Whats the recomended p35 at the mo?

[Sherm]

Might be looking at getting a new board. Would go for a P35 i guess as cannot afford ddr3 mem, although i would have to get mem and cpu as still on 939 currently.

What i would like to know is the difference between some of the types. I see that Asus has a few different p5k ones, some with e some with ew etc. Which one do people go for?
Also the Gigabyte ones? which one?

As for clocking, i am not the greatest clocker in the world, i have a dabble from time to time, but generally just get a nice stable system and thats fast enough

If i go down the route of a new mobo, then i would need cpu and ram for around the 300 quid mark, any suggestions?

Cheers

 

[topshot]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-090-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-158-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

 

[Sherm]

Thanks, looks good to me. Heard these boards are pretty good, like i said, just never knew which one to go for

 

[topshot]

thats pretty much what my spec is except im going for a quad core next month. you should also be able to get a nice overclock on that CPU but even at stock speeds its no slouch.

 

[C64]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

 

[BUFF]

the abits & Gigabytes are good & basically which you get depends upon features & budget required.
Atm the P35-DS3P for £88 is probably the sweet spot where you get most of the features that you might want.

 

[Sherm]

Cool thanks, just out of interest though, what's the difference between the Asus boards? Like is the Asus P5K-E any good?

 

[senorstealth]

Cool thanks, just out of interest though, what's the difference between the Asus boards? Like is the Asus P5K-E any good?

I've just got this board, works great i've got absolutely no complaints about it.
Lots of features and easy to setup

 

[gt_junkie]

Atm the P35-DS3P for £88 is probably the sweet spot where you get most of the features that you might want.

I use this board with 2x2gb OCZ pc5300, 8800GTX and Q6600 overclocked to 3ghz and @ stock volts!

Probably been my favourite board... certainly my favourite C2D/C2Q board by miles.

gt

 

[jbloggs]

I use this board with 2x2gb OCZ pc5300, 8800GTX and Q6600 overclocked to 3ghz and @ stock volts!

Probably been my favourite board... certainly my favourite C2D/C2Q board by miles.

gt

The Gigabyte GA P35 DS3P is a very nice board, stable and easy to overclock, also some nice features on it, excellent value at £86....

 

[wiggyuk]

Whats the difference between the DS3P and the DS3R

 

[BUFF]

quite a bit - the DS3P is based on the same PCB as the DS4/DQ6 so it's full width (DS3R is cutdown) & has a 2nd physical x16 (electrically x4) slot for starters plus it has firewire.
For the same price as on OcUK it's imo a no-brainer.

 

[wiggyuk]

so the DS3P is the better performer, is this the best board available for a core duo ?

 

[gt_junkie]

so the DS3P is the better performer, is this the best board available for a core duo ?

Not the best... but very possibly the best in terms of value vs performance.

gt

 

[Sherm]

Ended up going for this in the end.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)

 

[wiggyuk]

Not the best... but very possibly the best in terms of value vs performance.

gt

Which is the best ?

 

[gt_junkie]

Which is the best ?

Probably the best P35 board is the Asus Blitz Extreme but at about 2.5x the cost of the Gigabyte it's a mighty pricy board!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-238-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

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