P8P67-M vs Z68MA-D2H

[pillow]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-343-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

vs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-445-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Have just gotten a i5-2500k and would like to do some overclocking.

Was wondering which board would be better equipped to handle the job best. Graphics will be handled by a discrete card so there isn't a need to use the integrated chip.

If I need to provide any more details please let me know!

 

[stulid]

Hmm, both have 4 VRM CPU power phases.

The Gigabyte board does SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X.
The ASUS does Crossfire at 16X/4X.

The Gigabyte has SSD caching, Lucid Virtu+Quicksync because its a Z68 chipset.


Does this help?

 

[pillow]

Well I don't and won't run Crossfire. While I do have an SSD I think I would rather keep it separate from from the hard drive (predominantly have media on the hard drive so caching would be useless really.

Not really sure what there is to gain from the Virtu and Quicksync.

I'm guessing in terms of OC'ing they're potentially the same?

 

[stulid]

I'm guessing in terms of OC'ing they're potentially the same?

Yes, cant see any standout features to pick one over the other.