recommend me a mobo please - Q6600, 8800GTS, DDR2/3

[MrDudeMan]

i am thinking something with P35, but i am worried about reliability since they are so new. this computer must be stable and reliable - not server reliability, but you know what i mean.

i was initially leaning toward the GA-965P-DS3, but now i am interested in the GA-P35-DS3R or the Intel BOXDP35DPM (because of price).

i heard the intel boards were very stable, but correct me if i am wrong. i dont know what to do here...DDR2 is fine with me but if it had both that would be ideal. i will be upgrading to a penryn in 1-1.5 years, so P35 would be the way to go for that, but if i have to sacrifice any reliability to gain the choice to switch CPUs on the same mobo then that doesnt fly.

how much better is P35 than 965? any advice here would be very much appreciated.

edit: nm, i dont care about DDR3/penryn support

 

[mrfatboy]

it sounds like you would want the GA-P35C-DS3R.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: mrfatboy
it sounds like you would want the GA-P35C-DS3R.

is this board stable compared to others? this is a real concern for me.

 

[f4phantom2500]

pretty much any board can be stable or unstable, it depends on the build quality. some manufacturers build higher quality products than others, use better parts, have higher yields, etc. that being said, there are ALWAYS boards that fail, no matter who made them or what model they are (well, except maybe in an extreme case like a limited edition super expensive board or something). so basically just look for a board with the features you want from a trusted manufacturer, read some user reviews on it, and go from there.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
pretty much any board can be stable or unstable, it depends on the build quality. some manufacturers build higher quality products than others, use better parts, have higher yields, etc. that being said, there are ALWAYS boards that fail, no matter who made them or what model they are (well, except maybe in an extreme case like a limited edition super expensive board or something). so basically just look for a board with the features you want from a trusted manufacturer, read some user reviews on it, and go from there.

i realize all of that, sorry for being vague, but i am actually looking for a model number type of recommendation, not advice about finding one. i am thoroughly confused by the volume of boards out there and all the options, so basically i am asking for a well known good board for my setup.

i have noticed a lot of people talking about the GA-965P-DS3. is this a decent board? i wanted to also get this ram, but it isnt on the supported list.

will those 2 things work?

 

[f4phantom2500]

it's a popular board. they should work together, cosidering how popular that RAM is. just because it's not on the supported list doesn't mean it won't work. what i usually do is use newegg's power search to cut out the crappy boards and let me see which ones actually have the features i want. from there i sort by number of reviews (or best reviews), and i look for which boards have a lot of reviews with a high average (4 or 5 stars). then i google that model number to find a review on a site like anandtech or hardocp or something. usually when a board's that popular someone did a professional review on it. then look through all of those user reviews on newegg for problems (you can sort by lowest rating, or just search for key words like 'RAM', looking for people who report problems with RAM, for example.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
it's a popular board. they should work together, cosidering how popular that RAM is. just because it's not on the supported list doesn't mean it won't work. what i usually do is use newegg's power search to cut out the crappy boards and let me see which ones actually have the features i want. from there i sort by number of reviews (or best reviews), and i look for which boards have a lot of reviews with a high average (4 or 5 stars). then i google that model number to find a review on a site like anandtech or hardocp or something. usually when a board's that popular someone did a professional review on it. then look through all of those user reviews on newegg for problems (you can sort by lowest rating, or just search for key words like 'RAM', looking for people who report problems with RAM, for example.

great, thanks. the GA-965P-S3 is actually 90 dollars at zzf, so i think i'll go with that. it seems to have gotten pretty good reviews and has all the features i need.

thanks for the help.

 

[f4phantom2500]

hm...does that board support quad cores? i mean, it's rev 1.0.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
hm...does that board support quad cores? i mean, it's rev 1.0.

i think it does...

click manufacturer product specifications

it says quad core ready...am i missing something? if i am not seeing something, please let me know. thanks for asking

 

[MrDudeMan]

i changed to this board: GA-965P-DS3 rev 3.3

better? i think id prefer a rev 3.3 over a rev 1.0

 

[f4phantom2500]

yeah, if you don't mind the price difference, go with the ds3 3.3; they use higher quality capacitors and such if I'm not mistaken, which could mean higher reliability (though I think the normal ones are good enough, but it could mean a higher overclock).