Hi all,
I was wondering if I may ask for your opinions on picking a new motherboard for my system.
I'm a heavy gamer on a budget. Right now I have an Intel Quad Q9550 with 4GB of Kingston Hyper-X 1066mhz DDR2 RAM, running off of a Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR motherboard. Unfortunately, the motherboard is starting to become problematic so i've decided to replace it; not having the funding right now to go up to i7, i'm going to stick with 775 just that little while longer.
I had two motherboards in mind: the ASUS P5Q Deluxe, and the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. However, as I live in the UK, the EP45-UD3P and any of it's variants are not available here unless I spend a lot of money importing it in. So that would leave the P5Q Deluxe as the only one left.
But before I buy it, I wanted to ask for some opinions. I can buy this motherboard for around £83 new. Would anyone happen to know of any motherboards that could contend with the P5Q Deluxe (and maybe top it?) around the same price range, perhaps a little bit higher (or lower!)? Or is the P5Q Deluxe going to be the one for me?
I like to overclock as far as I can realistically get (with a Megahalems and Scythe 3000RPM fan, maybe add another fan down the line) so that would be a plus in a motherboard. I also don't require CrossFire.
If any other information is needed please let me know. I'm so indecisive about this kind of thing that I thought i'd come seek advice from people who know more of what they're talking about than me!
Thank you for your time.
I was wondering if I may ask for your opinions on picking a new motherboard for my system.
I'm a heavy gamer on a budget. Right now I have an Intel Quad Q9550 with 4GB of Kingston Hyper-X 1066mhz DDR2 RAM, running off of a Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR motherboard. Unfortunately, the motherboard is starting to become problematic so i've decided to replace it; not having the funding right now to go up to i7, i'm going to stick with 775 just that little while longer.
I had two motherboards in mind: the ASUS P5Q Deluxe, and the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. However, as I live in the UK, the EP45-UD3P and any of it's variants are not available here unless I spend a lot of money importing it in. So that would leave the P5Q Deluxe as the only one left.
But before I buy it, I wanted to ask for some opinions. I can buy this motherboard for around £83 new. Would anyone happen to know of any motherboards that could contend with the P5Q Deluxe (and maybe top it?) around the same price range, perhaps a little bit higher (or lower!)? Or is the P5Q Deluxe going to be the one for me?
I like to overclock as far as I can realistically get (with a Megahalems and Scythe 3000RPM fan, maybe add another fan down the line) so that would be a plus in a motherboard. I also don't require CrossFire.
If any other information is needed please let me know. I'm so indecisive about this kind of thing that I thought i'd come seek advice from people who know more of what they're talking about than me!
Thank you for your time.