Asus P5K vs Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

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sa89

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06-11-2008 at 10:00:47 AM

I'm going to build a new PC and i would like your opinion between these two motherboards (Asus P5K and GA-P35-DS3L). I will use E8200 or E4500 CPU. Do i need to upgrade BIOS of these motheboards to support these CPUS.
Please advise.

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RapidRay46

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06-11-2008 at 11:28:05 AM

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sa89 wrote :

Never hurts to google for problems before going around flashing lol

wormy

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06-11-2008 at 01:06:42 PM

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The ASUS supports has firewire and supports crossfire by having 2 Pci-express x16 slots...if you dont need any of that I would get the Gigabyte

You need to get the e8400...its 10.00 more bucks and 3.0Ghz compared to the e8200's 2.66Ghz...without question get the e8400

sa89

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06-11-2008 at 01:45:05 PM

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Thanks for the information, i will go with GA-P35-DS3L but do i have to update BIOS to support E8400. I don't have a previous CPU which is been supported by this motherboard to update the BIOS.

wormy

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06-11-2008 at 01:49:40 PM

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no bios update is needed

sa89

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06-11-2008 at 04:18:16 PM

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At Gigabyte's site says that E8400 is supported at F7a bios version. Is it sure that this CPU will be supported before bios update?

geofelt

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06-11-2008 at 04:38:51 PM

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The Gigabyte bios has supported the E8400 for some time now.
Buying the board from a vendor like newegg with good turnover will insure that you get fresh stock.
You are good to go.

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E8400-stock, GA-P35-DS3R(rev2.1), Corsair 4x2gb 6400C5, EVGA 8800GTS-512-G92, Vista home premium-64-bit, WD velociraptor-300gb, PC P&C silencer-610, Antec SOLO, 2 x Samsung 275T, Samsung-203b-dvd

kpo6969

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06-11-2008 at 09:27:29 PM

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DS3L + E8400

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P35-DS3L l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz l OCZ Vendetta 2 l 4GB G.Skill 8000PQ@1000mhz 4:5 l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista Home Premium

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