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Need help picking a mobo

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Getting a Intel E6420 I need help picking a good mobo so far I've been reading and most of asus boards have problems bios unstable, uses too much power. Anyone got any good recommendations? $200 budget
 
Abit IP35 looks good. Then again i have the misfortune of owning a Asus P5K deluxe. Every other board looks good to me.
 
IP35 Pro is ~$180.
Of course if you don't need it's features you can spend less.
The abit's & Gigabytes seem to use noticeably less power than the Asus.
 
If you're down for saving some money on that budget:
Gigabyte DS3R for ~130 is a nice board.
If you need firewire, the Gigabyte DS3P is ~ 150.

The Abit board has the gigabit ethernet and the firewire on the PCI bus. It effects performance a little bit, but not enough to make it anything less than an outstanding board. The Abit board has the best bios/software set as far as overclocking features go out of the bunch.
 
mwave had the standard IP35 (with RAID & Firewire) for $113 after rebate - not surprisingly they are currently oos.
 
thanx for the input :D I'ts hard to pick there's so many mobos there and most sucks
 
ecktt said:
Abit IP35 looks good. Then again i have the misfortune of owning a Asus P5K deluxe. Every other board looks good to me.
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What's the issue with your P5K DLX ? mine runs fine up the FSB wall of my current E6600, no issues nor sound issues not bios updates that went wrong, etc... it's a dream board in comparison to the 680I mobo's I had wihc vwere very picky on ram and settings...

anyway if you are on a budget the propesed mobo's seem fine or a P5K vanilla...
 
Ok I was reading specs of IP35 and saw pci-e x16(x4 bandwith) need a little explanation :|

was also planning on going SLI sometime in the future >.< argh
 
Cr0ss said:
Ok I was reading specs of IP35 and saw pci-e x16(x4 bandwith) need a little explanation :|

was also planning on going SLI sometime in the future >.< argh
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SLI? Then you can't buy ANY intel board right now. nVidia chipset is your only option.
 
SkullE said:
Some P35 boards DO support ATI crossfire sli. Just not Nvidia sli.
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SLI is an nVidia trademark & as such only applies to nVidia cards - ATi's equivalent technology is called Crossfire.
 
Yes sorry i know but unfortunately the common term for 2 video cards in your system seems to be the acronym SLI.

Even though it's an Nvidia only term, in Internet computer lingo it means 2 cards regardless of the company.
 
not sure, I've heard that they kill rams and other shitty stuff, mine (assuming) is just died I think. It's either hit or miss. If you're not using SLI, don't.
 
They're probably the best of the reference mobos (due to cs).
But if you don't need SLI I wouldn't go with an nF6xxi
 
Get the EVGA 680i version plz mate or the XFX doo rev... if you go reference baord,.... I never liked MSI surely not for overclocking,
 
dark_phantom36 said:
If you're down for saving some money on that budget:
Gigabyte DS3R for ~130 is a nice board.
If you need firewire, the Gigabyte DS3P is ~ 150.

The Abit board has the gigabit ethernet and the firewire on the PCI bus. It effects performance a little bit, but not enough to make it anything less than an outstanding board. The Abit board has the best bios/software set as far as overclocking features go out of the bunch.
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I also have this board with your E6420 Works really well. I was able to OC to 3.2 And im a total newb in this area.
 
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