Board for core i5 ??

[abhishekk89]

hi everybody !!
decided to buy a core i5 750 and a suitable motherboard(its a new build and need to decide on the rest of the components)...

narrowed down the options to gigabyte P55-UD4P and asus P7P55D..
Since they price diff is about $20 it doesn't matter much to me...

this is basically going to be a htpc which will double as a gaming rig to play at full hd resolutions...

so which one should i pick up ??

and hey forgot to mention... i'm going to buy later in december this year.. sometime during christmas... so if any new boards are expected i don't mind waiting..

 

[tomthecarrot]

Go with the ASUS. I compared the specs.

 

[gkay09]

^ The Gigabyte is a better board...But it would depend more on the requirements of the OP...
@abhishekk89 If you are planning for multiple graphic cards, the Gigabyte is better as it would run the 2 cards in x8x8 rather than x16x4...
And sure there would be newer revisions of the P55 mobos...So it is better you wait before deciding on the mobo...

 

[abhishekk89]

thanks gkay09 !! i guess December is still a long wait.. so i guess i'll wait for some new products to roll out

 

[RetiredChief]

Not sure when, but USB 3.0 and SATA 6 are on the horizon. SATA 6 will not help mechanical HDDs - But SSD's are a nother story. As SSD improve, and come down in price they will benifit from SATA 6.

My preference in MB - tend to lean toward Gigabyte. Not to knock the Asus. as gkay09 stated - look at the features, not what you plan on, but what you might want to add later.