sabertooth or ?

caserman · 30 Mar 2011 at 16:12

Hey i fancy buying the Asus p67 sabertooth motherboard:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-449-AS
or shall i just stick with the or Asus/cheaper option?
Asus p8p67 pro b3:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-443-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

The build will have an i7 2600k with gtx 560ti and 2 4gb corsair sticks if this helps

justintime2001 · 30 Mar 2011 at 18:55

I prefer Gigabyte myself. Read some of the ASUS P67 threads, there seems to plenty to complain about

matthab · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:12

Stay away from Asus...

... I was a great fan of Asus new P8P67 right till mine broke and ive had nothing but troubles. Id get a UD5 or a UD7.

SeeknDestroy · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:24

I might also jump ship when I get my b2 mobo replaced. I'm thinking about the Asrock extreme 4 myself. Have a look at ti, it looks quite promising specially at the price range it sits

matthab · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:26

Im dumping the Deluxe and getting a UD7. The 1st month I had it, it was great then the cracks started appearing.

RedvGreen · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:30

Could you summarise the issues you've experienced please?

matthab · 30 Mar 2011 at 21:49

Pauses on post(Requires power cycle to post)
Constant BSOD
BSOD when xbox wireless reciver is used
Lots of bios updates and the booard still isnt good.
X-Fi soundcard drops out when it feels like it

I realise this may not be the board but all hardware has been retested and checked. While there offering a RMA and £80 more to get a better board ill give it a whirl.

caserman · 31 Mar 2011 at 15:19

thanks guys, i was reading that people are having a lot of troubles with the ASUS RMA's so ive decided to go for the Asrock Extreme as a few reviews ive red have been quite good

1kiwi · 1 Apr 2011 at 11:54

matthab said:
Pauses on post(Requires power cycle to post)

Constant BSOD

Lots of bios updates and the booard still isnt good.

Didn't play nice with my SSD and IRST drivers

As above. Got the UD4 now. Nice board.

BurntOutMutha · 13 Apr 2011 at 21:33

I Would rec the Sabertooth myself. Have just finished my upgrade with a TX650 / GTX-460 and have been stressing it for the last 5 days, pretty non-stop.

5Ghz 39/65c with a H50 Push/Pull. The voltages are rock solid on the board and I've not had to reset my bios via the jumper once since installing it. Superbly engineered...Asus know what they are doing :-)