Socket 775, DDR2, Quad-Core - Which Motherboard?

Westyfield2 · 14 Apr 2008 at 17:38

Have been looking for a new motherboard, and am stuck on what to chose

It's going to be working with a Q6600, and 4gb of OCZ Reaper PC2-6400 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK). Graphics is probably gonna be a BFG 9800 GX2 1gb.

I'd like to have SLi (just for upgrading potential later on) and would also like to be pretty well future proofed (PCI-E 2 or whatever it's called).

Don't want a cheap/unknown brand (had a bad experience a few years back) so mainly stick to Asus boards these days, and was thinking about the Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i, but it seems quite expensive for something that (apparently) is picky about RAM.

Anyone got any opinions on this board or can suggest better alternatives?
TY
Ed.

Westyfield2 · 16 Apr 2008 at 18:59

No ideas?

Any suggestions for a non-Sli board then?

BUFF · 17 Apr 2008 at 00:48

if you want PCI-E 2.0 on Intel that means either nF750i/780i (basically 650i/680i with a bridge chip), nF790i or Intel X38/X48 chipset. Also probably in June P45.

Skyboat · 17 Apr 2008 at 01:18

nVidia chipsets are poo, only the new 790i is actually good since it's a complete re-design not some half-arsed rehash.

For non-SLI boards, the X38/X48 support dual 16x PCI-E 2.0 lanes, and the upcoming P45 supporting 16x/x4 PCI-E 2.0 support.

The DFI X48-T2R is a stonking clocker and one of the cheapest X48 boards around.

Westyfield2 · 17 Apr 2008 at 18:03

Thanks for the replies.

So what about the Asus P5E, with my 2 x 2gb OCZ Reaper PC2-6400 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK), and an OcUK 9800 GX2, with a Q6600 ??

Just wanting to check really that there's no issues re the memory.....

Westyfield2 · 19 Apr 2008 at 18:09

Westyfield2 said:
Thanks for the replies.

So what about the Asus P5E, with my 2 x 2gb OCZ Reaper PC2-6400 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK), and an OcUK 9800 GX2, with a Q6600 ??

Just wanting to check really that there's no issues re the memory.....

Any comments before I go & order?

Storrm · 20 Apr 2008 at 18:45

I've just ordered the same mobo and ram, so fingers crossed !!

I'll let you know if there's any problems.

toucam · 21 Apr 2008 at 12:37

If you haven't made up your mind I can recommend Rampage Formula. I can get it running at 3.6 easily with my Q6600 without much of tweaking and it doesn't cost that much if you shop around. The only damn thing that's holding me up is temp.

Storrm · 21 Apr 2008 at 13:01

already done mate, and ordered a Thermalright 90i to sit on top of it as well to keep it cool. Couldnt go for the 120 because I was worried about it not fitting inside my case! It looks H U G E !!!

bledd · 21 Apr 2008 at 14:35

that's a crossfire board (will support 2x ati cards only, 1x nvidia will be ok, but it won't do SLI)

if you want SLI, then don't open the motherboard, just send it back and explain

Skyboat · 21 Apr 2008 at 15:11

Which case do you have?

Westyfield2 · 21 Apr 2008 at 16:31

Storrm said:
I've just ordered the same mobo and ram, so fingers crossed !! I'll let you know if there's any problems.

That'd be great thanks....

bledd · 22 Apr 2008 at 15:38

bledd. said:
that's a crossfire board (will support 2x ati cards only, 1x nvidia will be ok, but it won't do SLI)

if you want SLI, then don't open the motherboard, just send it back and explain

!