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Asus P5K vs Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

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sa89   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   06-11-2008 at 11:28:05 AM
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sa89 wrote :

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.

Never hurts to google for problems before going around flashing lol

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wormy   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

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sa89   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.

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wormy   06-11-2008 at 01:49:40 PM
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no bios update is needed

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sa89   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?

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geofelt   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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kpo6969   06-11-2008 at 09:27:29 PM
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DS3L + E8400

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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