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Looking for a 775 mATX mobo...

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I'm looking at getting the ASUS P5E-VM so far. But the Atheros chipset turns me off. Also a more updated Realtek chipset wouldn't be that bad either.

The P5Q-EM looks interesting, but I hear that it has issues.

I need a mATX mobo that supports PCIE 16x 1.0 (not 2.0), DDR2 support and is socket 775 compadible with a Q6700.

Is the ASUS P5E-VM the best offering? Or is there something else that I have missed?

If there is a better contender that is in the same price bracket, I will consider it. But I don;t want to pay more for PCIE 2.0 since I have no use for it. But if it comes free, so be it.

Thanks.
 
I have both the P5E-VM and P5Q-EM. I "downgraded" to the P5E for its overclocking abilities. I had no problems at all with the P5Q other than being limited to the 420-430MHz fsb range while the P5E goes 500+ easy. I actually like the P5Q and its built in features more than the P5E (especially optical s/pdif rather than coaxial) but I want that extra 600+ MHz from the processor. I would say you shouldn't have a problem at all with the P5Q but I also had no issues personally with an HD4850 running in there. Some people claim to have addon videocard problems. I ran 8GB of memory in the system for the 4 weeks I used the board before getting the P5E. The sound is crisp from the optical output and the builtin video is pretty good for what it is - especially how they also give you two digital outputs instead of one being vga.

If you need a P5Q that has none of its accessories they come with, I'll be selling mine soon for $80.
 
I"ve been running the Atheros LAN on my P5E-VM HDMI for two months now with no issues. I don't run onboard sound so I have no opinion, go seperate sound card or go home I say.
Unless you wanna take your chances with the P5Q-EM and its video card add on nightmare*good luck with that*, i'd go with the VM. If you want max OC potential, look at the DFI Lanparty Jr, but your gonna pay premium for it
 
How are the new Nvidia 9300/9400s looking?

XFX MI93007 AS9
ASUS P5N7A-VM
GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H
DFI LP JR GF9400-T2RS

I might actually jump on the GF9400-T2RS even though I'm not exactly a DFI fan boy :/ I'd consider the XFX is their support was better.
 
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