I had to RMA my P5N32-E SLI plus and now I'm looking at the P35 boards. I was set on the Abit IP35 Pro but I read a couple Newegg reviews that said the X-FI cards crackle during playback. I can't even remember the last time I used onboard sound so I'm not sure how far the quality has come, but I love my XFI and this is a deal breaker to me. It may have been an isolated incident but can anyone confirm?
So now I'm not sure which board to go with. I was looking at the MSI P35 Platinum, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P and the GA-P35C-DS3R. eSATA and dual LAN are two things that I'd really like but the Gigabytes look like they come with the eSATA bracket adapter so no biggie I guess.
Just looking for a solid, stable mobo for <200.00.
Right now I have:
E6600
2GB DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix
8800GTS 640
X-FI xtrememusic
So now I'm not sure which board to go with. I was looking at the MSI P35 Platinum, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P and the GA-P35C-DS3R. eSATA and dual LAN are two things that I'd really like but the Gigabytes look like they come with the eSATA bracket adapter so no biggie I guess.
Just looking for a solid, stable mobo for <200.00.
Right now I have:
E6600
2GB DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix
8800GTS 640
X-FI xtrememusic
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