DFI P35 vs Asus P5K E

Epilon

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• Sep 22, 2007

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Just wondering. Switching my 680i with a p35 board. DFI has the whole insanely high oc appeal to it, which isn't my top priority over the ability to make the thing work. The Asus is always recommended. Just wanted your opinions.
Thanks.

 

JamesXP

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• Sep 22, 2007

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It's upto you.


DFI are known to be buggy + expensive.


I'd say Asus/Abit/Gigabyte

 

Jhonas

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• Sep 22, 2007

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Asus P5K vanilla has the +1 form me.
Abit does good boards as well, but IMO, gigabyte dont seem as good. Never used the boards at all, but a couple of bad reviews kinda linger in the mind, completly irrationally.
Asus's P5K deluxes and others have a useful biult in wifi which helps a bit.

 

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• Sep 22, 2007

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I think I might go with the P5k Premium
Although whats this Black pearl edition? I didn't find it on new egg so I'm not sure exactly what the deal with it is.

 

Jhonas

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• Sep 22, 2007

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Maybe it comes with a free black pearl? or the black pearl ship ala POTC? I think it might be a cherry picked and tweaked version of the Deluxe though im not sure

 

meionm

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• Sep 22, 2007

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Avoid DFi

 

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• Sep 22, 2007

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Jhonas said:

Maybe it comes with a free black pearl? or the black pearl ship ala POTC? I think it might be a cherry picked and tweaked version of the Deluxe though im not sure

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Asus P5K Premium IS the Black Pearl Edition, it is kind of a revised version of the Deluxe. It has some improved voltage regulation, excellent board and NO vdroop with the cpu voltage damper option in BIOS.

 

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• Sep 22, 2007

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i would say asus but thats just me long as its intel chipset its good

 

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• Sep 24, 2007

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I have only owned DFI boards and they have all been stable and overclocked like champs. I recently just got the DFI P35 Blood Iron Infinity series board for my Xeon X3210 G0 and I'm currently overclocked the 3.0GHz with stock volts and everything and it's solid as a rock.
I recommend it to anyone.