Best Intel motherboard???

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:23 pm

Hey,
Sound off on what you think is the best C2D motherboard available.
I plan on getting the board in ~3wks or so, cpu can wait until April.
I'll be getting the board cheap from Poland ;)

Shortlist so far
Asus commando - 965
Asus P5W64-WS PRO - 975
Asus P5B-DLX - 965

I don't want a Nvidia board.....too much power drain and heat!
It will be powering something like to E6600 chip with a high multi, so the board should be fine with a max of ~400MHz FSB.

Cheers,
Ken

Ps. I'm an Asus fanboy.....but will consider other options asell.

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:39 pm

i hear gigabyte has some good offerings if you aren't going the nvidia route.

Post by **Illuminati** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:43 pm

I'm running the Asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo... so far no problems at stock, but I haven't reeaaally overclocked it yet.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:53 pm

Right, I've changed my mind. The uber high-end boards like the commando and Asus P5W64-WS PRO are out as they are too expensive and I'll prolly get (yet) another board towards the end of the year.
The shortlist is now;
P5B-E Dlx
P5W DH Dlx

I'm leaning towrads the P5B as it has the 965 chipset and can overclock quad cores better. (I might get a quad setup, if the prices drop enough)

The question remains........which one?