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papasmurf211   04-24-2008 at 05:34:35 PM

Alright im looking for your opinions on the best intel x38/x48 ddr2 mobo for under 300. Im looking at these two for now, i currently have a maximus formula which i am selling (not because i dont like it)


Asus Rampage Formula X48
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131284

DFI X48-T2R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136046

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/15508-post26.html This guy achieved 5.0 ghz on an intel E8500 with a 540 fsb on the DFI.

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dagger   04-25-2008 at 01:46:29 AM
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papasmurf211 wrote :

Alright im looking for your opinions on the best intel x38/x48 ddr2 mobo for under 300. Im looking at these two for now, i currently have a maximus formula which i am selling (not because i dont like it)

 


Asus Rampage Formula X48
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131284

 

DFI X48-T2R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136046

 

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/15508-post26.html This guy achieved 5.0 ghz on an intel E8500 with a 540 fsb on the DFI.

 


If you have a x38 board already, keep it. There's no real difference between x38 and x48. And I wouldn't go by some guy's claim on the iinternet. There are a lot of people boasting a lot of things. At 5ghz, the e8500 itself is the bottleneck. You will not reach it, nor will you notice any improvements over x38.

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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papasmurf211   04-25-2008 at 03:15:21 AM
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well if u had to pick one?

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supershanks   04-25-2008 at 11:22:44 PM
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There are a lot of people boasting a lot of things


More relevent is the cooling used :D , Clunk was using phase.
I'd definately go for the DFi over the rampage. It's got a better circuitry & fuller features. Rampage only has a single channel CPUGTLref compared to a dual channel on the DFI & most other performance boards,


luck:)

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