Spec a P35 board for around £150

[Markatomic]

As title, must work well with my rig below especially for ocing the quad.
Im tempted by the Asus P5k deluxe but is it a lot better than the basic P5K?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
mark

 

[deadeyedic30]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-083-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£150.39 inc VAT

 

[BUFF]

abit IP35 Pro & buy yourself something with the money saved.
abit, Asus & Gigabyte all appear to have good mobos out so pick what you need features/ price wise.

The TechReport just did a review.

 

[deadeyedic30]

Personally I would go for the Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R, I don't intend on running two graphics cards. But original quest was a mobo for £150

 

[Markatomic]

Cheers for the replies;
Is there going to be any noticeable difference between the Asus P5K Intel P35 and Asus P5K Deluxe apart from the shiny bits
Thanks mark

 

[Nullvoid]

You would have been better with the title "Which Asus P35 board is better?".

The answer of which is: The deluxe is better in almost every way, but it carries a pretty hefty price-premium over the vanilla PK. Since you were already looking in the £150 ballpark however, it makes for a pretty easy decision.

You'd be wise to check out the competition by the way, since both Abit's and Gigabyte's best offerings are cheaper yet they still offer pretty rich feature-sets.

 

[Markatomic]

As far as bios ease of use and ability to oc, do any of the boards stick out?
I understand abit has a good bios?
Cheers
Mark

 

[BUFF]

I like abit BIOS but from what I understand the current BIOS may have a few less options for memory/voltage than the P5K DeLuxe but it'll score heavily for hardware monitoring/fan control.
Read the Tech Report comparison.

 

[Markatomic]

Ahh thanks for that. I want to get as much info as possible as I dont want to make the same mistake again re mobo
mark