New Core2Duo motherboard recommendation

[shabba]

Hi all,

Just bought World in Conflict so time to move from my 939 board! I have no interest in SLI/Crossfire so can someone recommend a good OC board with out 2 x16 PCI-E ports? On board sound would not be needed either as I would get a XiFi. Even which chipset (AMD/nVidia/P35/x38). Would defo want 1333 FSB.

Thanks!

S.

 

[Maziar]

ASUS P5K
ASUS P5K-E
GIGABYTE P35 DS3R
ABIT IP35 PRO

 

[aevm]

Yeah, good mobos there. Just remember they need an Intel CPU.

Do you need help picking out CPU/PSU/Video card? If yes, how much can you afford for these 3 together?

 

[shabba]

I have not decided whether to go for dual or quad yet. I know dual with better Mhz is probably better for now but hopefully in not too distant future better coding will make s/w more parallelised. I am keeping my X1900XTX for now until 2nd generation DX10 boards come out. I am also going to buy a p192 case. Of the 4 mobos above which would you pick? I am going to go SATA only as far as optical drives go too.

 

[Maziar]

u wont be wrong with any of them ,

i love my P5K-E though

 

[shabba]

Hmm.. Looking at scan.co.uk they have the following about the P5K-E

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=615971



"Please note: When purchasing this product with a Graphics card from our 8800GTX/Ultra or HD2900XT range, you may experience difficulties during installation. Our Technical staff have advised that the total no. of Sata ports may not be accessible on the motherboard when installed with any of these graphics cards."

How many SATA ports are you using?

 

[aevm]

I have a GA-P35C-DS3R. The GA-P35-DS3R is a bit better ($30 less, no DDr3 support, overclocks better). Both are great. The aBIT Pro is fantastic, but a bit expensive.