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Real quick...

I recently had an ASUS P5 DH Deluxe die on me, so im looking for a new motherboard.

It must be cheap, preferably cheaper than £70, and be compatible with my system specs, listed below. I dont care about all the added features of Wifi or HDD backup systems or overclocking or any of that, all I need is a solid, reliable board.

My specs are:

ATX
Intel Q6600
2x 1GB Corsair DDR2 RAM (800Mhz)
EVGA 8800GT Graphics Card
SATA Hard Drive


Thanks

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Any decent quality P43 or P45 motherboard will meet your requirements.

 

ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L
ASUS P5QL PRO
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L

 


Message edited by GhislainG on 08-03-2009 at 08:20:17 PM
Reply to GhislainG

Ive been looking at the:

MSI P43NEO-F found here: http://tinyurl.com/ns7l5p

and

Gigabyte EP31-DS3L found here: http://tinyurl.com/npff5q


Your thoughts on those?

Reply to alabama619

The MSI is fine...but the Gigabyte one sports an old chipset...

Check even these...
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asu [...] -3Gb-s-ATX
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gig [...] ATA-II-ATX

Reply to gkay09

Ide prefer not to buy another Asus as I found the customer support terrible, but that Gigabyte looks pretty nice. Does my EVGA 8800GT require PCI-E 2.0? Or will it even work in PCI-E 2.0?

 

So how do I decide between the MSI and Gigabyte you posted? ;)


Message edited by alabama619 on 08-04-2009 at 02:16:40 PM
Reply to alabama619

^ I would prefer Gigabyte over MSI...The specs are similar...

Reply to gkay09

Unless you need a legacy motherboard (parallel and serial ports), the Gigabyte would probably be a better choice.

Reply to GhislainG

The PCIe cards and the slot are backwards compatible...
So a PCIe X16 card would work with a PCIe X16 2.0 slot and vice-verse...

Reply to gkay09

Ah okay. I'll go for that Gigabyte then :)

Thanks for your help :)

Reply to alabama619
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