- Jun 11, 2008
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I currently have a gigabyte GA-G33m-DS2R motherboard. Been a great motherboard so far, but my one complaint has to be with AHCI support. It adds an additional 10-12 seconds on boot because it has to boot from another BIOS and has been somewhat problematic. The Intel 80GB SSD that's in there now runs fine though with IDE mode. However, I plan on putting that 80GB SSD into my netbook and using an OCZ Vertex 2 in its place.
Since I plan on buying a new laptop in the next few months (probably Feb/March 2011 with Sandy Bridge architecture and HD 6870) I really won't have the money to update to an i7 platform next year in my desktop But plan on at least updating what I can.
First step I guess is to get a newer motherboard with native AHCI support. I like Gigabyte but am not dedicted to them. I don't plan on SLI at all, just single card is fine for me, and want to carry over all my current components: Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4GHz, 4 x 2GB G. Skill DDR2 800MHz, eVGA GTX 260 core 216, SSD, 2 hard drives, DVDRW...
I'm considering the two Gigabyte boards GA-EP45-UD3L and the earlier GA-EP43-UD3L boards. Is there any real difference I'd care about between the P43 and P45 chipsets? From what I've read the P45 supports SLI/Crossfire where P43 does not. Right now (today only) the P43 version is only $69.50 shipped. The P45 is $105 shipped.
The other thing is that I was able to overclock to 3.4GHz no problem with this board. More than fast enough for me at the moment, and memory running at stock 800MHz so no concern for pushing that. I'd like to do the same with the new motherboard.
Now unless there's a compelling reason to get another motherboard or with a P45 chipset, I'm inclined to go with the P43.
Thanks.
Since I plan on buying a new laptop in the next few months (probably Feb/March 2011 with Sandy Bridge architecture and HD 6870) I really won't have the money to update to an i7 platform next year in my desktop But plan on at least updating what I can.
First step I guess is to get a newer motherboard with native AHCI support. I like Gigabyte but am not dedicted to them. I don't plan on SLI at all, just single card is fine for me, and want to carry over all my current components: Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4GHz, 4 x 2GB G. Skill DDR2 800MHz, eVGA GTX 260 core 216, SSD, 2 hard drives, DVDRW...
I'm considering the two Gigabyte boards GA-EP45-UD3L and the earlier GA-EP43-UD3L boards. Is there any real difference I'd care about between the P43 and P45 chipsets? From what I've read the P45 supports SLI/Crossfire where P43 does not. Right now (today only) the P43 version is only $69.50 shipped. The P45 is $105 shipped.
The other thing is that I was able to overclock to 3.4GHz no problem with this board. More than fast enough for me at the moment, and memory running at stock 800MHz so no concern for pushing that. I'd like to do the same with the new motherboard.
Now unless there's a compelling reason to get another motherboard or with a P45 chipset, I'm inclined to go with the P43.
Thanks.
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