Which is the better board ?

fishleg · 20 Jul 2007 at 11:39

Just wondering which of these is the best as they all seem to have some sort of flaw...

Asus P5K-E / WIFI (seems to suffer from vdroop problems would that be an issue with a Quad E6600 ?)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (only has the one PCI-e but has DDR 3 support)

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P (Has 2x PCI-e but only DDR2. This one seems the winner to me.)

I have a Gigabyte board now 6 years and still going strong but from what I've read the newest boards seem to have reboot cycle issues has this been corrected now ?

I'm not an overclocker so I'm just after the most stable long lasting board I can get with the most features for about £100.

Thanks for any advice,
Fishy

fishleg · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:07

Is the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P 2nd PCI-e slot an 16x or is it 4x ?

BAMBI · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:35

If you are not overclocking then selecting a motherboard is pretty simple. Find one with the necessary features for your build i.e. number of connetors.

BAMBI · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:37

fishleg said:
Is the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P 2nd PCI-e slot an 16x or is it 4x ?

"2 PCI Express X16 slot(x16, x4)"

so 1 16 and 1 4.