Need to choose between 2 Asus mobos, Intel 945 or P965 chipset for value gaming rig?

[Toshvan]

Need to choose between 2 Asus mobos, Intel 945 or P965 chipset for value gaming rig?

Hello ppl.

I plan to do a as inexpencive as possible PC, based on the new Intel Pentium E2160 cpu (it's Core 2 Duo CPU with just 1Mb L2 cache) and I'm considering which Asus mobo can do the job for the least ammount of money.
Will I loose to much performance wise if I go with Intel 945 chipset and Asus P5PL2-E motherboard or Intel P965 chipset and ASUS P5B motherboard would be the right way to go?
The price difference would be almost 50%

PC will be used for general computing and some gaming.
Pls give me some input, I really need some clue on the performance difference between those two Asus motherboards...

 

[Toshvan]

Damn,

all I was able to find on the net is this review on chinese, translated by google...

P.S. Link doesn't seem to be working ok, only manual google translation works.

 

[UglyChild]

Get the Asus P5K, its few dollars more then P5B, but a better board.

 

[cuthbert]

Asus P5B is enough!!! even better match with your cpu than P5K.

 

[M Diddy]

Surprised no one even mentioned this, but the C2D will not even work with a 945 mobo. You have to go with at least a 965 chipset in order for it to work.

Also, Cuthbert has no clue. The p5k is an all around better board then the p5b. Go with the p5k.....

 

[Sam__]

i had no idea that the C2D doesnt work with a 945.

 

[Goshawk]

Thats not altogether true, C2Ds will work on specific 945 boards. The final runs of the Asus P5LD2 ( rev. 2.01G ) could run Core 2 CPUs



~ Gos