Need to move on

neoglow · 19 Apr 2011 at 16:44

Hey guys and girls,

Ive had this setup for quite some time now and the mobo recently died on me.

Asus P5N32-E SLI
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 overclocked to 3.0ghz
4gb Corsair DDR2 RAM (cant remember speed or version)

I set about looking into a new motherboard to use the other hardware I already have and found that the Asus P5Q series mobos were really popular and good for overclocking. But that was a couple years ago now and trying to find one (on fleabay and obviously on overclockers) has proved difficult. (I know overclockers has a vanilla B Grade P5Q still available)

I see overclockers still have one P45 mobo going, the Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR. I was put off quickly as A.) its a Gigabyte and B.) its DDR3 not DDR2.

So, after reading about how good the old Asus P5Q mobos were coupled with a Q6600. Im now looking for the 'new gen' top dog combination of mobo and cpu for a gaming rig.

This may sound a silly question but what is the current equivilent of the Intel i3, i5 and i7 to the old Q6600's?

Secondly, whats the current Asus board of choice for gaming and overclocking, Ive been looking at the P7P55 series boards, is P55 the new P45 but for 1156 sockets and not 775's?

Any adivce would be much appreciated.

raikesi · 19 Apr 2011 at 16:49

the current q6600 equivelent would be a 2500K for intel or a amd phenom x4 955 which will both clock well with good air or water cooling. as with before, asus is a good choice with both of these platforms

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 16:54

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-447-AS&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-443-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

people seam to be going for this 2 from asus, give them a 2500k processor and their the best value thing out on the market at the moment

Reaper 392 · 19 Apr 2011 at 17:21

by the sound of things, no one is liking the asus mobos (they seem to have more problems than most). also, they seem to be quite expensive compared to the competition. you sure you couldnt be persuaded to buy a gigabyte or MSI?

Predicament · 19 Apr 2011 at 17:24

Deffo get a i5-2500k / i7-2600k, the latter if you plan on doing heavy encoding.

The new gen sandybridge blows the Q6600 and the likes out of the water:
Bench

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 17:27

Reaper 392 said:
by the sound of things, no one is liking the asus mobos (they seem to have more problems than most). also, they seem to be quite expensive compared to the competition. you sure you couldnt be persuaded to buy a gigabyte or MSI?

personly dont trust asus my self, had 2 boreds from them that are faulty (amd boreds but still dont trust them)

iv also used MSI and gigabyte boreds as replacements for friends and family computers and ever had a problem with them, but if u insist on asus the 2 boreds i mentioned are the asus bored that are selling, tho i recormend that you take reapers advice

neoglow · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:00

Cheers for replies guys,

So which mobo brand do peeps recommend at the mo?

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:03

neoglow said:
Cheers for replies guys,

So which mobo brand do peeps recommend at the mo?

either MSI or gigabyte should be fine, gigabyte has a 3 year warranty from date of it being made.

not to sure what MSI offers in terms of warranty tho

neoglow · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:09

Stretched said:
either MSI or gigabyte should be fine, gigabyte has a 3 year warranty from date of it being made.

not to sure what MSI offers in terms of warranty tho

Have Gigabyte inproved over the recent years then, maybe I was wrong but I always thought Asus to be much better brand for build quality and overclocking.

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:15

neoglow said:
Have Gigabyte inproved over the recent years then, maybe I was wrong but I always thought Asus to be much better brand for build quality and overclocking.

gigabyte are very stronge, i say their better then asus, and they have good overclocking as well, MSI is the same, MSI i think are starting to take the lead for OCing, but atm asus, MSI and gigabyte are about even, but asus is starting to fall behind in my opion

short story : asus aint any better then gigabyte or MSI anymore

Edit : im not to sure how asrock or foxxcon stand up, but they seam to be solid, if im wrong with anything here im sure someone will correct me

neoglow · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:18

Stretched said:
gigabyte are very stronge, i say their better then asus, and they have good overclocking as well, MSI is the same, MSI i think are starting to take the lead for OCing, but atm asus, MSI and gigabyte are about even, but asus is starting to fall behind in my opion

short story : asus aint any better then gigabyte or MSI anymore

Edit : im not to sure how asrock or foxxcon stand up, but they seam to be solid, if im wrong with anything here im sure someone will correct me

Cheers for your help Stretched, mucho appreciated!

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:23

your welcome, im not to sure whats best, but dont hesitate for gagabyte or MSI

their what i use for replacement boreds and neiither of thos 2 have let me down

spleenharvester · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:27

In my experience, Gigabyte > Asus > MSI.