Dont know which P67 board to go for.

Rossdh · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:31

Hi folks wondering if you may be able to help me out here. I've just ordered my i7 2600K but I don't know which board to combine it with. I'll the looks of the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 and the Asus P8P67 Deluxe but are there anymore coming out next week? What's you opinion folks?

1Day · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:39

I have a P67A-UD7 so I guess that makes me biased.

But I choose that board over the others because of what my feature wants are. I bench, and overclock both CPU and graphic cards quite a bit.

So the UD7 was an easy selection. The power delivery is outstanding and the board is feature rich especially with easy RAID set up.

The ASUS board is a good board no mistake about it. So at the end of the day it is about what you want. As to others coming up yeah there are a few still to come. But the flagship boards are out already.

Steves1982 · 8 Jan 2011 at 11:44

I've settled on the Asus P8P67 Pro. I don't need the extra features of the more expensive boards and the pro is very feature rich anyway. Not sure if the deluxe offers enough to make it worth the extra money.

[TW]Fox · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:49

What's the difference between the P8P67 Pro and the regular P8P67 to justify £20?

loltim · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:56

[TW]Fox;18175262 said:
What's the difference between the P8P67 Pro and the regular P8P67 to justify £20?

From what i've noticed:

regular P8P67:
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Pro:
Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

and the Pro has a JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller

[TW]Fox · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:00

Tim said:
From what i've noticed:

regular P8P67:
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Pro:
Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

and the Pro has a JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller

So it adds SLI.

What benefit is that SATA controller?

Rossdh · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:20

I'd quite like the UD7 but I know it's probably a bit too much for my needs. Although if I go for something else, in a months time I'll probably be kicking myself.

1Day · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:24

Did this last night. Have not found what my max frequency is as yet.

Rossdh · 8 Jan 2011 at 15:28

Will the UD7 do 2-way sli @ x16 on both slots?

Steves1982 · 8 Jan 2011 at 15:46

Tim said:
From what i've noticed:

regular P8P67:
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Pro:
Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

and the Pro has a JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller

I beleive the pro also has the USB 3.0 bracket which isn't listed as included on the standard board. Oh, and few extra cables but that isn't a big deal.

Vertigo · 8 Jan 2011 at 19:58

[TW]Fox;18175262 said:
What's the difference between the P8P67 Pro and the regular P8P67 to justify £20?

Looking at the specs side by side:

Adds SLI support (bridge connector supplied)
Adds 8x/8x PCI-e support (whilst basic board supports Crossfire, it's only at x16/x4)
One more PCI-e slot, one less PCI slot
eSATA ports via additional JMicron controller
Intel LAN controller rather than Realtek
Asus Q-Shield (whatever that is)
Coaxial SPDIF output in addition to optical
USB 3.0 bracket in place of USB2/eSATA one

I was going to go for the PRO myself but the other thread about cold boot issues with some memory has me worried

Troezar · 8 Jan 2011 at 20:50

I was considering the Gigabyte UD4 but the current deal here on the MSI P67A-GD65 looks good and comes out well over at [H]ardOCP in their review...

Rossdh · 8 Jan 2011 at 21:56

I am also tempted by the MSI board. Still can't decide to upgrade or not though.

Vertigo · 8 Jan 2011 at 22:11

Well having read some reviews, I really want the P8P67 PRO which just makes the issues people seem to be having even more annoying.

[TW]Fox · 8 Jan 2011 at 22:39

Vertigo1 said:
Well having read some reviews, I really want the P8P67 PRO which just makes the issues people seem to be having even more annoying.

How did you seperate it from the MSI? Thats where I am at the moment.

MSI has power and reset buttons which the Asus only has in the Evo version for a pointless 30 quid more.

Vertigo · 8 Jan 2011 at 22:46

TBH I'd kind of discounted the MSI as I've never had one of their motherboards and am thus a bit wary.

For me it's really between the Asus and the Gigabyte. The Asus seems better featured but I've seen quite a few reports of problems with it, probably due to the new EFI BIOS. I've got five machines here with Gigabyte motherboards and I trust them so I think I might just go with the UD4 for "safety".

I've sold my current CPU and memory today but can steal the Q9550 and memory out of my second machine to tide me over so I may wait a little bit for more info, tests and BIOS updates to appear.

1Day · 8 Jan 2011 at 23:20

I must say I am very happy with the Giga P67 board. So happy with it that I put my Asus Rampage Extreme II up for sale.

[TW]Fox · 8 Jan 2011 at 23:51

The Gigabytes lack of EFI has put me off - I want this to be a big change all round because I seem to have dropped down to a 2-3 yearly upgrade cycle after finding better things to spend money on since I was doing this every 6 months

Vertigo · 8 Jan 2011 at 23:58

TBH I'm not that fussed about how pretty the BIOS is. Once I've configured it the way I want it, I'll not be seeing it again.

In addition, it would seem that some of the problems Asus owners are experiencing on here are related to the new BIOS.

If you can afford to wait a few weeks it might be worth doing so and see if Asus push out some updates to cure these problems.

Elevon · 9 Jan 2011 at 17:27

Vertigo1 said:
TBH I'd kind of discounted the MSI as I've never had one of their motherboards and am thus a bit wary.

For me it's really between the Asus and the Gigabyte. The Asus seems better featured but I've seen quite a few reports of problems with it, probably due to the new EFI BIOS. I've got five machines here with Gigabyte motherboards and I trust them so I think I might just go with the UD4 for "safety".

I've sold my current CPU and memory today but can steal the Q9550 and memory out of my second machine to tide me over so I may wait a little bit for more info, tests and BIOS updates to appear.

I have used MSI boards in the past,they make good boards ie good as Asus or Gigabyte boards.

I think I will go MSI for my P67 board,btw HardOCP like the MSI board a lot ,review here http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/01/03/msi_p67agd65_lga1155_chipset_motherboard_review

The MSI P67-GD65 showed to be a top class performer and overclocker. This motherboard is supposed to come in at the $200 price point, and for that much cash, it is a GREAT value. The P67-GD65 is the easiest motherboard in the world to overclock. Simply push the OC Genie II button and you have a 4GHz + Sandy Bridge system without ever looking at a BIOS screen. So simple...and forum troll can do it.

Btw Guru3d have a review of the MSI board too http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-p67gd65-motherboard-review/1
I think the high quality military grade components and dual bios have swayed me as well.