Sandybride decision made - now which mobo?

Just get Sandy Bridge, if you're constantly looking for problems you'll make yourself paranoid. Every launch has issues, Sandy Bridge is no exception. Vast majority of people have no problems.
 
Id try and stretch to a PRO or Deluxe.. i got the plain one and now kinda wish i splashed the extra 30 quid.

I'm not unhappy with it but.... just kinda feel the basic one always gets seen to last in the BIOS fixes as the true enthusiasts always go for the higher end ones, and they whine the loudest if things are wrong.
 
Efour2 said:
Id try and stretch to a PRO or Deluxe.. i got the plain one and now kinda wish i splashed the extra 30 quid.

I'm not unhappy with it but.... just kinda feel the basic one always gets seen to last in the BIOS fixes as the true enthusiasts always go for the higher end ones, and they whine the loudest if things are wrong.
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Well we did spend more money ;). I went for the Delux over the Pro for 2 reasons.

1) The error diagnostic LED is worth the £30 on its own.
2) I wanted a 2nd NIC to do CCNA work on my lab network.
 
matthab said:
Well we did spend more money ;). I went for the Delux over the Pro for 2 reasons.

1) The error diagnostic LED is worth the £30 on its own.
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The Pro doesnt have one of these? Seriously?

What is it with motherboards these days - more expensive than ever with more missing features than ever before :confused:

Has the MSI GD65 got one?
 
Well its all installed and seems to be ok. X-Fi is also working fine which is a relief. Only problem is that ive had to use the stock cooler because i couldnt get the backplate of the H50 off the other motherboard. Its stuck and i cant get it off :(
 
MeatLoaf said:
Well its all installed and seems to be ok. X-Fi is also working fine which is a relief. Only problem is that ive had to use the stock cooler because i couldnt get the backplate of the H50 off the other motherboard. Its stuck and i cant get it off :(
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just use a sharpe blade and cut as close to the board as you can,its only a sponge so should come of easy or use a hair dyer might work to soften the glue.
 
I can't see the advantage of the Pro or the Deluxe, I mean how many people buying these will really ever use the second nic and a few more USB ports?

The error LED is a good one, but how often are you realistically going to need this? And without it, surely the motherboard will beep error codes or something similar.

The only downside is waiting a bit longer for BIOS updates, but I'm not that fussed really, the Clear RTC fix worked for the relatively minor cold boot issue and the system is ploughing along just fine at 4.6GHz.
 
MikeHiow said:
I can't see the advantage of the Pro or the Deluxe, I mean how many people buying these will really ever use the second nic and a few more USB ports?

The error LED is a good one, but how often are you realistically going to need this? And without it, surely the motherboard will beep error codes or something similar.

The only downside is waiting a bit longer for BIOS updates, but I'm not that fussed really, the Clear RTC fix worked for the relatively minor cold boot issue and the system is ploughing along just fine at 4.6GHz.
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Ive had instances where no beep was given and the board had posted ona funny code. Googled it and found my memory controller had gone poop (this was a old s939 board).
 
eSata is in danger of being made obsolete by USB3, anyway though, isn't it? I appreciate that might mean a new external HD enclosure, but they aren't expensive and you have the advantage of it being a fair bit faster, too.
 
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