New Mobo Advice (P8P67-PRO or P8Z68-V)

[Hidegski]

Hi,

I need help choosing between:

ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131771
or the
ASUS P8Z68-V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131729

They both have all the main features I want (duel channel, SLI, USB3, SATA6gb) and their costs are only $10 apart. My confusion lies between the Z68 having a newer board (worked out P67 bugs) with a better North Bridge chip set and the P67-Pro having increased Intel LAN Support which I heard is great for gaming and more of the little . With that said, I'm primarily a gamer but I definitely want to do some OCing.

What is everyones thoughts on this? It's one or the other and I need to know today. Much appreciated.

 

[mekunekud]

Hi,

I need help choosing between:

ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131771
or the
ASUS P8Z68-V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131729

They both have all the main features I want (duel channel, SLI, USB3, SATA6gb) and their costs are only $10 apart. My confusion lies between the Z68 having a newer board (worked out P67 bugs) with a better North Bridge chip set and the P67-Pro having increased Intel LAN Support which I heard is great for gaming and more of the little . With that said, I'm primarily a gamer but I definitely want to do some OCing.

What is everyones thoughts on this? It's one or the other and I need to know today. Much appreciated.

I have the same question but add a Sabertooth P67 in here as well. All 3 are roughly the same price in the U.K and all are fairly good boards but I don't know which to use.

 

[jaquith]

There's only (4) boards that I really like for OC + Gaming - in order: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 {the GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 offers same performance at a wacky price}, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3, ASUS P8P67 PRO, and MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3).

Good OC MOBO's -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007627%20600093976&IsNodeId=1&page=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=280|13-128-480^13-128-480-TS%2C13-128-513^13-128-513-TS%2C13-128-492^13-128-492-TS%2C13-131-771^13-131-771-TS%2C13-130-597^13-130-597-TS

See P67 Mobo OC Results which is the 2nd spread sheet and then note the vCore {OC Voltage} -> http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/916189-update-official-intel-p6x-motherboard-comparison.html

 

[Hidegski]

Well, as much as I loved putting up the poll, I actually went with a Gigabyte Z68XP instead. I just heard bad things about the ASUS P67 series and had a horrible ASUS P67 LE experience, so I didn't want to take a chance with the Pro version (which I did hear was better). After a few hours at MicroCenter and lots of discussion, I ended up going with the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4. I haven't gotten everything setup yet, but it looks great and runs smooth thus far.

Out of curiousity, I checked Gigabytes other Z68 offerings, and wow is there a lot. Does anyone know what the diff between the X and XP is, and a UD3 verse a UD4?

 

[jaquith]

The UD3 is a 'basic enthusiast'; the UD4 and UD5 begin to have a good number of Phases which leads to lower vCore to OC {Less = More}. Lower vCore = Lower Temps = Longer Life if both the CPU and Phases have Lower 'loads' then both the CPU and MOBO lasts longer. Meaning you need to look past MOBO 'Peripherals.'

The Z68X {no iGPU & no Virtu} vs Z68XP {HDMI}. The GA-Z68XP-UD4 is fine {16 phase}; GA-Z68XP-UD5 {20 phase}, and GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 {24 phase}.

edit: I was an ASUS fan all the way up to the P67/Z68. 'My theory' is the onboard Bluetooth is 'somehow' the core problem -- the ASRock, ASUS owns them, are fine BUT they lack the BT. I really hope the ASUS LGA 2011 MOBOs are better and correct the problems.

Good Luck!