P45 or X48

[mohawk]

Im planning on buying a E8500 for gaming, which mobo is best to get? im not sure on the differences between the chipsets? im currently using a 4870X2 and 4gb of ddr2 if that influences the decision at all?

 

[2Thumbs]

If you never plan on a crossfire set up, get a P45.

If you do plan on doing crossfire in the near future get a X48 (or even a X38).

 

[helmutcheese]

Some claim the P45 is best for OC'ing 45nm Duals but I have seen the X48 doing 600FSB with them.

But I do agree the X48 is better for Quads and running 2x GPU's (although even with 2x8 the P45 is PCI-E 2.0 so has more bandwidth than older PCI-E 1.0/1).

 

[mohawk]

Which boards would you reccomend? i was thinking either http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

 

[2Thumbs]

Answer the question first and we'll tell you.

Crossfire on P45 is by no means bad, put you'l get the performance worthy of the cost with an X48 board.

 

[helmutcheese]

I do not like the older X48 only the newer Extreme but its DDR3 only.

The 2 Mobos for me now would be that P45 you linked to and the X48 Extreme (DDR3).

Both are great and clock well going by 2 long threads on XS but you must remount the Heatpipes with your own TIM if you get high temps as that's the cause.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

 

[mohawk]

Answer the question first and we'll tell you.

Crossfire on P45 is by no means bad, put you'l get the performance worthy of the cost with an X48 board.

sorry! i most likely wont be using crossfire.

 

[2Thumbs]

P45 then, and save more money aswell by going DDR2. There's very little performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 at the moment, especially considering the price difference.

 

[mohawk]

cool. thanks a lot