Which board?

[FiZuR]

Looking at these boards, which is the better one for overclocking a 45nm cpu and crossfire.

Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2RB LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards


Newegg.com - ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
open box (should i?)
Newegg.com - Intel X38, Intel X38/X48, LGA 775, Intel Motherboards, Motherboards, Computer Hardware

P45

Newegg.com - ASUS Maximus II Formula LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

im leaning more to the P45 i listed above.

 

[chuch]

yeah i would go with the Asus even though im not a fan of there customer service.

 

[Cmustang87]

The Asus P5Q series is well known to be an overclocking beast. However, keep in mind that an X48 board will allow your crossfire to have your PCI-e slots both in 16x where as the P45 will be x8, but you probably can't tell the difference in real world performance.

 

[FiZuR]

i prefer my boards to have either A: Active chipset cooler and mosfet coolers. or B: Large passive coolers.