Gigabyte P45-UD3R or ASUS P5Q Pro?

[scwtlover]

These two motherboards are within $5 of each other at Newegg.

Is one better than the other in terms of stability, build quality, manufacturer support, etc.?

I'm not a serious gamer. I'll be running an Intel Q8200 (the 95W version); two SATA hard-drives; one SATA DBD burner; and at most a Radeon HD 4670 graphics card. I may try mild overclocking, but nothing very fancy.

I would appreciate your thoughts.

 

[E4300]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2293977&enterthread=y

I managed to get my Q8200 (SLG9S RO stepping) to 3.6GHz at default 1.25Vcore with the sister board (more bells and whistles). This combo should be able to deliver 3.4GHz without much tweaking.

 

[TC91]

grab the gigabyte, it ocs quads better

 

[LOUISSSSS]

UD3R, i have 0 vdroop. 475fsb stable on my q6600. please see my UD3R OC thread in the CPU's forum

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I am very happy I switched from my Maximus II Formula to a UD3R - VERY HAPPY

I recommend Gigabyte hands down for quad-core overclocking enthusiasts.

EDIT: currently testing my Q9650 with Prime95 blend @ 8.5x500 - 1hr so far

 

[Bonesdad]

I'm also using the UD3R...I just got it 3 days ago, so I can't say much, other than it's a nice board with lots of great features and it beats the crap out of my troublesome Abit IP35-E.

 

[amenx]

Q9650 @5095ghz which I believe is world record for a quad was achieved by someone with a UD3P at XS.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Mine is Prime95 blend stable. Did a full cycle. Took 9 1/2 hours to complete. 8.5x500fsb = 4250Mhz

 

[spinejam]

see sig! 🙂

 

[Infrnl]

UD3R FTW!

With minimal effort and time; I have my UD3P running my Q9550 @ 4250mhz @ 1.3v

The gigabyte boards have got to be the best mobo for quads ever!