View Full Version : Need a good gaming MATX motherboard
CowGuy
09-26-2008, 06:08 PM
I have been looking around for a good gaming matx motherboard, and I can't really find anything that hasn't had bad reviews on buggyness. When I search google all I get are old articles. I am looking for a motherboard that supports 8gb of RAM and LGA 755. I was considering the Lan party Jr. but it seems pricey for having PCIe x8 ports. If anyone who has built an extreme matx gaming rig, let me know what board you chose because all I can find are HTPC ones that are reliable.
Slovnaft
09-26-2008, 06:23 PM
that DFI board is pretty much the only decent mATX you'll find nowadays
for a single card it's still 16 lanes, but if you crossfire it's either 8x8 or 8x16, im not sure.
but if you're going for a gaming system, you might as well just buck up for the 4870x2.
oh and it's probably one of the cheapest high quality boards out there. I mean, for the high clocks we've seen out of it plus DDR3, that should be just fine unless you really want to slap all your old 3870s on one board...
zanzabar
09-26-2008, 06:27 PM
the only one that has 16x16 xfire is a buggy shuttle board, the dfi is the best choice
also 8x8 xfire with pci-e2 is fine for single gpu systems and since quadfire dosnt scale the best and takes alot of power its not realy what Matx is made for
dengyong
09-26-2008, 06:30 PM
Asus p5e-vm hdmi overclocks like mad, supports 8gb and raid.
pcaddict
09-28-2008, 05:08 AM
Asus p5e-vm is great choice! :up:
MassiveOverkill
09-28-2008, 05:16 AM
I just got the P5Q-EM and max FSB so far is 432. I'm waiting for a BIOS update that will hopefully fix this. Unfortunately P5E-VM's are becoming harder to find as I believe they are discontinued. If the LanParty Jr had firewire, I wouldn't have even entertained the Asus board. One thing I hate about my P5E-VM is that it doesn't allow for higher than 42 TRFC, which really limits low muliplier CPU's as you cannot max your RAM out. I really think the only thing holding the P5Q-EM back from becoming a star is BIOS, right now it has alot more OCing features than my P5E-VM
ferdz_33
09-28-2008, 07:02 AM
here's some:
Asus P5E-VM (G35) - 16x PCI-E
Asus P5Q-EM (G45) - 16x PCI-E 2.0
Asus P5QL-EM (G43) - 16x PCI-E 2.0
DFI LanParty Jr (P45) - 8x8 PCI-E 2.0 (CrossFire); 8x PCI-E 2.0 (single)
Tonucci
09-28-2008, 11:09 AM
In terms of overclocking, its the DFI board... If not, the p5e-vm.
It should be noted that a few of the highest (including ATX boards) quad core FSB's I've seen were done by the p5e-vm.
Nanometer
09-30-2008, 10:24 PM
In terms of overclocking, its the DFI board... If not, the p5e-vm.
It should be noted that a few of the highest (including ATX boards) quad core FSB's I've seen were done by the p5e-vm.
It is, it's actually ridiculous that such a small bored is so powerful. Inside a hot case I had 500fsb with 1.4 northbridge and 1.4 for the fsb. nothing else, though it was only stable in bios, and with the stock NB heatsink burning up.
G33m-ds2r :)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193985