P5W-DH deluxe vs. P5K-E WiFi

[motoracer11]

I am going to be buying a new motherboard and am debating between the P5W-DH Deluxe and the P5K-E WiFi edition. I know the P5K-E is a newer board and such, but I like the DH remote features of the P5W and have heard it can overclock like a madman. I am going to be running the E7200 processor (2.53ghz, 1066mhz FSB). Have you heard any good/bad things about these boards... which one do you think would be the best? I am not a hardcore gamer, I do alot with music and videos but occasionally will get my kill on. Thanks

 

[Maziar]

Definitely go for P5K-E WIFI, its newer also it can OC very well too also P5K-E WIFI supports the 1600FSB CPUs too :
http://event.asus.com/mb/fsb1600/index.htm

I myslef am a proud owner of P5K-E WIFI and i love it its rock solid and i have this config:

Core2Duo E6600@3.2
ASUS P5KE- WIFI
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 500GB 16MB
OCZ VINDICATOR CPU COOLER
OCZ 4GB REAPER DDR2 800 4-4-4-15
OCZ 8800GTX @612/1080(=8800ULTRA)
OCZ PROXSTREAM 1000WAT
THERMALTAKE ARMOR CASE
LG M228WA MONITOR

 

[kbits]

Check this page about overclocking the p5w dh. The whole review is great.

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=7&artpage=2566&articID=508

I agree with Maziar though, not that I don't like my p5w dh, but I would choose a newer one by now.

 

[Maziar]

ASUS P5W-DH is a solid board no doubts about it but as i said, P5K-E WIFI is newer, and has better CPU support

 

[Guest]

The P5W runs hot, and the southbridge is lousy for raid.

 

[dragonsprayer]

get the wifi

dh tops out sooner at 375-400fsb then you need aftermarket cooling

the p5k is a faster mobo


the dh has some cool features like remote and ipod plug

i have both mobos and used the dh a year ago or so, i use the p5k wifi on my low end systems ~$2k