Core 2 Quad Q8400 what motherboard

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A family member is looking to build a new pc round this cpu,
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, S775, Yorkfield Core, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB Cache, 8x Ratio, 95W, Retail

What would be a good Asus mobo to pair with it, nothing extremely pricy though. He already has ddr2 memory so it will have to fit in with this. I have seen some cpu-mobo bundles (links below) that i would like some views on.

http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=27814
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=30346
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=28955
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=26721
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=30344
 
Can no one give a bit of advice, i could do with it. I havnt kept pace with stuff or done any builds for about 2years so well out of touch. The 4 scan links i gave are no good now so can be ignored.

Just some info on an Asus board to suite would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
If you're not planning to overclock then any Asus board that meets the requirements will be fine. Just be sure that it explicitly states it supports Yorkfield (45nm) cpus. Most do, but you wanna make sure.

Also, I'd recommended buying from Ebuyer.com over scan.co.uk. Both are good companies, but ebuyer is generally cheaper and don't charge for delivery if you choose super saver. That and Scan's website often is slow or doesn't load at all. I expect that's why do one has replied.
 
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The only substantial difference between the P43 and P45 are that P45 will support Crossfire for ATi graphics cards. P43 has no such capability.

The P43, generally speaking, won't overclock as well as most P45 motherboards. Whether or not this is in the works is up to you. If you want to overclock, definitely go with the P45, since the Q8xxx CPUs will need quite a bit of FSB head-room.

For a stock-speed user and a single video card, save a few bucks and stick with a nice P43 motherboard.
 
Thanks for the input Repeater. I have come across this asus board with a P45 chipset its a good price to

http://www.pixmania-pro.co.uk/uk/uk/asus/p5q-se2-socket-775-chipse/771734/fiche.html#tech-desc

How does it compare with the other asus boards that have been recommended.

vanilla_guerilla

I was aware that they were not Asus boards and it was put as a second question simply as i had seen them bundled with other hardware and i was wondering what peoples views were on them.
Anyway thanks for your recommendations, nice of you to take the time but i would prefare an Asus board as i have found them to be reliable. They also have a nice feature i havnt found on other boards i have used, that being the ability to set in the bios for the computer to start by pressing the space key on the keyboard. This means you dont end up with a messy start button arising from the grease etc on your fingers.
 
niceplace said:
Thanks for the input Repeater. I have come across this asus board with a P45 chipset its a good price to

http://www.pixmania-pro.co.uk/uk/uk/asus/p5q-se2-socket-775-chipse/771734/fiche.html#tech-desc

How does it compare with the other asus boards that have been recommended.

vanilla_guerilla

I was aware that they were not Asus boards and it was put as a second question simply as i had seen them bundled with other hardware and i was wondering what peoples views were on them.
Anyway thanks for your recommendations, nice of you to take the time but i would prefare an Asus board as i have found them to be reliable. They also have a nice feature i havnt found on other boards i have used, that being the ability to set in the bios for the computer to start by pressing the space key on the keyboard. This means you dont end up with a messy start button arising from the grease etc on your fingers.
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The Asus P5Q boards I've played with have been rock solid and great over clockers and I've had no problems with them at all.
 
My biggest bit of advice is to avoid mobo's with onboard graphics. The graphics always suck and the boards with onboard graphics never seem to overclock very well either.

Out of the ones you listed I would go with the Asus P5P43TD but that takes DDR3 so it wouldn't work either. I think the Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G would work well for him.
 
Cheers BillR, thanks for your input. I dont think there will be any overclocking but its nice to know it will be trouble free if there is.

YELL, thanks for your input to. I will certainly take a look at the GA-P43-ES3G and copare it against the Asus boards that have been recommended and the one i singled out.
 
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