggest at the same price to get x38 as it is virtually x48 and Has TWO Pcie 2.0 x16 slots. not like p45 Two pcie-2.0 x8 slots

 

[shaffaaf27]

umm..... one guy haveing troubles, thousands of others living happy and having amazing clocks..... who to go with???