Best P965 Motherboard For < $200

[The Doc]

Well, I'm in the market for a P965 motherboard, but I don't want to spend alot of money on one. Which P965 motherboard would be the one to go with ?

 

[Vlad_13]

AAABBBIIITTT AB9 Pro

 

[Troub]

I would say the GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3. great for the price and really good for overclocking at under $200.

 

[InternalStorm]

The Gigabyte DS3 is definately a great board. Looks nice in the case, has great connectors, decent slot placement and overclocks like mad! The only complaint is that the stock chipset cooling isn't really enough and it gets SUPER hot so that would be one concern but easily fixable. Stability is good, BIOS updates are out all the time making things better, and it seems like a quality board!

 

[Cliff Couser]

The abit ab9 pro looks like a solid board, especially since recent BIOS releases have fixed early issues.

seems like a great board after reading the AT review.

the location of the IDE port really is insane though!

 

[M@iden]

It depends if you want to overclock, if you do and are on a budget the Gigabyte S3 look good, Dumo at Xtremesystems seems to be having a good time with it http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114156

Newegg has it for 116.99 plus shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017


I'm leaning towards the S3 but I'm looking these other ones also, Gigabyte DS3 and Asus PB5 and P5B-Deluxe but the last one is out of your budget.


M@iden

 

[9mmx19]

Im looking at the P5B Vanilla but the cheaper Gigabyte S3 is also interesting.