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vouslavous   08-26-2008 at 01:37:16 AM

I've been debating which P45 to go with. I don't know which brand to go with (MSI, Asus, Biostar,Etc).
Have anyone got any issues with some of these companys such as quality of there products. Which company do you suggest.

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dagger   08-26-2008 at 01:46:51 AM
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Gigabyte has the best quality. Biostar is the current overclock record holder. MSI is the cheapest, while offering good performance.

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vouslavous   08-26-2008 at 01:57:43 AM
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Does Biostar have good quality? Whats the average lifespan of a motherboard?

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dagger   08-26-2008 at 02:28:42 AM
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vouslavous wrote :

Does Biostar have good quality? Whats the average lifespan of a motherboard?


No idea. P45 is still very new. Biostar is unknown brand before they broke the oc record, so very few people use their earlier chipset boards.

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pavel-   08-26-2008 at 06:16:32 AM
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I recently built a small dental office server around the GA-EP45-DS3R ($140 @ newegg). Had absolutely no problems with any of the parts I used, although, it was all mostly main stream (e8400, OCZ ram, cheap nVidia gfx, 4 500gb HDs, highpoint raid controller).

Can't report on OC capabilities, but the system has been running solid 24/7 for a few weeks now.

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goonting   08-26-2008 at 10:35:24 PM
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Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 on a budget P45

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