Decision time today

mswimfish · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:36

couldent decide between the two boards you mentioned either but i realy fancy the Asrock P67 Extreme 6 now

but im going to wait a few weeks to see how it all pans out.

mike

Randomface74 · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:37

Asus - but remember to update the BIOS

shrek2 · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:43

I haven't had any cold boot issues what so ever. I reset the cmos before the board went into the case and it's been fine since.

rustEswan · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:51

Just to note - I've got both boards and I rate the MSI far higher. Even the latest Asus bios 1253 is riddled with bugs - the latest one I've found is so stupid I cant beleive it missed QA - you cant select some of you're drives in boot priority but you can select them as a boot overide option?!

When testing with two different windows installs its incredibly frustrating having to go into bios and choosing a boot overide just to get to desktop - ok you could swap the cables over but thats not the point - If something that damn obvious slips through the QA net I dread to think what else does...

It's a slightly better overclocker than my GD65 and seems to need less vcore on average and the EFI interface is lovely, far slicker than the MSI but the MSI actually works far better.

Im sure the Asus will get all these little things resolved in time and its clearly going to be down to the individual what they value most at present. flashy interface, pretty heatsinks and high oc or a stable, functional, hassle free, well laid out board.

If I was about to buy now - I'd actually be going for the Asrock Extreme4/6 depending on budget, heard nothing but good things about them.

dave_beast · 24 Jan 2011 at 19:13

MSI P67A GD55 user here, had it since the 6th Jan, been running up to 5.2ghz with no problems, go Asus if you want to be a beta tester, go MSI if you just want it to work.

SeeknDestroy · 24 Jan 2011 at 19:15

I'd like to point out that just like Efour2 i also was able to solve my issues with the P8P67. I cleared the CMOS and the cold boot issue was gone.

The P8P67 is a very good board. It came out with issues, but most of them have been solved by now. You just need to update your BIOS and clear the CMOS.
I'd get the asus board if I were you. The board is visually impressive and overclocks even better, it is loaded with features, the BIOS looks far better than the MSI's and (at least at this point) is completely stable and has zero issues.

dave_beast · 24 Jan 2011 at 19:18

SeeknDestroy said:
I'd like to point out that just like Efour2 i also was able to solve my issues with the P8P67. I cleared the CMOS and the cold boot issue was gone.

The P8P67 is a very good board. It came out with issues, but most of them have been solved by now. You just need to update your BIOS and clear the CMOS.
I'd get the asus board if I were you. The board is visually impressive and overclocks even better, it is loaded with features, the BIOS looks far better than the MSI's and (at least at this point) is completely stable and has zero issues.

Yes, but has the Asus got "no explosion caps"?

chaparral · 24 Jan 2011 at 19:25

[TW]Fox;18302397 said:
Opinions appreciated!

You can't make your mind up between the MSI GD65 v Asus P67 Pro.

So take a gamble like i did and buy an Asrock P67 Extreme 6 which is a higher spec then both them boards

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2011 at 20:28

The more I read the more it seems that very few of the Asus boards require an RMA and most are fixed with the CMOS reset trick and the new BIOS.

Would you agree?

MeatLoaf · 24 Jan 2011 at 20:35

[TW]Fox;18305159 said:
The more I read the more it seems that very few of the Asus boards require an RMA and most are fixed with the CMOS reset trick and the new BIOS.

Would you agree?

I thionk so, this is what swayed my decision. That and the fact i could have the bundle with the 2500k and mobo and save a few quid into the bargain

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2011 at 20:39

Tempted by the Asus now.

Can I get proper clarification on the fan control thing? I have 4 3 pin system fans. I am going to connect them to the two 3 pin fan headers on the board using a splitter on each.

Will this then let the board shut the fans down/slow them down when not required?

SeeknDestroy · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:00

On the asus board you will be able to do it. But not following the procedure you described.
The board has 4 pin fan connectors:
1. 4 pin CPU fan (only regulates speed of 4 pin PWN fans)
2. 4 pin chassis fan (here you can regulate the speed of 3 pin fans through ASUS Fan Xpert and through the bios)
3. 3 pin chassis fan (the same goes for this one)
4. 3 pin power fan (this one is for power supplies. You can't control the speed of the fan connected here whatsoever)

So you'd basically have to connect your fans to the splitters and then to connectors 2. and 3. this will allow you to control the speed through fan xpert and the bios.

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:10

Right - so I will connect one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 3, and one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 2.

This will give me fan control over all 4 of my fans, correct?

Can you confirm that the 3 pin fans will connect to the 4 pin header *and* have the speed reduced when idle etc etc?

I definately wont need to buy 4 pin fans?

Pretty close to just going Asus now, especially as I just found out apparently the Asus has 3 USB2.0 headers on the board and the MSI has one - I have a requirement for 2..

chippy08 · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:18

[TW]Fox;18305639 said:
Right - so I will connect one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 3, and one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 2.

This will give me fan control over all 4 of my fans, correct?

Can you confirm that the 3 pin fans will connect to the 4 pin header *and* have the speed reduced when idle etc etc?

I definately wont need to buy 4 pin fans?

Pretty close to just going Asus now, especially as I just found out apparently the Asus has 3 USB2.0 headers on the board and the MSI has one - I have a requirement for 2..

So now you decided on it having 3 USB2.0 headers get it ordered then go to church and pray you get a good one lol.

SeeknDestroy · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:27

[TW]Fox;18305639 said:
Right - so I will connect one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 3, and one splitter with 2 fans on to connector 2.

This will give me fan control over all 4 of my fans, correct?

Can you confirm that the 3 pin fans will connect to the 4 pin header *and* have the speed reduced when idle etc etc?

I definately wont need to buy 4 pin fans?

Pretty close to just going Asus now, especially as I just found out apparently the Asus has 3 USB2.0 headers on the board and the MSI has one - I have a requirement for 2..

I certainly can. I have a 3 pin fan connected to the 4 pin chassis fan and it behaves exactly as I have have set it on fan xpert. It runs at 40% when the temps are no more than 40C and once the cpu hits 40C it starts to speed up.

Something you might want to know is that you CAN'T control the chassis fans separately. Both of them will follow the same settings and will always run together at the same speeds.
So in your case this means all four of your fans will always run at the same speed.

[TW]Fox · 24 Jan 2011 at 21:35

I don't mind that all. Thank you very much for the clarification - I had nightmare visions of my fans not shutting the hell up

Darien · 24 Jan 2011 at 23:37

What about the ASRock Extreme 4?

Everyone seems to ignore that board and go with MSI/Gigabyte/Asus. In my opinion it's closely behind the Asus as the board with the beast feature set, and it's also a bit cheaper and comes with a free USB 3.0 front panel.

DEVIL W0LF · 25 Jan 2011 at 00:01

I bought the MSI P67A-GD65

matthab · 25 Jan 2011 at 00:05

My fans spin down and up with no issues. Only during a prime95 run you can hear the board has spun them up. In the Asus AI suite you can adjust when you want them to ramp up etc. Mine are in turbo mode and its just the right level.

shrek2 · 25 Jan 2011 at 08:05

Are you getting a new graphics card fox?