P35 for a new Q6600 rig..

n3crius · 27 Sep 2007 at 09:16

I have been with Asus the past few times I've built, and the new range of P35 boards look great. Seems a lot of people in here are going for the Gigabyte boards though.

I want really good performance, needs to overclock, robust with plenty of features. I remember Custom PC giving the new Asus Deluxe really decent reviews lately. But there are so many P35 boards I don't know which one is best for me right now. Guess I'll need to read through reviews really.

Any recommendations?

(Edit: I might want to upgrade to DDR3 in the future. Not definitely but I think it would be nice to have the option)

jbloggs · 27 Sep 2007 at 09:34

You don't specify a budget (or any specific features you particularily want), but you could have a look at:

Abit IP35 Pro

Asus P5K Premium/wifi

Gigabyte GA P35 DQ6

All of which are very good (DDR2) boards.

BUFF · 28 Sep 2007 at 14:41

The Premium apparently has a lot of problems with various (Hitachi, Samsung, WD) HDDs.

The Gigabyte P35-DS3P imo appears to be the sweet spot currently where you get most for least but if you want fewer/more features then as you say there are plenty of boards available.

Yesam · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:56

I went for the DS3R with my Q6600 and 4GB of ballistix 8500. Its a great setup and a hell of a performer..

ThatJoe · 28 Sep 2007 at 15:59

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-241-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

P5K-E ^^

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-237-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

P5K3 ^^

Devious · 28 Sep 2007 at 16:49

If you want DDR2 now and DDR3 later then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-243-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

n3crius · 28 Sep 2007 at 16:56

Devious said:
If you want DDR2 now and DDR3 later then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-243-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

Skimmed over a review on that in CustomPC lastnight. Scored fairly well.