Gigabyte P43 vs. P45

trkraus

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I've got a question.
I've been researching motherboards, mostly around the $100 dollar range. I'm pretty set on the p45 chipset, and probably going to go with either

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard for $98.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128372

or

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard for $115 ($100 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

but i just noticed that there is also this model, with the p43 chipset

GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128380

in comparing the ep43-ud3l to the ep45-ud3l, it seems they are virtually they same board, but for the memory type (p45 can go to 1366+ MHz)
are there more subtle differences between these 2 boards, or is that it? Will I be happy with the cheaper p43 board, or do you think I should just spend the extra cash for the p45
I don't plan on ever going crossfire, so the 1 PCI-e slot is of no concern, and I don't really care about having RAID capabilities either, so that it doesn't have the ICH10R chipset doesn't matter.

Any help or opinions on this board are much appreciated, thanks!
 
Imagine this: You have goal to buy a car, one of wich is 1600ccm and the other one is 1400ccm. The first one goes 180 km/h and the other one goes 160 km/h. But if You overtorque the second one, You will again get to 180 km/h. But then again in either cases You will get to the desired point and get the job done. Question is, does it realy metter to benefit those seconds. It realy does if You are up to travel thousands of miles. So If would be up to me I would rather go for the EP45.