Hi,

I'm planning to build a new system soon. I'm kinda confused of what motherboard brand should I buy for this system. Two things are certain, (1) it should have the p35 chipset and (2) supports ddr2 memory only (I'm not thinking of using ddr3 for now). I know that there was article made about p35 mobo comparisons (Eight p35 mobo compared), but I need to know from actual users who uses it without OCing or pimping it (just stock speed). The PC will be used for general purposes only (maybe a little bit of gaming).

Thank you very much.

ASUS P35 :
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx? [...] =11&l3=534

also consider GIGABYTE P35 DS3R

GigaByte P35 S3
Very good price/perf

What he said.

Thanks for the quick replies.. I might go for GIGABYTE P35 DS3R or DS3P (for firewire and possible crossfire configuration in the future) ...

But before I do that, what are your thoughts about MSI P35 Platinum ..

The way I see it, it has ESATA and GIGABYTE P35 DS3R does not.

Since I'm not planning to OverClock .. is MSI P35 Platinum a stable board at stock speed?

Cheers!

Just remember , if u want CrossFire in those boards, they will perform 16x and 4x , here is a review of crissfire 16x16x vs 16x4x :
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2837


Here is a review of P35 Platinum :
http://xbitlabs.com/articles/mainb [...] tinum.html

The DS3R comes with a 2xeSata bracket you plug into the main power and 2 of the 8 sata ports (see http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] 3R&manufac ture=Gigabyte).

Jo

Thanks for that great info ... I'll go for the GA-p35-ds3r ..

THanks for your help.

I love my DS3R with the E6850. I have always had excellent results and stability with Gigabyte boards. I haven't gotten around to overclocking it yet, but I have no doubts it will do fine in the oc'ing department.

i agree - im about to get one by the end of sep, will it still be good or should i considering looking up new ones?