Suggestions for a new Mainboard?

lumo · February 14th, 2008, 09:14 PM

Hi guys, i currently own a Asus P5W DH Deluxe, and i am pretty happy with it.
anyway, i want to get another one now.
i will have MAX 2 Graphic cards inside
will fit 2x2048MB ram onto it (PC2 6400) dual channel

i have no clue about chipsets. but the board has to support RAID (so that i can use my "old" harddisk striped raid!)

i would prefer a board that is "cheaper" as i do not need the gimmics like 2x gbit lan and wlan...
one gbit lan is fine! i also have a soundcard so onboard sound is not needed or can be crap.

so please tell me your suggestions

NOTE:
ill put a Q6600, NVidia Graphics adapter, PC2 6400, X-Fi on it!

Unixlord · February 15th, 2008, 12:07 AM

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i will have MAX 2 Graphic cards inside

Be more specific. Do you or do you not want the board to have SLI support?

lumo · February 15th, 2008, 07:48 AM

i want it to have SLI support, but ill not have SLi from beginning
with sli i mean TWO cards not the "new" tripple-sli (which is nonsense in my opinion)
further i do not need/want ddr3-slots, as its not worth the money

it would be awesome to have a page, where you can klick-add features you need for hardware and the page lists whats available

i saw this feature on leisurepro.com for dive computers - thats awesome! you get all models that fit your needs

edit i had a look at:

ASUS P5KC, P35 (dual PC2-6400U DDR2/dual PC3-8500U DDR3) (90-MBB660-G0EAY00Z) for about 105 euro

ASUS P5E, X38 (dual PC2-6400U DDR2) (90-MBB7X0-G0EAY00Z) for about 170 euro

or a really cheap board for 60-80 euro...

ill mount water cooling on the cpu... but i have good airflow for passive cooling on mainboard.

IModIntel · February 15th, 2008, 11:46 PM

IF you are absolutely looking for SLI support, there is the ASUS P5N-D, P5N-E-SLi, and P5N-T Deluxe, (the last one being the latest). There are a lot of models available, so choosing will be a problem.

lumo · February 16th, 2008, 02:38 PM

ok, yesterday night i was searching features etc again...
this morning i read your post...

have to choose between those two boards now (hopefully i do the right choice!)

ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus, nForce 650i/570i SLI (dual PC2-6400U DDR2) (90-MBB5I5-G0EAY00T) for 144 EURO

ASUS P5N-D, nForce 750i SLI (dual PC2-6400U DDR2) (90-MIB3B0-G0EAY00Z) for 122 EURO

i'm not sure which to choose as the first one has excellent reviews but elder chipset...
i am pretty sure i will not need triple sli

Unixlord · February 16th, 2008, 02:55 PM

*Cough* penryn support? Get the 2nd one.

lumo · February 16th, 2008, 03:27 PM

ok will get the second one, although cause its cheaper...
i doubt that ill upgrade the cpu (i upgraded to q6600 NOW)
and in 2 years when qx???? is cheaper there are already 8-core cpu's available and all the stuff is ready for trash (i would bet on that)

greets

PS: Thanks for your help!

Unixlord · February 16th, 2008, 07:32 PM

By 2 years Nehalem should be (don't blame me if things turn out different) replacing socket 775. So much for upgrade path.

gen.Rage1991hrv · February 16th, 2008, 08:08 PM

ahhhh unix you always have to kill someones dreams hehehhehe
anyway where did you heard that ???? have a link or something???

Unixlord · February 16th, 2008, 09:30 PM

Nehalem requires a totally new platform to run on. Its so simple. They are doing this because of the integrated memory controller. The info is so easy to find, just google/wiki a bit.