Cheap (yet okay) motherboard?

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Looking for a low-range motherboard for the 775 socket, that still is okay when it comes to general quality and performance.
Anyone know a good one?

Thanks in advance

 

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You planning on overclocking?

These if not ocing:
ECS
Biostar
Intel

These if you do:
Asus
Gigabyte
DFI

btw Welcome to O/C Forums

 

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Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for your answer.

I'm probably not gonna overclock this one, it will not be my computer alone.

 

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I don't suppose MSI are any good?
Found a "MSI P31 NEO-F, P31" which had a good price.

 

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Yeah, MSI is a pretty good board. They run great @ stock speeds. It'll do just fine for your needs.

 

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Thank you, the MSI card it is then.

 

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If you can find a Gigabyte P35 DS3L for around the same price then go for that...

 

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Ok, will keep my eyes open.

Btw, I am at a loss concerning the PCI-e 2.0 motherboards.
The national (Swedish) sites I've checked all state that the 775 socket motherboards are PCI-e x16, even the really high-end ones, can't seem to find one that supports 2.0.

Are there at all any socket 775 (DDR2) motherboards that support PCI-e 2.0? Any low-range ones?

 

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a p45 board should suit you well , it's the newest chipset, has all the newest features you'd want (except crossfire at 16xlink but you don't need it i assume) and they don't cost a lot of money. check the asus p5q series , has pci-e 2.0 and ddr2

 

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Thanks.

P45 are too expensive though, I am thinking of something about half the price. I will just buy a new mobo when the PCI-e 2.0 standard reaches the cheaper range of motherboards I guess.

 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280 107172615&bop=And&Order=PRICE

 

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I believe the nvidia 750i boards have been on sale lately. Those support PCI-E 2.0. I can't say if they are any good or not though.

 

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soldar said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200280 107172615&bop=And&Order=PRICE

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Exactly. Too expensive for this particular computer at the moment.
It is not my money, I'm building it for other people in the household, I am just trying to get a price for a system that can handle contemporary games.
Future expansion possibilities is nice, but when that time comes I guess it's probably time to get a motherboard for a new socket anyway.
I just thought that there would be some really cheap motherboard with PCI-e 2.0, apparently not.

Also, p45's are more expensive in Sweden.

 

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You could probably pickup a used P965 or P35, but I wouldn't try to sell anything out of the classifieds, that is just stupid (hint, hint gov)