Q6600. Leave P5W DH Deluxe or buy P5B?

[lukx]

Right now I have P5W DH Deluxe with E6600. But in few weeks I'm planing to buy Q6600. Should I stay with this mobo or get P5B (if so which one? Commando, Premium Vista? - I want WIFI and remote). I read that P5B have better memory controler.I also check QVL list and memory list for P5B is much longer and everything work in all 4 slots while in P5W there is many empty spaces. I want to use all 4 slots with 4GB or even 8GB. Also will I loose a lot when using 667 memory instaed of 800. QVL of my P5W doesn't show any 800Mhz memory to be supported when working with all 4 memory slots.

 

[graysky]

Might wanna wait for the Bearlake boards before sinking $$$ into "old" technology, after all the P965 chipset has been around for a while and will be made obsolete in several months. Since you already dumped some cash into you 975X board. I don't see the move to the P965 a real upgrade for ya. IMHO.

 

[Shimmishim]

965 > 975 for quadcore overclocking.

975x maxes out around 330ish.

965 won't stop you at 330.

i say go for the p5b deluxe to hold you over for a few months.

 

[graysky]

True if he has the disposable income to burn. It's still an investment in obsolescences.