new mobo suggestion

[cbliss1000]

Hi all -

I posted this in the mobo subforum but really didn't get the answers I was looking for. Perhaps ya'll can help?

I'm posting on behalf of a friend, who needs a mobo to match the parts below. It doesn't need to be fancy - I think at this point, price and reliability are his two major criteria. Thoughts?

• i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7860
• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL
• COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
• EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460
• CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V /
• ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
• COOLER MASTER Hyper 212
• SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200

Also, for the curious, those parts were all inherited, so it's not as though he's building from scratch and/or buying anything above. He just needs a decent mobo.

Cheers!

 

[E4g1e]

My suggestion for that build is an Asus P7P55 series mobo around the $150 price point.

 

[cbliss1000]

oooohhh, that's actually the mobo he's replacing (RMA'd, super frustrated with Asus customer service). Non-Asus alternatives?

 

[E4g1e]

oooohhh, that's actually the mobo he's replacing (RMA'd, super frustrated with Asus customer service). Non-Asus alternatives?

I'm somewhat disappointed with the other brands of LGA 1156 mobos in terms of value for the buck: They either cost too much money for the scarce features or lack quality control. For example, Gigabyte's P55 mobos around the same price range can prevent one from using any of the PCI-e x1 slots when either the onboard USB 3.0 controller or the onboard SATA 6.0 Gbps controller is enabled. That is due to a not-so-wise design decision.

 

[cbliss1000]

I'm somewhat disappointed with the other brands of LGA 1156 mobos in terms of value for the buck: They either cost too much money for the scarce features or lack quality control. For example, Gigabyte's P55 mobos around the same price range can prevent one from using any of the PCI-e x1 slots when either the onboard USB 3.0 controller or the onboard SATA 6.0 Gbps controller is enabled. That is due to a not-so-wise design decision.

Yeah, that's terrible. Bummer. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Dangman]

Yeah, that's terrible. Bummer. Thanks for the advice.

Yeah I share E4g1e's thoughts as well. Despite the issue you may have, Asus still had the upper hand when it came to best price to performance as well as reliability. So unfortunate for your friend.

With all that said, Check out the MSI P55-CD5 as that might be an ok choice

 

[cbliss1000]

Yeah I share E4g1e's thoughts as well. Despite the issue you may have, Asus still had the upper hand when it came to best price to performance as well as reliability. So unfortunate for your friend.

With all that said, Check out the MSI P55-CD5 as that might be an ok choice

Word. Appreciated.

 

[tonytnnt]

If you're open to the idea of replacing the CPU in addition to the motherboard, now would be a good time to upgrade to Sandy Bridge. Normally I wouldn't recommend it since you already have a Lynnfield processor, but since you're already halfway there, you could spend $100 - $130 on a decent socket 1155 motherboard and another $150 to $225 on a quad core processor (depending on if you live near a Microcenter and if you wanted to have the ability to overclock.) Otherwise I'd suggest going with what E4g1e and Danny recommended.