Asus P5Q querie

[Lanz]

Are the "P5QL Pro" and the "P5Q SE" exactly the same board?

I know one has a P43 and the other has a P45, but it seems that is the only difference...

Should I just buy the cheapest one?

 

[JonJ678]

P45 is significantly better than P43 for overclocking, from what I've read at least. That's a fairly big difference.

If you're not overclocking, then yeah get the cheapest. Otherwise, there's not much of a premium for the better chipset

 

[Voxination]

P45 is a dream to OC on, but if you don't plan to OC, go for the cheapest.

 

[Lanz]

TBH, I'm now steering towards a P5QL-E, just for the raid option. I plan on overclocking, but only upto 800Mhz (3.6ghz)