- Sep 18, 2008
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Hey all, nearly finished with the specs for my SFF upgrade rig. I"ve decided i'd rather not mess with details that go with OC'ing despite it being apparently easy on these new Core 2 Duo chips. That being said, I don't see much point in spending alot of money on a higher end mobo mATX sizes like the ASUS P5Q-EM or the DFI JR P45 T2RS. I did some digging around and I came across this
ASRock G43TwinsmATX board
I also found this different model of the P5Q-EM, the P5QL-EM, info on this board is also limited. I wonder if its also effect by the add on video card probs that plauge the P5Q
Asus P5QL-EM
ASRock is apparently an "entity" of Asus that makes more budget line mobo's, so I'm inclined to think that they are decent quality. But I was surprised by the lack of reviews on the mobo and I didn't find much on ASRocks boards searching the forums either. Any input on this or other suggestions for a rock solid mATX board that doesn't cost a limb for us non OC'ers?
System specs at this point in time is:
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 X 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Motherboard: ASRock G43Twins-FullHD
Video Card: Reused BFG 7800GTX OC Upgrading to GTX 260 or Ati 4870 in few months
HDD's:1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gig SATA drive
PSU:Antec NeoHE 500w
DVD Drives:1x ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Addon cards: 1x Audigy 2 PCI soundcard
Misc: 3x 80mm Antec tricool fans + Intel stock HSF
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG01-F
ASRock G43TwinsmATX board
I also found this different model of the P5Q-EM, the P5QL-EM, info on this board is also limited. I wonder if its also effect by the add on video card probs that plauge the P5Q
Asus P5QL-EM
ASRock is apparently an "entity" of Asus that makes more budget line mobo's, so I'm inclined to think that they are decent quality. But I was surprised by the lack of reviews on the mobo and I didn't find much on ASRocks boards searching the forums either. Any input on this or other suggestions for a rock solid mATX board that doesn't cost a limb for us non OC'ers?
System specs at this point in time is:
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 X 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Motherboard: ASRock G43Twins-FullHD
Video Card: Reused BFG 7800GTX OC Upgrading to GTX 260 or Ati 4870 in few months
HDD's:1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gig SATA drive
PSU:Antec NeoHE 500w
DVD Drives:1x ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Addon cards: 1x Audigy 2 PCI soundcard
Misc: 3x 80mm Antec tricool fans + Intel stock HSF
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG01-F