E6600 Build, which P35 Motherboard?

Inquitus

Hi,

Am looking at the P35 Chipset mobo's on Komplett and wondering which to pick. Would appreciate and input. Looking at the MSI, Gigabyte and Abit.

tnx,

inqui

papu

www.hardwareversand.de > komplett

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/8V6Blb-p1J5lpq/2/articledetail.jsp?aid=10123&agid=659

i just ordered this , or there are more expensive abits and gigs to be had , the msi p35 isnt great ment to have buggy bios's , how Much you willing to part with and do you want ddr3 support?

DirkVoodoo

For me, personally Gigabyte P35

After reading this.

papu

looks like a tutti frutti pop tho , anyways ddr3 wont be mainstream for a good while yet...just moar things to go wrong with it imo

Anti

gigabyte boards have always been ugly. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder !

DirkVoodoo

Hey, I think their multicoloured layout has zing. Anyway, you can never see most of the board under todays coolers and GFX cards. Also, it accepts DDR2. I agree that there is no point buying DDR3 memory, unless someone starts some inane thread about "Whats the best memory, money no object".....*shudder*.

papu

agreed , just get a ddr2 one for now less things to worry about . if you ahve muchos dineros then an asus p5k for 190? maybe best board there is atm anyways XD

nibble

Abit IP35 Pro best of the bunch at the moment, the P5K has heat issues for some reason although I think Asus might have rev'd it already to sort it out. If you're not into much 'clocking just get the cheapest, they're all basically identical when running stock.

8T8

I have the MSI P35 Platinum and it works great no major complaints, it has been rock solid and offers decent overclocking options.

The only minor quibble is that it has only 4 native SATA ports instead of 6, two are paired off for external eSATA ports in the I/O section so you have no choice in the matter. Another single internal SATA port is provided by a third party controller.