E8400's perfect Mobo under $150?

[RaPiD987]

Hey guys! What would be the good Mobo for a E8400 with/under $150 budget? Good overclock potential with the E8400, PCI Express 2.0 x16, no SLI option (not planning on it)...



Thanks for looking...

 

[silent_744]

Asus P5Q Pro:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

 

[roadrunner197069]

^ + 1, I'm runnin my c0 e8400 @ 4.05 with that board and a zigmatek s1283 idles at 32c.

 

[spathotan]

I can vouch for the P5Q Pro as well, See sig. Board has basically no vdrop/vdroop, its very good with voltage during OCing. Well maybe not, my sig is gone.

 

[V3NOM]

hmmm asus is bragging about 1.5mil satisfied P5Q users or something but for only $9 more i would personally go with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 also looks nice for the price. but personally i would just go with the best P5Q in that budget range if you won't pay $9 more for the biostar

 

[spathotan]

I wish that Gigabyte board was around when I bought my P5Q Pro. I would rather have it simply for the heatsink assembly. I had to replace all the stuff on my board with thermalright pieces, the mosfets on this thing get blistering hot under an OC.

 

[V3NOM]

:O

 

[bobbknight]

I have a Abit AB9 Pro that runs that CPU flawlessly, it did need a bios update to the microcode for it though.
As you look for your board go to the manufacturers site to see what CPU's are supported with the initial bios.
I keep a Celeron D handy for bios flashes, but most people do not have that luxury.
DFI's BloodIron is a great board, but you might need to flash the bios on it.
I will say the http://preview.tinyurl.com/62bktv does look like a good option.

 

[silent_744]

hmmm asus is bragging about 1.5mil satisfied P5Q users or something but for only $9 more i would personally go with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 also looks nice for the price. but personally i would just go with the best P5Q in that budget range if you won't pay $9 more for the biostar

The first one is $40 more.