[ZmaN]

which board do you guys think I should get?


MSI P35 Platinum
Asus P5K-E
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4


Please please please I need opinions!

[Dark RevenantX]

Post the detailed specifications of each motherboard and I'll give you an answer.

[Ashrak]

P35

[Ashrak]

if you want a proper one

http://www.hinnavaatlus.ee/products/Arvutiriistvara/Emaplaadid/62336/

[ZmaN]

P35

therye all P 35.

Heres links to each:

MSI P35 Platinum $150 (they just dropped the price) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130097

Asus P5K-E  $155  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4  $170  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128064&Tpk=Gigabyte%2bP35-DS4

[JGZinv]

When I was looking at mobo's a couple months ago the
Asus Striker Extreme appeared to have a decent feature set.

Couple of reviews:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/asus_striker_extreme/

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/asus-striker-extreme.html

Course whether or not this fit's what you are doing, what other parts you've got
in mind.... is completely unknown as we have no other details about what you have
planned for the system.

[ZmaN]

Well heres what I have/bought so far:

NZXT Apollo case (came with 2 120mm fans, and I bought a third thermaltake fan for the back)
Cooler Master Extreme Power 650 watt PSU
OCZ Platinum revision 2 2 GB RAM Set
1 x 250 16MB Cache Seagate SATA 2 hard drive (i'll be buying a second later)
Cooler Master Hyper TX 2 Cooler
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Sound card (has firewire so im ok if theres no firewire on the mobo)
X850 Pro Video card


Whats left is:
Intel E2180 Processor  (which will be O/C'd to its max, about 2.8 ghz i suppose with the CM Cooler)
A P35 Motherboard
A DVD Burner with Lightscribe

Thats everything.

so I need a motherboard that can Overclock really good so i can get that freakin processor to its max!

So I'm thinking the Asus P5K-E Motherboard, and I'll eventually strip the cooling and replace it with uber cool/high performace cooling options (which will work better than Gigabyte's stock cooling, which is whats making me want get the DS4)
Besides, I love Black PCB's!

[Scuddie]

I would throw all my weight behind the P5K, the regular one will do.  Make sure you get a newer revision though, and upgrade your firmware.  The P35 chipset had some nasty problems in its infancy.

MSI hasn't made a decent board since the K7N2-Delta (which, oddly enough, was their best board to date).  I know some people have trust with Gigabyte, but I don't have enough experience with them to say whether or not their hype is justified.

[CP5670]

Whats left is:
Intel E2180 Processor  (which will be O/C'd to its max, about 2.8 ghz i suppose with the CM Cooler)
A P35 Motherboard
A DVD Burner with Lightscribe

Thats everything.

so I need a motherboard that can Overclock really good so i can get that freakin processor to its max!

The best overclockers are the DFI P35 T2R (if you're really rich) and Abit IP35-E/IP35 (otherwise), but just about any board will get you to 2.8ghz without breaking a sweat. Get whatever is the cheapest or has the features/layout you want, as the P35 boards are all fairly similar.

When I was looking at mobo's a couple months ago the
Asus Striker Extreme appeared to have a decent feature set.

That board is one of the worst values ever for the money. Not only is it ridiculously expensive at $300 ($400 when it came out), but there are $70 boards that consistently outperform it on both FSB and memory clocks.