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Zyntak09   11-04-2008 at 08:35:30 PM

The Asus board is here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131296

The Gigabyte board is here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128358

The Asus one is in a combo deal with the E8500 which I want to get anyway... so the price is about the same on both boards. (The gigabyte one is ~$20 cheaper AR though).

Yeah, so its going to be an E8500, HD 4870, Vista Home Premium 64 (Purchased), 2x2GB G. SKill PI black DDR2 800 (Purchased).

Thanks for the advice

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Bronze Home Brew badge Proximon   11-04-2008 at 08:42:02 PM
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They are both great boards. I kinda favor the Gigabyte right now. The P5Q-E has been out since the first day of P45, and so you are more likely to get an older BIOS version.

Gigabyte board is brand new, so I would think the BIOS less likely to have issues.

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Zyntak09   11-05-2008 at 03:39:25 AM
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Isn't it easy to flash the bios to a newer version? Bios aside, which board is a better buy?

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Bronze Home Brew badge Proximon   11-05-2008 at 04:56:05 AM
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Zyntak09 wrote :

Isn't it easy to flash the bios to a newer version? Bios aside, which board is a better buy?



Easy? Yes. Safe? Never.

Flashing a BIOS is ALWAYS a dice roll. If it goes bad, your board dies. It's a Russian Roulette kind of deal.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131296

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