Asus Sabertooth P67 B3

BAppleton · 6 Mar 2011 at 19:26

Asus Sabertooth P67 B3

I have bought all the parts for my desktop pc and just the mobo left to order.

Spec is as follows:
i7 2600k - cpu
corsair vengeance 8gb 1866mhz - ram
antec high current gamer 900w - psu
ati radeon 5770 - gpu (from old system)
antec khuler h2o 620

Is it worth getting the sabertooth p67? I don't want to pay the extra for a maximus so is there any other boards around the sabertooth price that can perform better?

BAppleton · 6 Mar 2011 at 23:23

ive seen the cheapest b3's going for £150 inc pp. i dont think any board can beat it in its price range but worth asking about

BAppleton · 7 Mar 2011 at 00:50

yeah its not bad. Im on a budget though as i plan to update my gpu aswell so hopefully i will have the money

BAppleton · 7 Mar 2011 at 16:03

hmm the board i saw says on the description its b3, and also know to check the board for the b3 mark and the box when it arrives

BAppleton · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:59

Thanks but I only trust two brands with my boards and thats asus and gigabyte. Iwill probably be getting the asus p8p67 pro or the asus sabertooth p67

BAppleton · 12 Mar 2011 at 01:59

seems a bit op I agree

BAppleton · 12 Mar 2011 at 20:44

yeah id be very interested to hear what oc you get on water saying as thats the setup im going for

BAppleton · 13 Mar 2011 at 19:38

ok cool. well im going for the asus p8p67 pro mobo and antec khuler h2o 620 cooler. I reckon I should be able to join the 5ghz oc club

BAppleton · 16 Mar 2011 at 23:18

oh well done ocuk im going sabertooth p67 now for sure. Also great thing about this board is the inteligent cooling feature, i have ordered all antec pwm tricool fans and the antec kuhler h2o 920 which is also pwm which basically means this mobo will be able to adjust the cooling as temps go up and down, fantastic

BAppleton · 18 Mar 2011 at 04:17

just read the spec fore the board and it allows for 2 pwm fans, 1 being the cpu so ive opted out to get the cheaper p8p67 instead, the sabertooth is a nice board in that it has heat sensors and lower temps ect but for me thats not enough i would have like to see more pwm connections. It seems all of asus boards currently only provide 2 pwm at the most, so even with the p8p67 pro im still no better off but atleast its cheaper i suppose

BAppleton · 19 Mar 2011 at 01:23

its not just a gimmick, like the sabertooth x58 the p67 version is also tested vigerously and the components are higher quality. The p67 handles heat better and keeps temps lower than all other asus mobos below its price. It is worth it if you want lower temps but for me id atleast want see something a bit more, maybe more esata 6gb ports or pwm fan connections

BAppleton · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:55

i did end up getting the sabertooth p67, no idea how to overclock it yet... i want to get my cooling setup right first as atm i only have 2 exhaust case fans 120mm and 140mm and a pwm 120mm pushing air on my scyth ninja 3 heatsink. My plan is to fit two 120mm pwm intake fans to the front, 1 on the side door and replace the back and top export fans with pwms and buy splitter cables. I also want the antec kuhler h2o 920 cpu cooler when it comes out this month

BAppleton · 25 Apr 2011 at 22:37

i dont plan to over clock mine much... 4.5 will be all i need, i dont mind pushing it further than that if its not expensive on the electricity bills... my pc is on 24/7