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chluk2425   02-16-2008 at 05:10:36 AM

Hi everyone!~

I would like to ask, for the Asus board, P5K/C, can I use DDR3 and DDR2 Ram at the same time?

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slickjr169   02-16-2008 at 05:50:03 AM
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Unfortunatley no, it's either one or the other not both. If your looking at the P5K series you may want to look at the P5K-E. You get onboard wi-fi that you dont get on the P5K-C. Also, DDR-3 only gives you marginally better performance than DDR-2 at this point. You wont see a point to use DDR-3 memory until we get processors with a native 1600mhz FSB which the P5K-C may not have support for.

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chluk2425   02-16-2008 at 05:32:17 PM
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slickjr169 wrote :

Unfortunatley no, it's either one or the other not both. If your looking at the P5K series you may want to look at the P5K-E. You get onboard wi-fi that you dont get on the P5K-C. Also, DDR-3 only gives you marginally better performance than DDR-2 at this point. You wont see a point to use DDR-3 memory until we get processors with a native 1600mhz FSB which the P5K-C may not have support for.



so if I am going to use E8400, which motherboard will you recommend?

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roadrunner197069   02-16-2008 at 06:07:06 PM
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Asus Maximus formula or extreme.
Maybe Asus Striker 2


Message edited by roadrunner197069 on 02-16-2008 at 06:07:22 PM
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chluk2425   02-16-2008 at 08:08:53 PM
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well.. a X38 chipset will be a bit expensive... is there any P35 mobo?
Thx!!

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roadrunner197069   02-16-2008 at 08:40:20 PM
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Im using P5K SE its a great board with the latest bios.

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slickjr169   02-17-2008 at 05:19:28 AM
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I personally use a Gigabyte P35-dS3R-L and have no problems with it. Other recommended favorties are the Asus P5K-E and the MSI-P35D3 platinum.

Gigabyte $80-$100
MSI $150-$180
ASUS $140-$160

Give or take where ever you shop. All are stable and overclock very well. Also if you plan on the e8400 make sure you get a motherboard that has been preflashed with a bios for the 45nm or equvialant so that you can flash or you may run into trouble (that is if you have a 65nm processor lying around). I know some older stalk Asus P5K-E can run with the 45nm without a flash because of older bios on the board.

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chluk2425   02-18-2008 at 10:40:22 AM
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slickjr169 wrote :

I personally use a Gigabyte P35-dS3R-L and have no problems with it. Other recommended favorties are the Asus P5K-E and the MSI-P35D3 platinum.

Gigabyte $80-$100
MSI $150-$180
ASUS $140-$160

Give or take where ever you shop. All are stable and overclock very well. Also if you plan on the e8400 make sure you get a motherboard that has been preflashed with a bios for the 45nm or equvialant so that you can flash or you may run into trouble (that is if you have a 65nm processor lying around). I know some older stalk Asus P5K-E can run with the 45nm without a flash because of older bios on the board.



what do you mean by flashing? sorry i am totally new to it :p :p

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slickjr169   02-20-2008 at 08:01:39 AM
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Flashing is the term used when the bios of the motherboard is changed "flashed" to another revision of bios either through the use of a bootable floppy disc, cd-room, or jump drive.

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