best chipset for 45nm quad

jaymz9350

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I need a 775 board for a spare machine I have (compete minus the motherboard) so instead of buying one for it I'm going to look for a board for my main rig and send the IP35-pro to the second. I'm looking for what chipset will give the best OC results so I can pick up a 45nm quad later on (probably a q9550) as I'll probably be on this 775 set up a year or 2 more.

 

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P45

 

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P45

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P45

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

 

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MattNo5ss said:

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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Alright. I've heard great things about that board. I was actually looking at some of DFI's P45 offerings as I really like the sata ports rotated 90 degrees like on my abit. any comment on how they perform, the sata ports aren't a deal breaker but I really like them especially dealing with 5+ sata devices. and my budget is around $150 + or - a little.

 

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I've heard good things about the "LAN Party" series.

It looks like the ASUS P5Q Deluxe has 90 degree SATA ports. Looks like 4 of them, but I can't find a good angle to know for sure.

 

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MattNo5ss said:

I've heard good things about the "LAN Party" series.

It looks like the ASUS P5Q Deluxe has 90 degree SATA ports. Looks like 4 of them, but I can't find a good angle to know for sure.

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Thanks I did look at that one also

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136053

This is the DFI I was specifically looking at.

 

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Big P5Q-E fan here (I run 3 of them) and a P5Q-Deluxe. Both have solid power regulation and adequate onboard NB/SB cooling IMO. Never tried the Gigabyte listed above, but I always hear fantastic things about it...

 

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jaymz9350 said:

Thanks I did look at that one also

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136053

This is the DFI I was specifically looking at.

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The only thing I see that might be a bad is that the DFI only officially supports 1333MHz FSB, whereas the Gigabyte and ASUS officially support 1600MHz FSB. This may or may not correlate to the max FSB of the DFI.

 

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MattNo5ss said:

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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+1 UP45-UD3P
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jaymz9350 said:

Thanks I did look at that one also

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136053

This is the DFI I was specifically looking at.

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^She's a 4 phase. That's a little crappy.

 

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^She's a 4 phase. That's a little crappy.

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didn't catch that, my current board is also only 4 phase.

Looks like is between the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P and the ASUS P5Q-Deluxe, which i'm leaning to the ASUS.

 

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EP45-UD3R if you don't plan to run sli

 

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P5Q if you don't want boot loops. Might just be mine but I'm not the only person around here with a grumpy UD3R.

 

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MattNo5ss said:

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

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+3 I do really like my P5Q though

 

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I have the ASUS Maximus II Formula... AWSOME P45 Motherboard... still costs $250 on Newegg though lol

 

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I bought a P5Q, and used it for maybe 25-30 mins.. There was many things I didnt like about it, the board layout included.. Too bad x48 is still a kick in the nuts money wise

 

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P5Q-E is superior to the vanilla P5Q IMNSHO. Power Regulation and NB/SB cooling vary drastically. P5Q-E = 8-Phase; P5Q-Deluxe = 16-Phase Both of these boards run in the upper 400 FSB's in my rigs, and the P5Q-E pops up regularly on the Classifieds for under $100!!!

 

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I bought a P5Q, and used it for maybe 25-30 mins.. There was many things I didnt like about it, the board layout included.. Too bad x48 is still a kick in the nuts money wise

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well there were a couple x48 boards from asus and dfi that were in my price range (no more than $175 to my door but less is better) just wasn't sure weather the P45 or or X48 would be better for FSB max.