best P55 motherboard?

I wonder if Kyle will ever do reviews on Intel branded boards such as the DP55KG...the Intel boards are not as 'no frills' as they once were and can hang pretty close to more feature rich boards such as those from ASUS, Gigabyte etc
 
polonyc2 said:
I wonder if Kyle will ever do reviews on Intel branded boards such as the DP55KG...the Intel boards are not as 'no frills' as they once were and can hang pretty close to more feature rich boards such as those from ASUS, Gigabyte etc
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True. For people who overclock, the extreme series boards are okay. I had the extreme 975 board and it was okay. I liked the media series boards a little better for doing builds for customers, stable and quite a bit of features for a good price. Just lacking in the overclocking department, then again, 99% of my customers do not overclock.
 
polonyc2 said:
I'm planning on upgrading to one of the new P55 Lynnfield CPU's (i7 860) and was wondering if people could chime in with their opinions on the best available motherboard...I think I've narrowed down the choices to 2...Gigabyte P55-UD6 (or UD5) and the ASUS P7P55D Deluxe...I'm mainly using my system for gaming (Crysis, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Batman: Arkham Asylum etc) and will most likely use the Turbo Mode feature for overclocking as I am not into extreme overclocking

anyone prefer one mobo over the other?...or maybe another good P55 mobo...I just want a nice stable mobo with good features and excellent cooling...thanks for any help
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if you look at he specs of the 2 boards you have chosen a little closer, you will find that one of them is an asus, and the other is actually a gigabyte!!


dfi. or evga.
 
polonyc2

I would strongly consider the Deluxe, Kyle issues with Auto Tuning were due to a very early bios build being used otherwise as noted in the review the boards' performance and stability were great. If you look in the thread about the review I posted an update of Auto Tunings' current performance which is quite strong (and improving) additionally manually clocking performance is excellent. I have personally hit 4.0GHz on a 750 with pretty much all voltages on AUTO. I also have to say I am very impressed at the voltage regulation being supplied by the board at varying clocks. With that noted After 4.0GHz cooling becomes a key concern with maybe being able to get 4.1 to 4.2 if you have the right cooling. Definitely we have put extensive work into the quality maturity of the bios for the entire P55 line. Lastly we have extended our ASP service to all P55 ASUS board PRO and above. This means outside of the 3 year warranty we are offering ADV replacement RMA’s in the 1st year for the board as well.

If you have further questions please feel free to PM me or post in the thread.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1450450

I honestly feel no other vendor is putting in the amount of time and focus we are on bios development currently and ongoing. This is why continually we really are looked at as the standard when it comes to chipset launches. Hope this helps. Please enjoy the rest of your day.
 
vanilla_guerilla said:
if you look at he specs of the 2 boards you have chosen a little closer, you will find that one of them is an asus, and the other is actually a gigabyte!!


dfi. or evga.
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I feel the same as others about ASUS getting enough of my money over the years.
But, one way or another, ASUS and Gigabyte seem to lead.
Is EVGA better now than they were with their early Socket 775 models?
At one point, every single EVGA board on the shelf at FRY's was a return!

Is EVGA worth considering for someone running a single GPU?
If so, could someone look at EVGA's 3 P55 offerings and tell me
what the meaning is of their power section and difference in the
frequencies that can be attained?

I am confused by some of their terminology and how it compares to
the ASUS 20+ phase power.

What does EVGA mean by:
"6+1 PWM to 447KHz" on the lower end model
and:
"12+2 PWM up to 1189KHz" on the high end model???

Is the higher end going to always likely be more o/c stable?
 
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I can't find any pics of it.. only the H9.


Edit: I see pics but the board is labeled H8?
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I saw that picture as well but it had a different set up of heat sinks. It was probably a pototype of the UT P55 10 model.

Not sure what is up with the DFI UT P55 series.
 
aamsel said:
Is EVGA worth considering for someone running a single GPU?
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I was also considering EVGA boards at first, but their prices are a premium over equivalent counterparts for Gigabyte boards.

EVGA LE at $170 is about the same as Gigabyte UD3R at $140 (no SLI, 1 x16 and 1 x16 @ x4, and 1 x1)

EVGA SLI at $200 is about the same as Gigabyte UD4P at $170 (SLI, x8 and x8, dual nics)

UD3R has 2 eSATA ports and legacy IDE/FDD which the EVGA LE doesn't. Unless I'm missing something, the extra $30 for EVGA might not be worth it.
 
The multiple editions of the Asus boards are confusing me. I'm considering the LE but I want to make sure I'm not missing out on anything I need. I will have a pretty basic setup with one video card and one hard drive. I am buying an i5 750 and do want to OC it. I'm not concerned with having IEEE 1394 or SLI. Will the LE be good enough? Are there any differences in overclocking vs the deluxe aside from the automatic stuff?
 
I just ordered a eVGA P55. I went with it so I didn't have to buy ANOTHER cpu cooler. It has the S775 mounting holes as well as the new ones. From what I see, it will be fine. Not plannin on CF/SLI and the Zalman 9700 will not block my XMS ram. All good.
 
SpeedBump613 said:
I just ordered a eVGA P55. I went with it so I didn't have to buy ANOTHER cpu cooler. It has the S775 mounting holes as well as the new ones. From what I see, it will be fine. Not plannin on CF/SLI and the Zalman 9700 will not block my XMS ram. All good.
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Are there any reviews of it?
 
Not that I have seen. Here is one for the low end LE.. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/804/1

And one for the FTW...http://gilgameshreviews.com/index.p...55-ftw-review&catid=57:motherboards&Itemid=61 but alas...STILL can't find one for the e655 mobo. I took a chance on it being nearly as good as the FTW as the only few things I see that are different....the e655 has only 8 phase not 12, lower quality LICC capacitors, no support for EVbot or EVGA control panel v2 and of course the trip bios. None of these are going to impact my usage anyway so I don't see the reason to spend the extra $40 for the FTW version. (I will never be running Tri SLI or doing any DICE, LN or anything other than just your run of the mill overclocking on air) and there is no reason to think it will be any LESS of a mobo compared to the LE which has been reviewed to be a good board. When I get it (and my i7 860) I'll fire it up and let you know what I think...for what that;s worth. I'm excited as this is the first time in about 6 years I jumped on the newest platform at its earliest release. In the past...I've just bought the past gen stuff to keep my costs down. Couldn't resist the new socket, and can't resist the new ATI 58xx series either. Oh yes, I'll have one of those here in a week or so too.
 
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I've been pretty tickled with my Gigabyte P55-UD4P. I wanted the dual LAN ports and the 8 internal SATA ports are plenty for me at the moment. I work in an IT shop and have access to older parts so I have 5 WD 160 GB in Raid 5 at the moment. A 6th one on the gigabyte bus for scratch. I set the RAM timing to 7-7-7-20 with no problems just because I could. I'm waiting on a part request (poorly manufactured mounting screw) from Cooler Master so I can finally NOT use the stock Intel cooler.

I especially appreciate the smattering of ports on the back of the UD4P. The only thing lacking is on-board power and reset buttons. No big deal for me since I'll probably never use this board outside of a case.

Everything is probably a bit overkill for me but my last build was 2003 and I got the itch :)
 
For what is worth :D

I have to say the eVGA P55-FTW is one of the nicest mobos I have ever seen... such great board to work with. I paired it with a Corsair HD50 cooler using the LG775 brackets and it works like a charm. Temps are really cool at default clocks. I will start doing some OC soon and will post results.

So far this is what I have:

Temps after over 5 hours operation at default clocks.
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Here some pics :D

Here I have the Corsair H50 Cooler sandwiched with 2 fans Push In Fan ---> Radiator ---> Pull In Fan
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This CM HAF-932 Case is a dream to work with the eVGA P55-FTW
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xXxDieselxXx said:
For what is worth :D

I have to say the eVGA P55-FTW is one of the nicest mobos I have ever seen... such great board to work with. I paired it with a Corsair HD50 cooler using the LG775 brackets and it works like a charm. Temps are really cool at default clocks. I will start doing some OC soon and will post results.

So far this is what I have:
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Looking good.

Pump up the juice and speed to 4GHZ then post some real temp screen shots with at least 1 hour Prime95.


I really want to see how fast that CPU can go with that MB.
 
SonDa5 said:
Looking good.

Pump up the juice and speed to 4GHZ then post some real temp screen shots with at least 1 hour Prime95.


I really want to see how fast that CPU can go with that MB.
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Working on it :D I will post results ASAP

I'm actually very curious about how good this little H50 little cooler will perform. I got lazy and didn't feel like building a new water loop. So far this little fella keeps blowing cool air inside the case. It's like the rad doesn't get hot at all.

Will see how it behaves at 4Ghz :D
 
Looking great.

4GHZ at 1.329v. has got to translate to low temps. Very nice temps with your H50.

When you get a chance run 1 hour of Prime95 and keep your real temp monitor the whole time then post another screen shot.

Looking great. i7 860 looks like the best performance/value for the socket 1156 right now.
 
SonDa5 said:
Looking great.

4GHZ at 1.329v. has got to translate to low temps. Very nice temps with your H50.

When you get a chance run 1 hour of Prime95 and keep your real temp monitor the whole time then post another screen shot.

Looking great. i7 860 looks like the best performance/value for the socket 1156 right now.
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forget this prime95 shit. IntelBurnTest or go home!
 
Well, finally found the best clock for my rig.

Prime 95 will not get to one hour at 4Ghz so 3.8 was the stable one.

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Sojuuk said:
forget this prime95 shit. IntelBurnTest or go home!
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Prime95 does a fair job. Hot CPU.


Diesel do those temps seem hot to you?
Seems like your voltage is just a little low to go 4GHZ. Do you know the intel voltage limts for the i7 860?
 
SonDa5 said:
Diesel do those temps seem hot to you?
Seems like your voltage is just a little low to go 4GHZ. Do you know the intel voltage limts for the i7 860?
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My picture shows on idle on the lower 30's but in reality it hangs on the upper 20's which is very nice. The picture was taken right after stress test so it was a little warm.

However on load as you can see under "Maximum" temps it was hitting upper 70's which is where I want to keep it just for peace of mind.

So to answer your question regarding temps. I feel upper 20's and/or lower 30's on idle is perfect.
On load Anything under 80c is perfectly safe.

Based on Intel's specs, the voltage should go from 0.65-1.400V

eunoia said:
xXxDieselxXx:

Nice build! Thanks for the info.
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My pleasure :D
I hope I could help somehow. I was really wanting to try the H50 cooler rather than air cooling and I think I made the right decision. For me low noise cooling solution is a must :D
 
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I literally just finished building my Core i7 860 / Gigabyte ga-p55-ud4p setup. I'm only 9% completed on my Windows Updates.. haha. For what it's worth, I will hopefully add some useful info to this thread in reference to my P55 board.

Specs:

Intel Core i7 860 processor
Gigabyte ga-p55-ud4p motherboard
Gskill Ripjaws DDR3 2000 memory
Enermax Galaxy 1K power supply
Prolimatech Megahalems CPU cooler
Antec Nine Hundred Two case
XFX Black Edition GTX260 video card
 
officermartinez said:
I literally just finished building my Core i7 860 / Gigabyte ga-p55-ud4p setup. I'm only 9% completed on my Windows Updates.. haha. For what it's worth, I will hopefully add some useful info to this thread in reference to my P55 board.
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Welcome to the P55 club :D

Let us know how it goes...
 
Well, I am by noooo means anywhere close to fully testing everything but the results are pretty encouraging thus far.. I'm still learning here so if something seems "off", please chime in and give me a heads up.. I'm diggin the DDR3 ram speed!

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Just now getting to the testing part of this P55 setup.. So far, the memory / motherboard combo that I have is proving to be really fast..


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OK.. can any fellow Lynnfield owners chime in on their temperatures. Everest, Core Temp and Realtemp all report similar but different temps. Which one.. Which one.. Ugh!

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Officer Martinez are you prime95 stable for at least 1 hour?

I'd go by Real temp since it seems to be a standard that many use.

Your machine and performance is very impressive. :cool:
 
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