which mobo for a 8400

MattandJet · 25 Jan 2008 at 16:05

Hi all,

Im currently building a new pC and would like to know which of the following 4 X38 motherboards are best suited to an E8400 and crucial ballistics4GBPC8500 Ram

Asus Maximus Formula
Asus P5E
GA - X38 - DS4
GA - X38 - DS5

Thank you

if there are any other suggestions please do tell me

ty

jbloggs · 25 Jan 2008 at 17:42

I have an E8400 on a Gigabyte GA P35 DS3P @4.2GHz, but runs stable @4.4GHz, using 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC5300, so an X38 is not really necessary for a good O/C with this processor.

But if you want an X38 board, the Gigabyte GA X38 DS4 or Asus P5E will be fine...

MattandJet · 25 Jan 2008 at 18:06

thanks for your advice, im new to overclocking and so i wanted components that are already relatively high in speed ect, lol im sure ill get more adventerous as I learn

Out of interets which one, out of DS4 or Asus P53; would you choose? Do they both have good support for drivers?

i suppose it comes down to which one has more features per £

synixx · 25 Jan 2008 at 18:17

i'm thinking about getting a mobo with a 2180 and upgrading to quad later on this year. would a p31 board be ok? even though they are older.

ps sorry for tread hijack.

MattandJet · 25 Jan 2008 at 18:28

synixx said:
i'm thinking about getting a mobo with a 2180 and upgrading to quad later on this year. would a p31 board be ok? even though they are older.

ps sorry for tread hijack.

lol has nothing to do with my thread, shove off!! lol only jking

hehe)

TheBiznes · 25 Jan 2008 at 19:26

MattandJet said:
Hi all,

Im currently building a new pC and would like to know which of the following 4 X38 motherboards are best suited to an E8400 and crucial ballistics4GBPC8500 Ram

Asus Maximus Formula
Asus P5E
GA - X38 - DS4
GA - X38 - DS5

Thank you

if there are any other suggestions please do tell me ty

I would hold out if I were you untill 2nd week in Feb

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=1

MattandJet · 25 Jan 2008 at 19:39

TheBiznes said:
I would hold out if I were you untill 2nd week in Feb
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=1

the thing is with computers, i could wait for that and then somehting new is on the horizon, I could do this for years and be without a decent pc, im probably going to get the Gigabyte or P53.

Thanks all for your input and advice

madman045 · 25 Jan 2008 at 19:48

jbloggs said:
I have an E8400 on a Gigabyte GA P35 DS3P @4.2GHz, but runs stable @4.4GHz, using 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC5300, so an X38 is not really necessary for a good O/C with this processor.

But if you want an X38 board, the Gigabyte GA X38 DS4 or Asus P5E will be fine...

Do you have any issues with misreading cpu temps? Did it worth straight away without a bios update?

Just thought id ask as im in the same boat about motherboard choices.

synixx · 25 Jan 2008 at 20:20

MattandJet said:
lol has nothing to do with my thread, shove off!! lol only jking hehe)

i'm sorry, i'll gtfo now.

jbloggs · 26 Jan 2008 at 11:35

madman045 said:
Do you have any issues with misreading cpu temps? Did it worth straight away without a bios update?

Just thought id ask as im in the same boat about motherboard choices.

Yes, Core Temp etc give strange readings, I would think an update etc will remedy that.

I was already using BIOS F9 (the latest) on my P35 DS3P, and it booted up straight away, no issues whatsoever...