HELP ! Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 or MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 or Gigabyte P67A-UD4

[TW]Fox;18217709 said:
How do you mean?
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Meaning it only supports 4x DIMMs with support for DDR3 1133/1066 up to 16GB MAX, as opposed to Memory: 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory, Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory module, Support for non-ECC memory modules, Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules unless I have it all wrong which is entirely possible...

EDIT: OcUK now has close on £600 of my hard earned ping - bring on the 2600K goodness!
 
SteveOBHave said:
Meaning it only supports 4x DIMMs with support for DDR3 1133/1066 up to 16GB MAX, as opposed to Memory: 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory, Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory module, Support for non-ECC memory modules, Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules unless I have it all wrong which is entirely possible...

EDIT: OcUK now has close on £600 of my hard earned ping - bring on the 2600K goodness!
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Hang on , the MSI supports 1600 DDR3 so that can't be right surely?
 
Changed my mind on the Mobo - I've gone with the ASUS - the Gigbyte seems to have less overclocking room on it - most reviews seem to be peaking at around 4.5GHz - Despite some teething issues the ASUS seems to get up around the 4.8 pretty easily. Time will tell I guess.
 
I'm i right in thinking out the three the UD4 is the only one with a dual BIOS, so if you do mess up updating, you can switch over to the other BIOS, or do they all have similar features ? :confused:
 
BlueVenom said:
I'm i right in thinking out the three the UD4 is the only one with a dual BIOS, so if you do mess up updating, you can switch over to the other BIOS, or do they all have similar features ? :confused:
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I'm pretty sure MSI GD65 has backup BIOS too, it has M-Flash http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=techexpressdesc2&express_no=81,

M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn’t need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC.
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[TW]Fox;18220358 said:
So you read one set of specs and spout it as fact in a thread discouraging people from choosing it?

From the MSI site..



I was genuinelly concerned about buying the board after what you said :/
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My bad for placing trust in info garnered from OcUK...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-154-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Soooo - perhaps OcUK need to check their spec sheet for that mobo as it very clearly states:

Specifications
- Intel LGA1155 Socket
- Intel 2nd Generation Core i7/i5/i3 & Pentium/Celeron Support
- 4x DIMMs with support for DDR3 1133/1066 up to 16GB MAX
- 2x PCI-Express x16 Slot
- ATI Crossfire and Nvidia SLI Support
- 3x PCI-Express x1 Slots
- 2x PCI Slots
- 4x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID
- 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID
- 2x eSATA ports
- 4x USB 3.0 ports
- 10x USB 2.0 ports
- 2x IEEE 1394 Fire
- 8 Channel HD Audio with THX TruStudio Pro
- Gigabit LAN
- Dual BIOS
 
JHONO said:
Went for the UD4 didnt think the UD5 was worth the extra £75 :)
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Don't blame you mate, think the main difference is the heat sinks lol ;).

I got my seriously problematic asus p8p67 pro swapped over for the msi p67a-gd65 & not had 1 single fault with it so far other than the auto volts not giving enough juice so caused a few freezes & the base clock reading 10000 but it is running at normal 100 settings or was, I cranked it up to 4.5ghz & it's very good with nice temps on air & stable :).

I chose the msi board because it had all the features I want + I checked if they had been slack on releasing bios's like asus & gigabyte & msi have been the busiest for releasing them confirming essential things like memory compatibility.

First thing I did was update the bios to 1.6, I have had the clear cmos button on other mobo's & they didn't always clear the cmos enabling me to get the settings back to stock, on this msi board it absolutely works the moment you press it :).
 
MickOR said:
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 or MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 or Gigabyte P67A-UD4 , What to Buy !!, my first build and i held back for sandy b, any advice on which to buy would be great , using it with the i7 2600k, (HAF Xcase, corsair ax850 psu, aerocool fan controller, wd caviar black HDD bought already) :):confused:
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Frankly, as the VAT back offer is still on for the MSI board until tomorrow, and it appears (Of course the ASUS boards sell more but still, there appears to be quite a few complaints about them) to be a more stable bet than the ASUS, and frankly Gigabyte sticking to BIOS is a bit mad, so out of those 3, I'd go for the MSI one.
 
I'd recommend the ASUS too, I couldn't get mine to boot either but it turned out to be faulty RAM nothing to do with the motherboard, so don't believe all you read.
It's works perfectly the UEFI bios is brilliant, fantastic quality to the board and I can't fault it. Overclocking is super easy even for a complete noob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vBN-cBPs98
 
Id recommend Asus.

I have one and its been faultless. Any issues its had are because of my bad OC. Asus are working very hard with the community to sort any issues the board still may have.

The UEFI bios looks sexier than the MSI also :P.
 
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