Looking for P55 board for i5-750

[Tifosi248F1]

I'm looking to upgrade to an i5-750 from my current Prescott P4. I'm going i5 because I want to keep cost down and I don't really need the extra performance of a socket 1366 i7. I could get the i7-860 if I need more since it's an 1156 CPU.

I'm trying to decide between the Asus P7P55D, P7P55D Pro, P7P55D EVO, and the Gigabyte P55A-UD4P. I'm looking at these boards specifically because they have firewire which I need for my camcorder. Multi-GPU support isn't a deal breaker as I likely won't even use it. What I want is something that is going to be rock solid at stock speed and still able to be stable with minor OCing.

Anyone have experience with any of these boards? What are your thoughts? Any other boards I should consider?

 

[melek-taus]

As u see in my sig i am using the p7p55d. The pro and evo version just have extra addons wich not many people will use. So if i were u id go for the p7p55d as its a very rock solid and cheap mobo. It does everything u want it to do and is also great for ocing.

 

[AstroGuardian]

If i were you i would go for the Gigabyte P55-UD4P board. It's rock solid and it is more stable than the Asus boards. I have both the UD4P and the Evo and i remembered having no problems with the UD4P but the VGA card driver (5770) crashes on the Evo. Reinstalled the windows, switched VGA cards with the UD4P but it crashes and crashes and crashes on the Evo.

 

[Tifosi248F1]

Thanks for the input. I've had a great track record with Asus boards and Intel CPUs which is why they're on my list. I'm considering a 5750 GPU as well, so the Gigabyte just might be where it's at.

 

[jimmyj68]

See my mini-review of the Intel DP55SB/DP55KG board delow.