OK… My motherboard has bought it so it may be as good a time as ever to switch..
The options
Another P5K deluxe – free, this is always going to happen so any of the prices below can have the revenue from a sold P5K deluxe taken off, maybe £80-90?
Asus P5K premium P35 - £129
Asus P5E X38 - £149
Asus Maximus Formula X38 - £152
Asus P5N-T 780i - £187
EVGA 680i - £149
Basically the ”musts” are that it has to be black, it has to be capable of clocking a quad reasonably well but doesn’t have to be amazing, more bothered about stability and I’m not switching to DDR3 until it gets somewhere near the cost of DDR2.
I’m also not inclined to go dropping £250 of something extreme, I don’t have the time or interest to get involved in extreme clocking.
You may tell I am quite fond of Asus, I’ve had quite a few Asus boards and I’m pretty happy with them.
I normally have NV gfx cards so sli is attractive from a bling perspective, I enjoyed having sli’ed 7800GTX and 7900GTX so 8800GT/GTX is entirely possible but nowhere near essential.
So what would you suggest?
Need answers NOW!
The options
Another P5K deluxe – free, this is always going to happen so any of the prices below can have the revenue from a sold P5K deluxe taken off, maybe £80-90?
Asus P5K premium P35 - £129
Asus P5E X38 - £149
Asus Maximus Formula X38 - £152
Asus P5N-T 780i - £187
EVGA 680i - £149
Basically the ”musts” are that it has to be black, it has to be capable of clocking a quad reasonably well but doesn’t have to be amazing, more bothered about stability and I’m not switching to DDR3 until it gets somewhere near the cost of DDR2.
I’m also not inclined to go dropping £250 of something extreme, I don’t have the time or interest to get involved in extreme clocking.
You may tell I am quite fond of Asus, I’ve had quite a few Asus boards and I’m pretty happy with them.
I normally have NV gfx cards so sli is attractive from a bling perspective, I enjoyed having sli’ed 7800GTX and 7900GTX so 8800GT/GTX is entirely possible but nowhere near essential.
So what would you suggest?
Need answers NOW!
