Socket 1155?

[jonapaloma]

Im really keen on getting the new sandy bridge CPU. Ive chosen 2500K cpu but my problem now is getting a decent motherboard for a reasonable price.

MSI P67A-GD55 is what i had in mind. ASus and gigabyte is known for high quality motherboards but what standard does MSI represent?

Is this a motherboard that is a good choice?

 

[Mem]

You always get die hard fans that stick to one brand and think other brands are not as good,personally MSI are very good brand IMHO and I have used them in the past just like a few other brands I could name,the board you meantion has had positive reviews and uses quality parts like you would find in other brands ie Gigabyte ,Asus etc...

Some Asus owners are still having BIOS issues at the moment even with latest BIOS.

I would go Gigabyte,MSI,Asrock if I had to choose three brands for P67 board.

 

[jonapaloma]

Yeah you're right. Things can always happen no matter what system you have. Some have more trouble than others with the same component. I haven't had a MSI motherboard so i dont know what things are positive or negative about it.

How about MSI P67A-C45?

 

[Mem]

I have not seen any reviews or feedback on the c45 board so hard for me to say,however I would personally go with the GD55 or GD65 models MSI wise, however if you want a good budget board with quality components then don't overlook the Asrock P67 Extreme4 board,review here http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1098/pg1/asrock-extreme4-p67-and-fatal1ty-professional-p67-vs-x58-with-core-i7-950-review-introduction.html .


There are some owners here in AT forums that have the Asrock board and happy with it.

 

[jonapaloma]

Ok sound great! thanks

 

[jonapaloma]

Maybe hard to speculate but how is the upgrading capabilities be with the the LGA1155 later? Is it possible to upgrade in th future?

 

[Mem]

Maybe hard to speculate but how is the upgrading capabilities be with the the LGA1155 later? Is it possible to upgrade in th future?

Intel are bringing out new CPUs with different socket later this year ,which will mean a new motherboard will be needed for those ,I don't know if they will release any new 1155 CPUs models ,your guess is good as mine.

 

[jonapaloma]

yeah my thought exactly. Well only time will tell. Maybe I will have to wait and see how the sandy bridge stands.

Ive read somewhere that coltage over 1.5 on the memory isnt good för SB. That it can be problems. Is this true?

 

[T101]

If I am not wrong, intels specifications states 1.5V and a maximum of 1.65V. I would not get memory sticks that are rated at 1.65 though. Not when you can as easily get those that will do the same function on the recommended 1.5V.

 

[jonapaloma]

Ok so you mean that these memories is out of the question?

http://wize.com/random-access-memory-ram/p1455984-corsair-cmx4gx3m2a1600c9-xms3-4-gb-pc3-12800-core

 

[ahurtt]

If I am not wrong, intels specifications states 1.5V and a maximum of 1.65V. I would not get memory sticks that are rated at 1.65 though. Not when you can as easily get those that will do the same function on the recommended 1.5V.

Regarding 1.5 vs. 1.65 v RAM, I can say this...I own the Asus P8P67 Pro board and the vast majority of the RAM modules listed on the approved vendor RAM list in the owners manual for it are rated 1.65V. Why that is when the SB spec prefer 1.5V, I dunno. Asus would have to answer that question I suppose. I bought some A-Data DDR3 1600 memory off the list that claims it's rated 1.55-1.75 and it's doing alright so far.

 

[GullyFoyle]

I have not seen any reviews or feedback on the c45 board so hard for me to say,however I would personally go with the GD55 or GD65 models MSI wise, however if you want a good budget board with quality components then don't overlook the Asrock P67 Extreme4 board,review here http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1098/pg1/asrock-extreme4-p67-and-fatal1ty-professional-p67-vs-x58-with-core-i7-950-review-introduction.html .


There are some owners here in AT forums that have the Asrock board and happy with it.

I could count on half of one hand the number of vendors selling the Asrock P67 Extreme4. As of today Newegg has it mysteriously marked as "Sold Out", with no indication of ever getting it back in stock.
A shame, it was a great price/features motherboard. Newegg still has the Asrock P67 Extreme6, but it is $40+ more.

 

[Continuity28]

I would not get memory sticks that are rated at 1.65 though. Not when you can as easily get those that will do the same function on the recommended 1.5V.

Some of the good sticks that are rated at 1.65V are better than those at 1.5V though. Case in point, sure, you can get memory that's DDR3 1333 9-9-9-24 at 1.5V, but you can also get memory at the same price that will do 1600 at 9-9-9-24 at 1.65V. You can still run those at 1.5V and then get better than 1333 9-9-9-24 timings, if you so choose.

 

[T101]

That is true. I dont know why intel specifies 1.5V since the manual to my asus p8p67 deluxe also have a lot of 1.65V memory modules tested. I just picked up 16GB of Corsair DDR3 1600 8-8-8-8-24 1.5V Vengeance modules that was reasonably priced.

 

[jonapaloma]

Some of the good sticks that are rated at 1.65V are better than those at 1.5V though. Case in point, sure, you can get memory that's DDR3 1333 9-9-9-24 at 1.5V, but you can also get memory at the same price that will do 1600 at 9-9-9-24 at 1.65V. You can still run those at 1.5V and then get better than 1333 9-9-9-24 timings, if you so choose.

Ok that sounds good. My biggest reflection is wether to buy the 1333mhz memory or 1600 mhz memory because of the maximum voltage intel have set with sandy bridge. And also whats the most priceworthy thing to buy in terms of the future.

 

[HumblePie]

All the p67 motherboards as of right now are having some "bios" issues that are being worked out. Surfing various forums this is easy to see. The Asus ones dealing with SSD speeds is what I would label the worst bios problem I've seen thus far.

If you are looking to overclock though, the ASUS boards are king of the hill followed by the Asrock boards. Right now, the general consensus is that the Gigabyte boards are to expensive for their current feature set. Asrock's holdback in most people's eyes is the lack of the Intel lan port that the Asus and Gigabyte boards both have. Instead all lan ports on the Asrock boards are Realtek lan ports, which I hear aren't as good.

Haven't researched any of other brands like MSI and ECS for their comparable p67 offerings yet. Most people are either going Asus or Asrock, especially if you are considering on overclocking.

 

[jonapaloma]

Ok but in what way do you see that realteaks LAN port is worse than intels LAN port?

 

[dpodblood]

Ok but in what way do you see that realteaks LAN port is worse than intels LAN port?

Supposedly Realteks LAN uses more CPU overhead. Just what I've heard though; no personal experience.

 

[Mem]

Realtek LAN has been around for years(tried and tested you could say),reason why some people prefer Intel LAN is CPU usage is slightly lower in some benchmarks,however with quad core CPUs etc I don't see it as a real issue.

Are you really going to worry about LAN usage on an i5/i7 at 3-4GHz plus , most people would say I don't think so.
Btw Asus and Gigabyte etc...still use Realtek LAN on some of their boards.

Personally its a non issue,btw Realtek LAN drivers have been excellent from what I have read and used,I do also have a laptop with Intel LAN but to be honest I would not say its any better or faster.

 

[jonapaloma]

yeah my thought to If I'm been able to survive with it for years why would I suddenly stop

 

[CraigRT]

I'm trying to figure out which 1155 board to buy too.
Just due to availability looks like it might be a UD4 Gigabyte...

 

[dpodblood]

Asrock Extreme4 would be my 1st choice, but if it's not available I would go for the Gigabyte UD3, or UD4 depending on your budget. The ASUS P8P67 and P8P67 pro both look like nice boards too, but I have seen quite a few threads about people having issues and needing to RMA the boards.

 

[Castiel]

MSI is known for high quality mobo's? What about the ones that catch fire?

 

[Mem]

MSI is known for high quality mobo's? What about the ones that catch fire?

I can show you remarks/posts via google search engine on Asus,Gigaybyte and virtually any other brand catching fire,example why this happens ie using CPUs with higher power then what the board in question is rated for or can handle,faulty PSU exploding etc.. have been known to take out the motherboard with a fire especially crappy ones,(don't overlook user error too)I could go on etc..

Asus example here http://forums.filefront.com/tech-discussion/272013-piece-my-motherboard-caught-fire.html .

My POINT is simple,motherboard catching fire is not common, remember no company sells a motherboard expecting it to catch fire,I have had couple of well known quality PSUs explode,does that make the company bad ?...no (just bad luck in my case)and yes one was a Corsair PSU.

Nowadays the parts/components used in motherboards are a lot better then years ago,remember leaking caps back in those days?..most brands now use solid caps(ie MSI,Asus,Gigabyte etc..).

 

[deathbyburrito2]

I just built a machine for a friend using the ASRock P67 PRO3. Very happy with that board. I plan to buy the P67 Extreme4 for my build. A lot of board for the price. Only negative is the warranty if that concerns you.