Looking for a socket 775 with ddr3 support

[rathgor]

Hey everyone,

Glad to be part of this community, just joined. been seeing it come up often in my research....

Which comes to my question.

I'm looking for a mini board (matx) socket 775 (including the 45nm) motherboard that supports DDR3 with at least support up to 8 gigs with a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. I'm not a bit of a budget but also want something that will last the test of time. I'm a big fan of Asus but am willing to look at other options. I want something i can overclock when the CPU starts to show age before upgrading to a LGA 1366 in 2+years from now. SLI is not imperative....

Oh and extra features are always nice

I've been considering other boards but they do not support DDR3
P5Q-em


Any help is much appreciated, this community seems to be very active and helpful.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

EVGA 790i supports DDR3...but it's a bit pricey. But why DDR3?

Do you mean DDR3 RAM or GDDR3 for video cards?


You can get a good used 780i-A1 DDR2 off of Amazon for $155, which is a bargain.

 

[rathgor]

i did mean DDR 3 for the motherboard not the card. I know that the 790i also supports 3 way sli which is extreme. thats where the added cost comes from I'm sure.

Used motherboards makes me REAL nervous.

Intel DP45SG
&
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR

is another motherboard i was looking at. it seems to have specs i want but I'm not so sure about intel or about the features that seem to be minimal and I've had issues with Gigabyte before

I'm just getting desperate is all

 

[gamerk316]

Any 790i, although I'd stay away from nforce mobos if possible...

Also note, the CPU FSB will limit you. I tried the DDR3 route; it isn't worth it, no gain whatsoever.

 

[rathgor]

thanks for the advice. I'm still thinking of sticking with the P5Q-EM mobo for the time being. I'm building a new PC at a bad time. The i7s are too expensive still. I'm doing this during a major chipset transition

 

[505090]

Why ddr3 minimal if any gain over ddr2 for a lot more money?

regardless there are a ton of boards that meet those specs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=280&Description=&Type=&N=2010200280&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&OEMMark=1&OEMMark=0&PropertyCodeValue=705%3A9908&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A40150&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A31642&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A31643&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A34675&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A37927&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A34428&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A37995&PropertyCodeValue=3879%3A29256&PropertyCodeValue=727%3A10689&PropertyCodeValue=727%3A10630&PropertyCodeValue=727%3A20581&PropertyCodeValue=727%3A10688&PropertyCodeValue=4943%3A34966&PropertyCodeValue=4943%3A40640&PropertyCodeValue=4943%3A34965&PropertyCodeValue=4943%3A34967&PropertyCodeValue=4943%3A46138

 

[rathgor]

I'm thinking the DDR3 because although it hasn't been fully implemented I'm hoping/assuming that it eventually will be.

Maybe you're all right and i should give up on this whole idea.

I'm thinking the ASUS P5Q-em.

If there are any objections let me know. I haven't built a system for over six years so needless to say a lot has changed.

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Is that mATX?

 

[rathgor]

yes, the p5q-EM is a mini board. I've heard good things about the onboard audio.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2365

I'm thinking that i could use the two pci express for an x-fi and a raid controller and use the pci slot for a wireless network card.

My new concern now is the size of the newest video cards. Is a modern video card going to block one of my already lacking pci slots?

I might have to forgo either the raid controller or the x-fi and stick with the onboard.

any ideas?

 

[dmv915]

Fyi you're already going to have a pretty small pool of good matx lga775 boards with ddr2. I doubt you will have much luck finding decent matx boards with ddr3 and lga775. If you're willing to be flexible the dfi lanparty jr is a good board and can overclock like a beast.

 

[rathgor]

so I checked out a review on Bit-tech.net and It's a beautiful board. my concern now is that the PCIe 2.0 slots are "hard locked" to run at 8x. which makes the performance lack a little.

By the way everyone you're all helping with my decision a GREAT deal and i appreciate every minute you guys spend helping me with this project.

I also forgot to add another question that I've come across. Does PCIe x16 also mean by default that it's PCIe 2.0?

 

[rathgor]

how do i delete this thread now?

 

[505090]

so I checked out a review on Bit-tech.net and It's a beautiful board. my concern now is that the PCIe 2.0 slots are "hard locked" to run at 8x. which makes the performance lack a little.

By the way everyone you're all helping with my decision a GREAT deal and i appreciate every minute you guys spend helping me with this project.

I also forgot to add another question that I've come across. Does PCIe x16 also mean by default that it's PCIe 2.0?

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A pcie 2.o is twice as fast as a pcie 1.0 so if the 16x slot is locked to 8x it would be the same as having a 16x 1.0 slot, which means little to no performance hit.

Not all pcie is 2.0, soon it will be, but there are still a lot of older boards out there.

 

[rathgor]

so if i use a board with PCIe 2.0 at 16x and use a 9800gtx+ it will be more or less comperable to having a sli board with 2x PCIe 2.0 at 8x?

 

[505090]

yes the bandwidth of a pcie 16x is the same as 2 8x, assuaging they are all either 1.0 or 2.0.

A 2.0 slot has twice the bandwidth of a 1.0, with the same number of lanes.

Only the very best cards at the moment can saturate a 16x 1.0 slot. And even those cards only gain a few fps by switching to a 2.o slot.