Cheap C2D board.

Immortal_Hero

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813127031

Is there any advantage of buying a higher end IP35 than the one above? As you can see that is dirt cheap right now.

Oh and I would like to take an E6550 to 3.2 GHz + on it.

 

UglyChild

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No its not worth it, unless you want all the extra bells and whistles the expensive boards come with.

 

jason4207

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If you want Matrix RAID you'll have to look at a slightly higher end model. Vdroop damper option in the BIOS will cost you as well. The higher end boards have a lot of extra BIOS options which diehard OCers will appreciate, but if you want a simple solution then that is an excellent deal.

I'm a RAID guy, but besides that the other boards are not worth the extra cash they cost.

 

[Mudd]

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well it depends on what you want? the IP35 Dark Raider has the strong sb chipset ICH9R which also makes it raid ready,and it overclocks better than the E version and at mwave its priced very good http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA23928

 

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Well forget RAID I am doing RAID 0 and it is a PITA I am going back to a single drive. Are the voltage regulation and extra BIOS settings worth the extra cash. I was actually planning on the PRO version until I saw this price.

 

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The IP35-E does not have firewire or RAID. The IP35-E and IP35 both only have one 16X PCI-E slot. There is some minor chipset cooling differences too. Check out the link listed below for a thread that discusses the difference.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=524682

 

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batboy said:

The IP35-E does not have firewire or RAID. The IP35-E and IP35 both only have one 16X PCI-E slot. There is some minor chipset cooling differences too. Check out the link listed below for a thread that discusses the difference.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=524682

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I don't really have a immediate need for firewire nor a second PCI-E slot. The cooling however is important and that is one thing I noticed. It appears the E has AL HS's where the others have CU. Buying a vanillia board is totally against my normal way of buying hardware but budget is tight right now. Humm... maybe I should just hold off. I am yet to determine if I need to upgrade my Opty anyway.

Keep the responses comming!

 

UglyChild

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The cooling is fine on the board you first chose, it has heat sinks in all the right places, just doesnt have "The pipe". If you have good case cooling then you dont need "The Pipe" for that 1-2c difference.

 

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UglyChild said:

The cooling is fine on the board you first chose, it has heat sinks in all the right places, just doesnt have "The pipe". If you have good case cooling then you dont need "The Pipe" for that 1-2c difference.

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Antec 900. My current Asus has "the pipe" and I think it runs as hot as ones w/o "the pipe."

Humm... but I think the Pro is my best bet b/c I use dual LAN a good bit.

 

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