Which is the best C2D mobo?

Raffi · 6 Feb 2007 at 20:10

My spec is
8800GTX
4GB Crucial 5300 C3 10th anny
E6600

Which mobo should i go for ;

Abit IN9 32X-MAX 680
EVGA nForce 680
Asus Commando Intel 965
or
Asus Striker Extreme

Price doesnt matter- which one is the best and has less problems?I'm thinking of getting the Striker - what do you think about it?Should i go for one of the other 3?

Thanks in advance!

easyrider · 6 Feb 2007 at 20:21

DS3 rev2 imo

stinka · 6 Feb 2007 at 20:36

evga 680i, its a peach and if nothing else, aftersales care is excellent

stinka

easyrider · 6 Feb 2007 at 20:39

stinka said:
evga 680i, its a peach and if nothing else, aftersales care is excellent

stinka

I have both the 680i and the DS3 the DS3 is more stable and allows higher FSB with the 6300/6400 series cpu's

680i is a good mobo but not worth the 180 price tag.

Clock for clock the DS3 is quicker in my testing too and it cost 70 quid.

stinka · 6 Feb 2007 at 20:44

ok mate i stand corrected

Raffi · 6 Feb 2007 at 21:05

So if the price was no matter i still should go for DS3 than Striker?I really really dont like the colors of the Gigabyte mobo,any other offer?

easyrider · 6 Feb 2007 at 21:13

The striker stinks

A mobo should be bought for perfromance,

Get the asus P5B deluxe then

Hamoodii · 6 Feb 2007 at 21:22

DS3 OFCOURSE!

mattpj · 6 Feb 2007 at 21:29

Raffi said:
I really really dont like the colors of the Gigabyte mobo,any other offer?

lol I found that really funny... that surely doesn't make a difference!

Anyway, 680i have a good reputation but are 100 pound more than the competition namely P5NE-sli and DS3

These boards are all great as well, and if they were all the same price some would argue the DS3 is the best ... some the P5NE-SLi.

p4radox · 6 Feb 2007 at 22:04

I'd say a P5B Deluxe/vanilla or a P5N-E.

james.miller · 6 Feb 2007 at 22:06

intel motherboards are very expensive bits of kit. But when it comes down to it, virtually none of them justify their price. nvidia 680 boards are a prime example - they do very little that a ds3 @ half the price cant.

Raffi · 6 Feb 2007 at 22:16

That means i should go for Striker then

As i said the price of the mobo doesnt matter.

james.miller · 6 Feb 2007 at 22:24

erm, ok

SiriusB · 7 Feb 2007 at 00:49

So aesthetics aside, the DS3 rev 2 is the one to go for? What about for an E6600?

SiriusB

musx64 · 7 Feb 2007 at 08:35

easyrider said:
The striker stinks

A mobo should be bought for perfromance,

Get the asus P5B deluxe then

Yes get the P5B Deluxe, Solid board and good o/cing.

Jay_t · 7 Feb 2007 at 09:49

Raffi said:
That means i should go for Striker then

As i said the price of the mobo doesnt matter.

Yes, but the striker is one of the worst of all the 680i Nforce boards IMO. It may have the most copper on, the most flashing lights and the highest price.......

but its unstable, will suffer from the usual poor Asus support and is seemingly being dropped already by Asus.

netby · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:36

one vote for ASUS P5b de luxe here
running a Xeon Conroe 3050 at 530fsb stable

Stelly · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:55

Another vote for the DS3

Stelly

Goody_GTI · 7 Feb 2007 at 13:00

Yep, DS3