Which Mobo for i7

Prophet · 15 Sep 2009 at 10:12

I'm finding it hard to justify a £200 Motherboard for my new build. Are there any cheaper options that will fit the following criteria:

I'm not initially looking to overclock.

Not interested in Cross Fire.

Will be going 3X2GB RAM for Tri Channel

Must have SPIDIF out for 5.1 Amp

RAID is important

mmj_uk · 15 Sep 2009 at 11:41

The Biostar TPower X58 is a really sweet board, I owned a P6T Deluxe previously and think this is much better.

It's a monster for overclocking too.

nbkpsycho · 15 Sep 2009 at 12:24

mmj_uk said:
The Biostar TPower X58 is a really sweet board, I owned a P6T Deluxe previously and think this is much better.

It's a monster for overclocking too.

+1, Really is a cracking board for the price.

Prophet · 15 Sep 2009 at 12:59

Out of stock

Blackwhite · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:21

Go for EVGA SLI LE - I have this board and it is very good one.

Prophet · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:44

It would seem OCers no longer sells the Biostar.

Plec · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:07

The Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 is a great board for the money. It's not quite as consistent/clockable as the UD5 (according to forum banter - but there are some big clocks out there on the UD3) it now has Sli support (with latest BIOS) but it only has the 3 memory slots (which, isn't realy a problem for the average user).

Ashfield · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:04

I got the p6t deluxe v1 and its been spot on. Not had any problems so far

thevet · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:06

p6t is a great board....i had one of these before my rampage 2,not much difference and a great price

OLDPHART · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:15

Hi orange, go ud5+6GB 3x2GB Patriot well proven it's worth the money, your i7 will be begging to get overclocked 2.66 > 4GHz. I know it's hard to justeify the money but in the end when your CPU is at 4GHz, you think yer with

across your face that's :cool:

it did to this oldphart. I spent £1388 base unit+mouse & mat, bay adpter, ssd adapter, already had a good monitor but this time it's got to last afew year's maybe upgrade the GFX card now and then. But at the end of the day it's upto you m8, just giving you my thought's.

Prophet · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:20

Hi mate.

I had added all the parts to the shopping cart for the i7/UD5/6GB Pat etc then hit Checkout and it had gone up by £30. I know TWO changes but I added them when they were at one price so it's seem wrong for the price to go up one click later.

Phoned the shop but they wont budge so have sent a webnote. If they won't budge I'll spend the £700 somewhere else.

tuppers360 · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:43

ud5 for me!

Plec · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:55

If your budget is back up to £200 then the UD5 is a proven MB at that price range. (But if your budget drops again the UD3 is a very capable board for the money.)

Prophet · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:57

Im happy with the UD5 just not happy about the price change when I went to the checkout!