Spec me a Mobo, Bitches.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Needs to:

Cost £100-ish
Overclock well
Support 45nm goodies
Not be 680i
Have two PCI-E 16x slots
Eat DDR2


Any ideas?

[buzzmong]

AMD or Intel?

[Dr. kitteny berk]

AMD or Intel?

*slap*

Intel.

[Baliame]

You mean one of these?

[buzzmong]

Ooh, Commodore 64, with the heatsink cover off for the CPU.

I know that layout anywhere, which reminds me that I've got to take a soldering iron to two of them at Christmas.

[HereComesPete]

Surely the 'not be 680i' and 'support 45nm goodness' is pretty much the same thing? Anywhoo, I'll offer some up, but no doubt you'll have looked at them already.

The x48 chipset is out soon*, its the 38 with problems fixed apparently, dunno what problems, given the 38 is a good chipset.

Is your striker 965?


MSI p35 diamond. The hardware guy at custom pc really likes this, he likes the p6 diamond more, but thats a 965.

Gigabyte ga p35 ds4. they always make good mobo's.

Asus p5k, this may well be my next mobo.

Asus p5e3 deluxe iX38. (Bit** more pricey at almost £200, but you do like the best!)




*can't remember timescale.


**I know, its double, but I'd say its the best mobo on the market.

edit - why do you want too full pcie*16? See this Gigabyte that any good?

[deject]

The x48 chipset is out soon*, its the 38 with problems fixed apparently, dunno what problems, given the 38 is a good chipset.

The main thing that I can remember off hand is official 1600MHz FSB support, which will be more important in the near future, as new CPUs and cheaper DDR3 arrive.

For your requirements though, you're pretty much stuck with a X38 motherboard Berk. A 975X could almost fill the bit, but I don't think they have 45nm support, though they might.

Your best bet is either the ASUS P5E, which seems to be the cheapest X38 motherboard around, or risk it with a 975X board which are hovering around 30-40 squid.

Handy list of chipsets

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Is your striker 965?

680i

MSI p35 diamond

Second pcie is 4x

Gigabyte ga p35 ds4. they always make good mobo's.

Second pcie is 4x

Asus p5k, this may well be my next mobo.

P5K vanilla is fucking ugly. also. second slot is only 4x

Asus p5e3 deluxe iX38. (Bit** more pricey at almost £200, but you do like the best!)

the deluxe fails by DDR3, P5E3 standard looks ok, but i'm not willing to commit the money to asus until I see a lot of glowing reviews

edit - why do you want too full pcie*16? See this Gigabyte that any good?

My sata raid card likes to be fed 8x PCI-E, 16x is just more handy for expansion later

that one looks a goodun, will have to asplore it more.

[HereComesPete]

For your requirements though, you're pretty much stuck with a X38 motherboard Berk. A 975X could almost fill the bit, but I don't think they have 45nm support, though they might.

I think you might be right on that, Fairly sure the 975 doesn't do 45nm.


Also, Berk, I suggested those few cards because I know they are fairly high end for a mobo, but I didnt actually check them, I really can't see too many beyond that gigabyte. Is the deluxe really ddr3? I thought it was 2. Not like I'd buy one anyway, £200 on a mobo is rather silly.

[FatherJack]

Here are the 45nm-capable Asus boards, showing which also support quad:
http://event.asus.com/mb/45nm/