socket 775 matx mobo budget £50-£70

cpatain-chaos · 13 Sep 2008 at 12:50

Hi

Having looked around it seems there are a heck of a lot of 775 boards but they all seem to be crippled in some way in comparison to an atx rig, i.e no dual channel memory, poor sound, very limited bios / oc options.

Am I asking the impossible or can anyone point me in the right direction with regards a decent one with good features thats not £120 like the new dfi ?

Thanks

V|per · 13 Sep 2008 at 16:33

g33 or g35 chipset based baords such as the gigabyte g33 ds2r, asus p5k-vm and p5e-vm HDMI, all great boards, I fid the p5e is best, then the p5k and then ds2r, but generally, the ds2r is the one most people will reccomend.

cpatain-chaos · 13 Sep 2008 at 23:12

Hi

Thanks for that would this be comparable to any of the above ?

GA-73PVM-S2H http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2691

I think someone mentioned to me not to mix Intel chips with Nv chipsets

*edit*

apart from ram voltages everything else looks ok, I'll go for it and pop it into my TJ08 with an e6600 / 4850 / 4 gb Corsair

AbsenceJam · 13 Sep 2008 at 23:39

The nVidia chipsets are rather crap, a G33/G35/G43 would be a whole lot better.

cpatain-chaos · 13 Sep 2008 at 23:48

Arrrrrgh lol sod's law I searched the forums here and found a few people speaking highly of it, oh well bought it now and commited so I'll have to live with it for now.

Thanks again

V|per · 14 Sep 2008 at 12:45

AbsenceJam said:
The nVidia chipsets are rather crap, a G33/G35/G43 would be a whole lot better.

^^ What he said...

As you have ordered at the weekend, surly you can cancel the order easily enough?

cpatain-chaos · 14 Sep 2008 at 13:44

Sadly not it wasn't from etailer

mmmm might just relist it and take a hit on the cost or a replacement, funny as a guy with the username starting WJA said he'd picked one up and it was a great little board.

Guardsmon · 14 Sep 2008 at 17:19

well unless its brand new you might as well try it see what you think. I've got a 680i which is great - but i wouldn't go recommending a nvidia chipset for a lower end matx board. Don't know about the 7100's but 680i is a hot *******!

V|per · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:09

To be honest, i'd trust WJA, he's dealt with a lot of hardware, and pretty much knows what he's on about.

The boards we have spec'd you were on the assumption that you would be overclocking the nuts off your cpu. Nvidia chipsets do allow you to give a fairly modest clock, but are just not on a par with some of the intel chipsets such as the p35/p45 with their extreme fsb clocks.

cpatain-chaos · 14 Sep 2008 at 23:05

cheers fella, having looked at his reputation I did feel able to trust his advice, tbh I've got an e6600 which I'd be happy with at 3.2 ish I might go for another q6 at some point which again at 3.2-3.4 is quick enough.

thanks for the valued info to date, it's much appreciated