View Full Version : Asus p6t deluxe v2 vs. Gigabyte ga-ex58-ud5
I´m planning to replace my aging p5b. I want to use i7 920 which motherboard is better in terms of overclockability and stability?
zalbard
09-08-2009, 04:25 AM
I'd go with Gigabyte personally, seems to have less issues. Plus ASUS reliability and RMA have been dodgy recently...
Salamndar
09-08-2009, 04:56 AM
I have the Asus R2E and the Gigavyte X58-Extreme.
Asus gave me less headache than gigabytes X58 board.
aditya
09-08-2009, 06:14 AM
my vote for the gigabyte, working very stable for me :).
you might want to wait for the new x58A series if you decide to go for the gigabyte
DavyBoy
09-08-2009, 03:55 PM
Gigabyte gets my vote also, the UD5's are lovely mobos, and Gigabyte RMA's seem to be fine, or at least they are in the UK, I have heard a lot of people complaining about Asus RMA support, they are supposed to be really poor.
Robilar
09-08-2009, 07:06 PM
Asus has just released the P6TD Deluxe which is essentially the same as the V2 but has a revised NB.
_FAKE_
09-09-2009, 08:49 AM
I'm a little iffy about this also. The motherboard I have is a Gigabyte EP45 DS3P and it's the second motherboard I've owned. First one was DOA, this one just plain and simply s*cks and constantly crashes in sleep mode when overclocked and not even the latest BIOS fixes the issue.
I've owned one Asus board and it was a legend. I constantly here good things about Gigabyte but my own experience say they s*ck. But they are practically half the price of Asus boards.
Thank you on replies, i have decided to go with Asus, both boards are great but three great years with P5B deluxe helped me to make a choice. :)
4Qman
09-11-2009, 02:32 AM
I had same decision, i went with the gigabyte x58 Extreme. To be honest both are superb boards. Id go on personal preference as you have done due to them being such a close call :)
Enjoy your new board :)
Thank you guys, soon as i get some i7 920 (hoping d0) i'll post some overclocking results.
DavyBoy
09-11-2009, 06:04 AM
@edc, I would imagine that you will definitely get a D0 stepping i920, there can't be much if any C0's around anymore I wouldn't have thought.
All the PC Hardware stores and e-tailers that I use all specify which stepping their chips are, I thought everywhere did this?
If you are buying it from a shop, then there is nothing stopping you from asking to see the S Spec of the chip, D0 will be SLBEJ.