advice needed : whats the better board for me?

custom123 · 11 Aug 2007 at 11:24

im looking for a motherboard and im stuck on which board will be the better choice for me, im looking at running crossfire OcUK ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT SILENT Heatpipe 1024MB GDDR4 gfx cards and a Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz cpu , ill be useing OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 but will need a board which is ddr3 ready in case i upgrade at a later date, im stuck on which of these two boards will be better for me :confused:

they are:

Asus Blitz Extreme Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

and

Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

if you could advice on these two boards or any other boards you might think are better for me please do so

thanks for your time

Cob · 11 Aug 2007 at 13:21

Both those boards are DDR3 only.

If you want one that runs both DDR2 and DDR3 then the ASUS P5KC Combo or the Gigabyte P35C DS3R are your choices.

custom123 · 11 Aug 2007 at 16:03

thanks for the feed back... never noticed this is the reason im asking for advice cheers again.

BUFF · 12 Aug 2007 at 06:55

you also want to check out the P5K Premium.
Of course there are other mobo companies than Asus ...

Farore · 12 Aug 2007 at 16:44

Why not try Asus Blitz Formula Special Edition Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Please dont confuse this with the one in the OP as this is the DDR2 board.

Please read about the difference between these 2 boards here . Currently, the DDR2 version as I suggested here is far better value for money. DDR3 is a new technology which you really shouldn't touch for a while as it needs time to mature and the kinks to be ironed out.

Also, DDR3 memory prices are sky high at the moment.

custom123 · 13 Aug 2007 at 16:12

thanks for the replys ive read and took onboard your thoughts