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Reliable non OC mobo + parts?

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jds70

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I've an old ASUS mobo and the IDE controller is acting strange. Time for an upgrade anyway.

I'm looking to get an E8400, and a basic, non-ocing motherboard for it.

The ASUS P5K SE/EPU is about $95 locally and seemed like the best deal, but the first thing that comes up when googling for "asus p5k ide" is a bunch of problems with the ide controller. newegg customer reviews also point out ide problems on this mobo.

My HDs will be SATA, but my 2 dvd burners will be IDE (they are relatively new so I won't get new SATA ones), so I need that to work.

The other ones I looked at are:

The Asus P5Q-E is $179

The Gigabyte EP45-DS3R is $170

I'm not oc'ing, I don't need SLI, I just want reliable. Recommendations?

motherboards: http://atic.ca/index.php?page=products&cat=3

I'm trying to save money but have it last. Other parts I'm considering:

E8400
Kingston 4GB (2x 2GB Kit) DDR2-800
Asus GeForce 9600GT Silent 512MB PCIe
ANTEC New Solution NSK6580 430W
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB SATA-II 32M 3.5"


Comments wanted!

 
My Gigabyte P43 has been flawless for about a month so far. E8400 at stock, 2 x 2 GB Crucial, ATI 4870, 2 x SATA HD, 2 x IDE DVD (ROM & burner).

Onboard 5.1 is fine for games, XP Pro 32 bit and Vista Ultimate 64 bit both installed without problems, though Vista insisted I start with a bare drive with no existing partitions. That was true for Vista on my Dell Vostro at work (G33 chipset) so it seems like a Vista quirk.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
My Gigabyte P43 has been flawless for about a month so far. E8400 at stock, 2 x 2 GB Crucial, ATI 4870, 2 x SATA HD, 2 x IDE DVD (ROM & burner).

Onboard 5.1 is fine for games, XP Pro 32 bit and Vista Ultimate 64 bit both installed without problems, though Vista insisted I start with a bare drive with no existing partitions. That was true for Vista on my Dell Vostro at work (G33 chipset) so it seems like a Vista quirk.
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so far so good with my MSI P43 as well.
can't really beat that for $75 AR.
 
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