E8400 + What motherboard??

I too have been looking for a MOBO that is E8400 ready (no update needed) and have had a really hard time locating one. I have word that a GA-P35-DS3R, one that was purchased a week ago, had bios 2.1, which is E8400 ready. That's an excellent motherboard and I plan on ordering one tonight from Newegg for my new build.

My two cents,

Austin

well an X48 or X38 chipset based motherboard would sastify your taste

Thanks guys! I'm going for the Asus P5K-E. Even if it needs a BIOS update I'm sure I can manage it.

I've been looking at the GA-P35.
I have a Gforce 8800 GTS, double wide, and it barely fit in my MS-7125. Wonder if I'd have a problem fitting it in.
Its snug in my MS-7125.

the P5K-E is a damn good choice without shootin your whole wad for a good mobo! did that sound bad? LOL

in fact i got that board coming to my house on tuesday. i hope UPS is gentle with it!

I am also looking for a MB for the 8400. I hope you don't mind me posting on your thread OP but i figured I would so this instead of creating a similar thread. I was looking at:

GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128080

ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131219

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188024

I am a first time builder and trying to go with something that will boot right up. I hear the Intel x38 board has bio problems posting. I plan to buy a 8800GT. With the 3870X2 out and the 9800gx2 coming out does SLI/Xfire even matter much? I could see myself going to card like the 9800gx2 in the future but doubt I would SLI them. I am building for gaming btw. MMO's

@ convo

good luck with your 1st build. from the range of the mobos selected, what is your budget for this build?

also keep in mind that alot of these mobos (not all) will take the 45nm chip, but you will have to flash the bios 1st.

I personnaly bought The EVGA 780i mobo due to the positive reviews from Newegg customers. I also think EVGA has been very consistent with delivering usable products and I have not seen very negative reviews from EVGA mobos much at all.

At first I wasnt going to get the 780i. But then decided too only due to the fact it's new and has PCI-e 2.0 support. I really wont ever use that extra pci-e slot because I have G92s that dont have tri-sli support.

certainly

i too am lookin for a mobo for my E8500 build
i wanna eventually get 4x2gb(1033mghz) RAm, SLI GF9 and prolly watch tv on my computer.. mostly for FPS online games tho
would the 780i be able to support all those things? im looking for a future proof mobo, i might even change the CPU in 3years maybe for something better
also, can you briefly explain wut flashin a BIOS is? is it complicated? is it like convo said, u need to put some old cpu and update, then u can put the real cpu?..
Tx!

I'm looking for a mobo for my E8400 (when i finally get one) and i have these in the scope:

Asus P5K Pro - Here in Denmark i can get it for the same amount of money that a normal P5K cost so i take it that it's just an upgraded version of the P5K motherboard which is highly popular and should overclock well! It's cheap too, around £80. It's also a good looking board (something that i value high, i don't like the puke color of the ordinary P5K motherboard).
Something that i'm worried about is the position of the 24pin which is seated in a place that makes no sense at all (look at a picture - google).

MSI p35 neo2-FR: This board costs around £70 and has these big heatpipes that stretches from the cpu to the chipset (which must give it some damn good cooling). Anandtech concluded that it was an MSI platinum without a FireWire port. Like on the P5K pro this has recieved some good reviews too.

Ga-p35-DS3R: I do not like the candy colors on the board yet it has only gotten good reviews and that the BIOS is easy to work with when you want to overclock it. It is rumored to support wolfdale natively when you get it which is a big plus. It is in the same pricerange as the P5K and the MSI, around £70 (allthough you could get an ordinary GA-p35-DS3 for £55 but i havn't really studied the difference (somthing about audio)).

At the moment I think I go with the Asus P5K over MSI and Ga-p35-DS3R because i really like their manual and it seems easy to work with. In the end all motherboards are basically the same performance wise and i guess it comes down to which company you like the most (Asus, MSI. . . so on). In my case this is my first computer build so i want it to be easy and a stable overclocker. The only reason i post here is because i'm not a 100% certain yet, i do not like the position of the 24-pin on the P5K pro, it could cause trouble for a rookie like myself.

Cheers!

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