Which IP35 board?

[badbob]

Bit confused which board to get. I like the CMOS reset on the back of one of them, my case is on the left side of the room, so resetting the jumper means disconnecting everything round the back and sliding it forwards

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4
Abit IP-35 Pro
OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35

Probably buy elseware though.

Not sure of RAM, only one I can find is

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-18

 

[Pneumonic]

I know the Asus boards have paramiter recall.. i.e. if you clock is unstable you turn the machine on and off and loads up default BIOS settings..

If you are looking for a good clocking P35 I would suggest a P5K-E, RAM wise GeIL ULL 800mhz is a good choice unless you plan on running upwards of 425FSB in which case I would look at some 8500 RAM

 

[BUFF]

Depends on budget & your needs really.
Both the abit & Gigabyte are very good high feature mobos, the OcUK lags a bit in the feature count but is cheaper (of course both abit & Gigabyte also have cheaper, less featured P35s too).

I'm still very happy with the abit IP35 Pro.