I'm stuck deciding on a motherboard for a new i5 system, I'm looking to spend around £100-£120, any suggestions of which is the best for this price range?
What about the LE version for £100. Only difference i can see is it has 8+2 phase power compared to 12+2 phase of the non LE version
Aye, its worth a look. The only changes I can see compared to the non-LE board are the power design (as you said), 6 vs 7 SATA ports, not supporting DDR3 2133MHz RAM (OC) RAM and no firewire. Nothing there will affect the performance much at all, though I would probably want to see a review that confirms it clocks an i5 up to 4GHz before I start recommending it.
Yep im going to be looking for a few reviews. Im going to be on the lookout for an i5 board in the next week and wont be spending over £100, especially as the CPU will cost at least £140 and the RAM £70 - £80. I'll probably get the CPU last with the proceeds of flogging my 775 kit. Ive already heard great things about the Gigabyte UD2 Matx board for only £86 but id rather have a full sized board as the littlke MATX board would be full straight away with my GFX card, TV card and X-Fi
I'm struggling to find any decent reviews of this board or even user comments. I wonder if the 4 phase power will limit the OC potential? Edit: Just seen some pages stating 6 phase. Not sure how many it really is now.
