Asus P5K-WS

[nightbell]

Hello,


I want to build a new system also,around the intel q6600 quad processor.
I will go with 2 gb ddr2-800, kingston i guess, of ram ; gf 8800 gt, asus;500 gb hdd by samsung 16mb sata and an
asus optical driver dvr-rw.
I dont need a mainboard with sli or crossfire support so i want to go with a single pci express board. i was thinking
about an Asus P5K-WS. Does anyone has an opinion regarding this board or can give me some guide on this build(any pro or contrarary infos about this board will be great)?
Thanks a lot .
P.S. This is my first post

 

[g-paw]

I'd go with this ASUS P5K E and save some money. It has 2 x PCIe x 16 slots but that really doesn't matter, you can use just one. I really not sure what the differences between the boards are, you'd have to check ASUS for each board but they look pretty much the same
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=50001315%2040000280&OEMMark=0&Manufactory=1315&PropertyCodeValue=717%3A28997&bop=And&CompareItemList=N82E16813131225%2CN82E16813131185

 

[nightbell]

Thanks for your advice q-paw. i appreciate.
Any ideea how can that special PCI port can be used if i go with p5k-ws?

 

[Paul_gren]

i don't really understand your question but u can still use only one PCI express port as i think (almost sure) that the second PCI express will work only at 4X speed (instead of 16/ limitation of the P35 chipset).

Asus P5K WS is a good choice. Just make sure the rams you'll buy are compatible. U can look for the compatibility list on the asus website.

hope this helped