P5B Deluxe or P5W DH Deluxe?

[mm88]

Hi,

Which of the two boards would you recommend?

Usage: no games, amateur video, CAD, TV substitute (PVR).
I plan to overclock, hovewer not to increase noise too much.
Would like to use on-board audio (ADI seems to get better opinion over Realtek).
Are the JMicron chip IDE problems real?

Price not an issue (FYI: P5B Deluxe: 173?, +WiFi: 190?, P5W DH: 210?).

Thanks.

 

[RiBeNtRoP]

If i were you, i will buy P5W DH Deluxe For me, one of the best motherboards for socket 775. I think this motherboard would not dissapoint you.

 

[bichi]

another vote for P5WDH
- have been using one since Jul 06, with various Core and Core2 processors, settling on QX6700 QUAD at mild overclock of 3.0G.
- decision points for me were a) 975 vs 965 and b) native Intel PATA port for optical drives.
- never personally used a P5B Deluxe, but have a friend with Pioneer 111D optical connected to JMicron IDE port with "boot from CD/DVD" issues.
- purchased a second P5WDH, with E6700, and will serve as a PVR, local server and backup editing machine.
- link to build with benches: http://www.esnips.com/web/ConroeReady

 

[Skott]

As much as I love the P5W DH mobo IMHO the P5B (or the E version) will overclock the E6400 higher. The lower multiplier chips get a higher fsb overclock on the 965 mobos for some reason. Now if it was the E6600 or higher then definetely the P5W DH.

 

[n7]

You do not want a 975X chipset mobo for OCing an E6300.

You'll end up lucky to even hit 2.8 GHz.

P965 is the way you want to go for E6300/E6400 when OCing, as they'll get you well over 3200 MHz w/o trouble.

 

[mm88]

Thanks for your input.
I do not plan to overclock to such extremes - that would mean too much heat and therefore vents noise. My priority is reliability, stability and no problems with PATA DVD-drives (likely I will be using one of the new LiteOn's) and other components.

So it seems that P5W will give me better PATA, worse onboard audio and extras like WiFi and DH/MP3. What about heat? Is 975X or ICH7R on this board getting so hot to require good cooling even with mild OC?

 

[Thor86]

I am using a P5W, and with even mild volt increases, it does get hot at full load.

I would consider the on-board audio (7.1 High Def audio), to be rather very good to excellent with the P5W DH board.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: Thor86
I am using a P5W, and with even mild volt increases, it does get hot at full load.

I would consider the on-board audio (7.1 High Def audio), to be rather very good to excellent with the P5W DH board.

I consider it 'good' but not excellent. It wont match a seperate sound card like the Xi-Fi XtremeMusic. Onboard sound or seperate sound card? I guess it depends on how picky you are when it comes to sound/music and if you are trying to save a buck or not. Just my opinion though.