Help With Picking A Mobo

imran-17 · 21 Oct 2008 at 16:33

Building a new system and need a good mobo
Q9550 processor 1333fsb 12mb cache
4gb 800/1066mhz ddr2 ram
gtx 280
vista

i was thinking about getting the nvidia 780i what you think?

pastymuncher · 21 Oct 2008 at 19:30

Unless you plan to go Sli in the future, no. Nvidia chipset boards are not very good these days. Go for the cheaper and better Asus P5Q Pro, E, or Deluxe.

Thanh55 · 21 Oct 2008 at 20:59

1+ for P5Q Deluxe or if you can find the Biostar TPower I45.

WJA96 · 21 Oct 2008 at 21:41

pastymuncher said:
Unless you plan to go Sli in the future, no. Nvidia chipset boards are not very good these days. Go for the cheaper and better Asus P5Q Pro, E, or Deluxe.

I certainly wouldn't buy an NVidia chipset motherboard, and after having to RMA no fewer than 5 ASUS P5Q Pro's I wouldn't buy one of them either. There's an OcUK/J&W IP35-Pro on the member's market at the moment for £43 delivered. I'd buy that as it solid as a rock.

Big.Wayne · 21 Oct 2008 at 21:48

WJA96 said:
after having to RMA no fewer than 5 ASUS P5Q Pro's I wouldn't buy one of them either

What's that all about then WJA? :confused:

I'm intending to use that board for a build next week, got on great with the P5Q-Deluxe so assumed the Pro would be a safe bet on a budget?

WJA96 · 21 Oct 2008 at 22:19

Big.Wayne said:
What's that all about then WJA?

I'm intending to use that board for a build next week, got on great with the P5Q-Deluxe so assumed the Pro would be a safe bet on a budget?

4 had non-functioning network ports and one just refused to boot at all. I'm not the only one with network port issues and someone on these forums had issues with the graphics slots not running at x16.

Gaijin · 21 Oct 2008 at 22:58

I'm a bit apprehensive now as one of these is in the post

imran-17 · 21 Oct 2008 at 22:59

Asus P5Q Pro, E, or Deluxe
which is best between these and are they much better than the 780i

setter · 21 Oct 2008 at 23:13

Using a p5q deluxe here and havent had a single issue with it, i upgraded from an evga 680ia1 which had its issues before dying on me (780i is just a 680 with a pcie 2.0 bridge chip). The p5q deluxe has been rock solid and a nice board to overclock on.

imran-17 · 21 Oct 2008 at 23:51

is the pro the best or the deluxe?

Venares · 22 Oct 2008 at 16:30

Deluxe.
Though weather its worth £40 more is upto you.
The Deluxe has a few tricks up its sleave like 16-phase power, better cooling and a few others small things.

RizlaKing · 22 Oct 2008 at 16:51

While the Asus boards are quite good there does seem to be a few problems cropping up here and there so maybe look to another brand as there are equally good or in some cases better boards out there.

imran-17 · 23 Oct 2008 at 09:50

is the Asus P5E3 Deluxe Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard better than the Asus P5Q Delukxe Intel P45 (Socket) 775)

mike gunnz · 23 Oct 2008 at 15:34

imran-17 said:
is the Asus P5E3 Deluxe Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard better than the Asus P5Q Delukxe Intel P45 (Socket) 775)

Its DDR3 and has two x16 lanes for running crossfire, so you'd be paying for unnecessary tech if you buy the x38 chipset, you said in your opening post you have a GTX280.

If I was to get an Asus board which I wouldn't as there are other equally good brands out there I'd get the Asus Maximus II Formula. Bit-Tech's review last month was highly complimentary. Whichever board you get make sure its a P45 chipset.

imran-17 · 23 Oct 2008 at 15:58

i would like to have ddr3 ram instead of ddr2 and i plan to go sli with another gtx280 in the future

mike gunnz · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:15

imran-17 said:
i would like to have ddr3 ram instead of ddr2 and i plan to go sli with another gtx280 in the future

Then why are you looking at X38 motherboards?

Edit: Or P45 for that matter?

mike gunnz · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:15

Sorry double post.

imran-17 · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:17

i duno lol, what board do you recommend, im used to laptops and building them dont really know that much about desktops

mike gunnz · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:34

imran-17 said:
i duno lol, what board do you recommend, im used to laptops and building them dont really know that much about desktops

If you plan to go SLI in the future then you'll need a board with an Nvidia chipset. Look here. But I wouldn't recommend any of them, others may do though.

As a GTX280 owner I can tell you that one card is more than enough for current games.

imran-17 · 23 Oct 2008 at 16:36

ok whats a good board for ddr3 ram and ont gtx 280