Best motherboard under £100 which can support Core 2 Duo?

[brisk]

Yo

I need a motherboard that can support Core 2 duo. Im only going to spend 100 max. Might go to £115 if its really worth it. I only need the mobo to support Core 2 Duo and to have stuff like ram and pci-e slot thats all.

I will not overclock - not using the machine for gaming, just general use - i.e able to run lots of applications at one time, also use for ripping and burning dvds.

thanks for any help

peace

Ed

 

[godman]

gigabyte 965p-ds3 or ds4.

around £100 at scan.co.uk

 

[1Tanker]

Yo

I need a motherboard that can support Core 2 duo. Im only going to spend 100 max. Might go to £115 if its really worth it. I only need the mobo to support Core 2 Duo and to have stuff like ram and pci-e slot thats all.

I will not overclock - not using the machine for gaming, just general use - i.e able to run lots of applications at one time, also use for ripping and burning dvds.

thanks for any help

peace

Ed

These 2 ASUS boards are also neck and neck with the Gigabyte boards.

ASUS P5B-E: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=470940

ASUS P5B-E Plus: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=518608

 

[BUFF]

also Asus P5N-E SLI nVidia 650i mobo is ~ £75 delivered if you look.
Got mine this week.

 

[godman]

How well does the FSB overclock on the 650i, better than the intel 965p?

 

[BUFF]

similar ~500 ish, overclocks RAM better though.
asus need to get a better BIOS revision out though.

 

[godman]

nice at similar (lower in some cases) price to some of the 965p alternitives And of course it has two pciex8 lanes for sli too

 

[Pax2All]

If you just want a MB and no overclocking. You might want to investigate the ABIT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127018
the ASUS (has 3 ide channels and can do a minor OC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131048
or MSI (basic but good and inexpensive)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130059
or Gigabyte (will overclock well if you want to later)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017

 

[1Tanker]

If you just want a MB and no overclocking. You might want to investigate the ABIT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127018
the ASUS (has 3 ide channels and can do a minor OC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131048
or MSI (basic but good and inexpensive)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130059
or Gigabyte (will overclock well if you want to later)
I]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017

I don't know if you noticed, but he said 100 pounds..not dollars. That means he's from the UK, and Newegg is out of the question. For ~100 pounds, he can get a nice mobo.

 

[dragonsprayer]

Yo

I need a motherboard that can support Core 2 duo. Im only going to spend 100 max. Might go to £115 if its really worth it. I only need the mobo to support Core 2 Duo and to have stuff like ram and pci-e slot thats all.

I will not overclock - not using the machine for gaming, just general use - i.e able to run lots of applications at one time, also use for ripping and burning dvds.

thanks for any help

peace



i Ed

get the higher end asus boards - they have better audio, and wireless built in. the p5w-dh has multi -sata contollers so u can have a boot drive and raid seperate - less problems that way

i use p5w-dh myself its $225 usd and p5n-e $150 - these are dual pci-x.

 

[Pax2All]

LOL I saw that. Just thought I'd give him some sort of reference to look at the boards 😀

 

[Pax2All]

Oh and the whole 100 pounds doesnt have to go for a motherboard. He could use some of it toward a better cpu or gpu. After all, he did say he just wanted a solid board. Of course, if he's interested in spending the whole 100 pounds on the MB then there are boards with more gizmoes out there 😛