Spec me two boards please!

sprognak · 16 Apr 2008 at 13:42

Need two boards:

1. For a Q6600 with good headroom for overclocking. MUST support Intel Matrix Raid 0 (stripe) so I can migrate my array.

2. For a E2200 with solid RAID-5 support. (aka, NO asus P5K boards with their half arsed ICH9 implementation - just RMA'ed 3 boards).

sprognak · 16 Apr 2008 at 13:44

Just for history:

Don't like Asus anymore!
I have confidence in my Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 - I love this board

It's still serving faithfully - but not sure what current Gigabytes are like.
Abit - had a bad experience 4 years ago and not used since. Don't know what they're like now.
MSI - bleh, quality seemed cheap last time I used them but may have changed.
DFI - got one of these on my old Barton - still running rock solid

sprognak · 16 Apr 2008 at 14:07

Is that DFI compatible with a Tunic 120 cooler? The NB looks a little close on some review photos...

sprognak · 16 Apr 2008 at 19:54

Bleh, I got the Abit IP35 Pro. Read a lot of reviews and forums, seems some are having issues with the gigabytes at higher FSB. Abit was the only board I found next to no negative feedback on... Sucks because I'm not really an Abit fan 8)