DS3 or P5N

jamjar · 5 Feb 2007 at 16:57

mattpj said:
Hi

I am buying a 4300 in the next few days and i was struck on having a DS3, but read a lot of good things bout the p5n SLi.

I wont be using SLi in the near future.. but i am an overclocking noob so which ever is friendly with doing the least work to overclock would be the better option.

Any advice on a 2gb kit would also be helpful!

Thanks a lot!

Matt

what about the 680SLI p5n32 E ? :confused:

mattpj · 5 Feb 2007 at 19:53

I bought a p5ne-sli on everyones advice over a week ago. I didn't consider the 680i chipset and plus its too late now :|

EvilGrin · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:03

mattpj said:
I bought a p5ne-sli on everyones advice over a week ago. I didn't consider the 680i chipset and plus its too late now :|

You'd have been wasting your money on the 680i tbh... You won't get better bang for buck than your P5N-E.

mattpj · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:27

Yes this is the conclusion I came to, some of the boards were a good 100 quid more!

jamjar · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:43

mattpj said:
Yes this is the conclusion I came to, some of the boards were a good 100 quid more!

these might give Asus a run
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows...aspx?i=2908&p=2 the 650 sli is selling for £120 or around that .

Minstadave · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:46

jamjar said:
these might give Asus a run
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows...aspx?i=2908&p=2 the 650 sli is selling for £120 or around that .

You've not quoted the full link, its been cropped (hence the ... in the middle).

jamjar · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:57

Minstadave said:
You've not quoted the full link, its been cropped (hence the ... in the middle).

Dam !
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2908&p=2

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 5 Feb 2007 at 21:18

Minstadave · 5 Feb 2007 at 21:45

The 650i Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4 looks nice, all solid state caps, but a piddly little NB cooler :confused:

The 650 doesn't run cool so that would have to be replaced really.

jamjar · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:54

Minstadave said:
The 650i Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4 looks nice, all solid state caps, but a piddly little NB cooler The 650 doesn't run cool so that would have to be replaced really.

Even in you don,t overclock it ? is the Asus NB cooler bigger ?

Minstadave · 5 Feb 2007 at 23:03

jamjar said:
Even in you don,t overclock it ? is the Asus NB cooler bigger ?

Oh I'm sure it'd be fine for stock and a bit of clocking, but the Asus sink is about twice the size and that gets damn hot.

smids · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:48

Minstadave said:
Oh I'm sure it'd be fine for stock and a bit of clocking, but the Asus sink is about twice the size and that gets damn hot.

What's the temps being reported for you guys? Mine is being juiced with 1.39v and at 1300mhz and stays about 34C.

The Running Man · 6 Feb 2007 at 09:58

do most mobo's exhibit VDROOP, or is it just this one which is worse than usual?

The Running Man · 8 Feb 2007 at 10:19

bump anyone know the answer to that question?

VeNT · 8 Feb 2007 at 10:38

reports seem to be that this is one of the worst offenders.

just as a side, I've a DS3 and DS4 and both are rock solid and no problems here.

Dyson · 8 Feb 2007 at 11:01

So, the question has to be, do you go for the 650/590 board, or the full on 680 board? Both pretty much the same price on o/c.

The Running Man · 8 Feb 2007 at 11:13

i think 650 for features/Value for Money.

i am torn between the Abit and the Asus P5NE, and also, whether the chipset will support 45nm Penryn...

BUFF · 8 Feb 2007 at 11:16

Nickg said:
do most mobo's exhibit VDROOP, or is it just this one which is worse than usual?

Asus & Vdroop are synonymous ...

btw the basic MSI 650i is instock in the UK for ~£75 & that's about where abit's fatal1ty IN9 SLI looks to be pitched too.