Help me decide guys.

Kde7 · 22 Aug 2006 at 15:06

I'm about to buy an E6400 and 2GB GeIL Ultra RAM but can't decide on a motherboard. Sadly, I can't wait so I'll have to take a chance on one and hope I don't have too many problems. The three I'm considering are:

Gigabyte DS4
MSI 975X PowerUp
ASUS P5B Deluxe

I am looking to overclock but not tons, 2.8Ghz would be great.

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

Karl

MoRT489 · 22 Aug 2006 at 18:58

I'm planning the same , but want to wait for advice. Read that the Allendale chips clock better on p965 chipset than 975x so P5B would be best choice or DS4 over the P5W anyway?

Seldarine · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:13

out of those 3 the Gigabyte DS4 will be your best choice for the E6400 and the Geil RAM will be fine with it.

Kde7 · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:17

Here are some threads from XS worth considering:

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112448

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112615

Kde7 · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:19

Cheers Seldarine, I'll do some more reading up on it.

Kde7 · 22 Aug 2006 at 19:29

I love the layout of the Gigabyte and it'll work with the GeIL and it's cheaper. If I can find out that it'll support Kentsfield I'll buy it.