P5B Deluxe, Bad Axe 2, or Other?

[mwhals]

Which mobo do you guys recommend for a machine running an E6600 and 4 GB of RAM for a photoshop system. I am interested in stability and the ability to easily connect 6 or 7 SATA hard drives.

I am leaning toward the Asus P5B Deluxe or the Intel D975XBX2, but want user opinions instead of those stupid Newegg reviews. Any other recommended above the two I mentioned?

Mark

 

[miniMUNCH]

Either of those two should be great... I just bought the P5B deluxe, myself.

 

[mwhals]

I decided on the Asus P5B Deluxe.

1. It is less expensive
2. It has the better controller for SATA and that is better for me since I am using so many SATA devices.
3. I don't want the Marvell secondary SATA controller that is on the Intel.

Mark

 

[imported_yes]

Since you are looking for stability, I vote for BadAxe2.

 

[moosey]

I have the BX2 with the same CPU, was a nice setup experience and it's been fine.
BX2 can be for $200 or less...check Mwave and Tigerdirect (where I got mine)

 

[keeleysam]

P5B Deluxe runs my E6700 @ 3.7 on air with my Crucial Tenth Anniversary DDR2 @ 1200.

Stable as a table.

 

[mwhals]

I ended up with the P5B Deluxe because of a better price. It is working great!

 

[josh609]

I love my P5B Deluxe, got my E6600 at 3Ghz, and all the way up to 3.4Ghz stable. I can hit 3.6Ghz but I didn't leave it on enough to test stability.