Does performance vary across various X58 mobos?

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I know a little about CPUs, a little about memory and SSDs, but if im honest i dont know much about motherboards.

I was just wondering would a $200 X58 motherboard have any speed issues compared with a $400 X58 motherboard.

Are you paying more for reliability, features, brand or performance?

Im thinking about building an i7 system, when i built my Dual Core i spent a lot on the motherboard getting a Asus P5W DH Deluxe, but im not sure if i need to spend so much this time without sacrificing performance?

I will be OCing

EDIT: I was thinking of getting the Asus P6X58D-E
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-399-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692
 
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Mostly it's features and overclocking performance/reliability. If you were planning to run everything at stock settings, then you'd be best of getting the cheapest board which has the features you require.....as the performance difference would be neglible.

More expensive boards usually have better components which can tollerate the higher voltages and heat associated with ocing. They also have better bios's with more options for overclocking and tweaking. Really cheap mobo's don't allow you to access any overclocking options at all (though there aren't any really cheap x58 boards).
 
I just saw your edit....

Looks like that board would be enough tbh. The user reviews on this site claim that it's a decent overclocker (you might want to check some pro reviews as well).

There won't be any difference between that board running a chip at 4.0ghz and the most expensive board running the same chip at the same speed. The important thing to make sure, is whether the cheapo board is capable of running the chip at the same speeds as the more expensive one..... and it looks like that one can. The most expensive board might manage 4.2ghz instead of 4.0..... but you'll be paying £100's for hardly any real-life gain.

Sometimes things vary when there is more than one chipset available for the socket type, but in this case there is only one chipset available.
 
jimbob27 said:
I just saw your edit....

Looks like that board would be enough tbh. The user reviews on this site claim that it's a decent overclocker (you might want to check some pro reviews as well).

There won't be any difference between that board running a chip at 4.0ghz and the most expensive board running the same chip at the same speed. The important thing to make sure, is whether the cheapo board is capable of running the chip at the same speeds as the more expensive one..... and it looks like that one can. The most expensive board might manage 4.2ghz instead of 4.0..... but you'll be paying £100's for hardly any real-life gain.

Sometimes things vary when there is more than one chipset available for the socket type, but in this case there is only one chipset available.
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Hey,

Thanks for replying. Do you know anyone with this board? My old Asus P5W DH Deluxe didnt let me overclock the memory separate from the cpu and so this time i was going to try and get one with a BIOS that would let me.
 
The most expensive board might manage 4.2ghz instead of 4.0....
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I have the P6X58D-E with a i7 930 @ 4.2GHz, if you look at This review you will see that the performance of the P6X58D-E matches those in the more expensive price bracket...

Generally with X58 more money really means "more features" rather than "more performance"...
 
I have the P6X58D-E and can agree with all the reviews around, it is a great board for the price.

It has a couple of less features than the premium version, like only 1 LAN port and a missing heat pipe - so nothing that warrants the much higher price.

As said above, if your looking to run a good 24/7 overclock at around the 4Ghz mark then this board will do the job :)
 
Freakbro said:
I have the P6X58D-E and can agree with all the reviews around, it is a great board for the price.

It has a couple of less features than the premium version, like only 1 LAN port and a missing heat pipe - so nothing that warrants the much higher price.

As said above, if your looking to run a good 24/7 overclock at around the 4Ghz mark then this board will do the job :)
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Are you able to overclock the CPU and memory separately?
 
In all honesty, the so called better components don't mean anything, iv easily managed to clock my cpu to levels that these so called expensive top of the range boards can do, and in all honesty, iv beaten some aswell.

What the more expensive boards generally offer is better phase power, but the asus has 16+2 which is'nt shabby. Slightly better bios's a lot more tweaking options, and increased voltage levels for extreme overclocking.

That being said the asus has that last bit too, just you have to change that by jumpers so accidents don't happen.

All in all, for a sub £150 mobo, its extremely good.
 
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