Comparison. Which Motherboard?

[egel]

Which mobo out of these sets? I'm looking to run an E6400 with an 8800GTS,
moderate OC'ing and hoefully upgrading to Quad core at some stage.
I don't know if the Abit supports this but the other do, I believe.

Abit AB9 Intel P965, $287.70/Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P, $247.44/Asustek P5N-E SLI, nForce 650i, $237.00

Asustek P5B Intel P965, $209.93/Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965 Express, $228.94/Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Intel P965, $218.65

Asustek P5B-E Plus Intel P965, $313.88/Asustek P5B Deluxe Intel P965, $333.00 (Sorry for posting th last one please don't answer it; it's there to remind me that they are possibilities at the moment)

All prices are New Zealand Dollars. All Gigabyte boards are revision 3.3. And no I can't afford a Commando, a 965-DQ6, or any kind of 680i right now.

 

[jeff_2087]

DS3 for the win

 

[AdamBomb42]

DS3

 

[egel]

Thanks guys. What's a DS3P like vs. a DS3?

 

[f1nal_0men]

P5B-E

EDIT: My bad, didn't realise it was P5B-E Plus... My vote then goes to DS3.

 

[egel]

DS3 vs. DS3P??? Why the DS3!!!!

 

[CmdPT]

DS3 vs. DS3P??? Why the DS3!!!!

cheap, good board, very good overclocker and a good performer. what else do you want?

 

[egel]

I mean what is the difference between the two of them. The DS3 is $20 bucks cheaper, has no Firewire, two less SATA ports and that's about it. How does that warrant $20??? I guess you guys are telling me it doesn't. Sounds good to me. DS3 here I come...

 

[BUFF]

I mean what is the difference between the two of them. The DS3 is $20 bucks cheaper, has no Firewire, two less SATA ports and that's about it. How does that warrant $20???

no Intel RAID on the S3/DS3 either.

 

[hashbrown]

S3/DS3 for sure, bru