II56 MOBO

massy086

HELP i can,t decide on a mobo iv 120 to spend in komplete iv got a i5 750 and Corsair XMS3 DHX memory - 4 GB ( 2 x 2 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 1333 MHz ( PC3-10666 ) CL9 ( 9-9-9-24 ) already do i go asus or gigabite and if i go gigabite do i go ud3 or the p55a ud3 any help will be great ill be overclocking of course ordered a bracket 4 the true so its on the way

cherryghost

i have a gigabyte ud5 and its awesome. ud3 is the same as the ud5, except with a pcie x4 as a 2nd slot instead of a pcie x16.

basically unless you wanna go multi GPU, the ud3 is the perfect board for you.

Anti

If you can push your budget a little further get this:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=494704

Its without a doubt the best motherboard money can buy for the 1156 socket.

If you cant push to that get this:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=487822

I've never been a fan of Gigabyte boards, they always seems to break.

cherryghost

agreed, the Asus Maximus is the best around apparently

but i also dont like asus AND msi for the reason anti doesnt like Gigabyte :pac:

youcancallmeal

I have this motherboard. Its got tons of features for overcloking and has been solid as a rock for me. Got my i5-750 up to 4Ghz no problem. Thats just my experience, I can't compare it to any of the other motherboards mentioned

cherryghost

Guru 3D has a review on the 3 of them

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-p55-ud5-review-test/1

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-maximus-iii-gene-review-test/1

http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-p55-gd80-review-test/1

The Asus mobo JUST pips the other two. But generally speaking, you wont notice much of a difference in performance between the three. They all perform exceptional, with the Asus mobo having better overclocking capibilities, the MSI having great multi GPU setup, and the Gigabyte has good power saving hardware while still performing on par with the other two

cherryghost

anyways back on topic, OP the two best P55 motherboards at your price range are:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=486110
and
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=487822

Asus one looks sexier, both perform the same.

Anti

Eurgh thats the GENE II. DO NOT WANT, DO NOT WANT !!!

Realistically speaking, unless you plan to overclock the bejasus out of it, the cheapest board will probably do you.

cherryghost

whoops, my bad. oh well. still.

Daaaaaaan!

iv had asus and do like there bios for overclocking and the mobo does look sexy but wat about this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=508058 with usb 3.0 and sata 6gig need to order tonight arrghh

Daaaaaaan!

right update bought the asus hopefully i like it lol cheers for all the help lads

Anti

Good features, but when are you going to get a Hard drive, and usb devices that will take use of the features. My guess is never

massy086

ye that was my thinking too ah happy enough with the asus . now the waiting game boo hoo i want it NOW lol

Brian?

That was great coincidence, I was coming on to ask the same question. Getting an i5 myself this afternoon.


Cheers for the help.

massy086

i have this ram Corsair CM3X2048-1333C9DHX its rated at 1.7v will this be a problem withe my asus P7P55D LE mobo

massy086

anyone i could really do with some help on this one cheers

Anti

Should work no problem bud, the voltage needed is a bit high but i cant see the problem. Especially as they list the exact same ram but the 1gb kit as compatible.

see link:

http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=e7Zic83PvQSr80Lm&templete=2

massy086

cheers anti i just seen this http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dp55wb/sb/CS-030682.htm what u think

cherryghost

massy086 wrote: »

cheers anti i just seen this http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dp55wb/sb/CS-030682.htm what u think

no no and no.

Anti

Yeah stay away for intel boards, i mean the intel branded ones. They are complete muck. We sell a few of them where i work and im constantly trying to get the company to dump them as we get so many back.

massy086

nah i bought an asus mobo cheers for the imput

massy086

well thanks to all i got it built running great few niggle,s in cpu z my ram is showing as pc3-10700h but it should be 10666 and it say,s its running at 667mhz ??? and iv noticed my cpu is running at half spped with a 9x multipler but if i run burn test it goes full speed with a 20x multipler is this normal or have i got some bios setting wrong i have nt overclocked yet still on stock cooler waiting on my true bracket still god dam ebay :mad::mad::mad::mad:

massy086

anyone help on these issue,s cheers