Should I go with the P7P55D-E PRO ins tead of the P7P55D PRO?

[citystreet]

So ASUS has made a new version of the board that I was going to purchase. The P7P55D-E PRO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621&Tpk=P7P55D-E%20PRO

My current system specs are these:

CPU
Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115214

Mother Board
ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131405

Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
I will be getting 2 of these hard drives and making them RAID 1

Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276

Graphics Card
SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102857

Power Supply
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026

DVD ROM and DVD+R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827249054

Internal Card Reader
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223109

NZXT Lexa S case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146060

The ASUS P7P55D-E PRO has USB 3.0 on it! This is new technology that will be implemented more in the future. Will my build still work well will all the parts if I decided to go with the P7P55D-E PRO instead of the regular P7P55D PRO?

 

[citystreet]

So I decided to go with the ASUS P7P55D-E PRO. will my build still work?

 

[tecmo34]

Yes, your new build will still work with the new motherboard.
■If you have already built the system and will be switching out the motherboard, you will need to do a fresh install.
■If the components aren't order / built, you are good to go with the new motherboard as part of the build.

 

[citystreet]

very nice thanks! I will be ordering the parts soon

 

[cyberkuberiah]

nice build , you could always add another 5850 when the prices drop substantially with that psu ... also , overclock the 5850 from start ... at least 75 core and 150 memory increase should be possible from the ati CCC itself ...

 

[citystreet]

so i purchased everything the otehr day and I would like to thank all who helped. I just have to figure out which wireless nic i should get because I cant punch holes in my wall haha my mom would not be too happy about that. I'll post that on another thread.

cyberkuberiah, how do I overclock the 5850?

 

[cyberkuberiah]

go to Ati Catalyst Control Center , ull find the settings to adjust the core clock , memory clock , and fan speed control , manual or automatic ... after u select different settings , download and run furmark :-

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

this website also contains step by step tutorial , basically u have to check for artifacts and temps ...

 

[citystreet]

thanks!