night_rider Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ok I buy my rig tomorrow. This is my second bite at the Apple and I want to get it right. My decision has centered around compatibility, future-proofing and money; or limitations thereof. The center of my decision process has been the motherboard coupled with a Core 2 Duo. I narrowed the Northbridge as follows... 945,965,975 - rejected on the basis of limited future-proofing and in the case of the 975X, cost x38 - rejected on the basis of cost This left me with the P35 and some version of the ICH9. I'm down to two choices: A. Intel BLKDP35DPM LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - $75 (open box) B. ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - $110 (open box) Whether A or B it will be coupled with the following : Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz Conroe G.Skill 4gb DDR2 800 WD Caviar SE16 500gb eVGA GeForce 7900GS 256mb Lite-On 20X DVD SATA w/LightScribe What do you think? A or B? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 If you dont need raid, go with the intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 If you want to overclock, get the Asus, or Gigabyte P35 range, otherwise get the Intel, which has no overclocking options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 I appreciate the responses. I ordered the Asus P5K-E WiFi. I really wanted the plain P5K-E but they did not have an open box and the retail was 60% more than the Intel. In the end the overclocking potential was a deciding factor. I'll report on my build and Leo install in the other forums. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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