Spec me a motherboard

[TW]Fox · 13 Jul 2007 at 20:26

Hi all,

Sick of my DS3. Want a new board.

Needs to...

a) Be good for overclocking an E4300 above 3Ghz
b) Be not crap - i dont want unstable motherboard. I want something that works!
c) Excellent performance

Errr thats actually it really. I just want a good board that works. Noticed the new P35 boards. Worth it?

Budget, not really got one but if I can spend £80 instead of £130 thats good with me.

stickroad · 13 Jul 2007 at 20:29

You may gain what you desire!!!!!!!!

Cob · 13 Jul 2007 at 20:43

I would stump up the extra few quid for the P35-DS3P.

Duke · 13 Jul 2007 at 21:06

Whats up with the DS3? It was solid for me.

[TW]Fox · 13 Jul 2007 at 21:11

Cob said:
I would stump up the extra few quid for the P35-DS3P.

Whats better about it?

Cob · 13 Jul 2007 at 21:16

Extra PCI-E graphics slot, Firewire, cooling uses copper rather than painted aluminiun.

Teaf · 13 Jul 2007 at 21:22

And a much better board layout, such as:

Vertical IDE slot instead of horizontal
Southbridge further away from the PCI-E slot
Motherboard 12v further away from the CPU slot
CPU slot has more space around it

C64 · 14 Jul 2007 at 01:50

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=