Looking for my first P45 chipset motherboard

[gizbug]

Will oc my e6600 to 3.0
Not interested in crossfire.
Running Vista 64 with 4gig corsair ram.

I ahve my eyes on the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128344

Any comments on this? Right now I have an ASUS p5n32 sli se deluxe. Its the old n4 chipset.

 

[gizbug]

Bump

 

[sonnygdude]

The consensus seems to be that's a really good board. I'm running on a P5Q Deluxe, and it's a thing of beauty. The P5Q Pro is pretty much the same board methinks, without some of the bells and whistles of the Deluxe, if you want a less expensive part

Edit: damn spelling errors

 

[gizbug]

Thanks for the input.
Haven't really looked at the asus p45s yet. Heard good things about gigabyte

 

[gizbug]

Any other input would be appreciated.

 

[Ike0069]

I have the P5Q Pro and it's been great. I hd looked at that Gigabyte board, but I decided on this ASUS and I'm very pleased with it. My guess is you would be happy with either one.

The only con I have for the P5Q is the placement of the floppy IDE. I was going to put one in simply because I have a floppy and you never know, but with the placement of the MB connector I just left it out.

 

[taltamir]

asus doesn't have engrish in the manual like gigabyte... but the asus board has pitiful connections in comparison. except for SATA on which it has a little more on higher end ones... but look at this... 8 USB in the back SPDIF optical AND digital out. usb mini (or is that a firewire mini?) full size firewire, a second gigabit ethernet port... a second PCIe slot...
That gigabyte is decked out.

 

[gizbug]

Thanks.
Think I may go with the GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard.
Should run my e6600 and ddr2 ram with no issues. Plus I don't run a raid setup.

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: gizbug
Thanks.
Think I may go with the GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard.
Should run my e6600 and ddr2 ram with no issues. Plus I don't run a raid setup.

It is a great board BTW.

 

[Gillbot]

MSI P45 Neo3-FR