which board x38/x48?

[danmoody]

I want to pick up a new board i want to get an e7200 then a Q9x50 later on
I want to go gigabyte or dfi, i will be building a loop to do one 8800gt and cpu only with a triple120 and some nice swiftech parts.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136042
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128329
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136046

i like the DFI LP LT X48-T2R the most of all let me know what you think. Also would this be a good kit of memory to go with ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231184
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148180

thanks dan

[zanzabar]

get the dfi x48 LT, the gigabyte boards are terrible in comparison and since they are the same price why would u ask


for ram get the gskill non pi (u can gt pi but it wont help and may get in the way, powerchips run cool)

[danmoody]

yea i was looking at the dfi but i dont read as much as i used to didnt know if gigabyte was the better deal or not

[RealTelstar]

get the dfi x48 LT, the gigabyte boards are terrible in comparison and since they are the same price why would u ask


It doesnt look so terrible comparing to the DFI and other x48 boards:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x48-motherboard,1941-15.html

I saw also other tests and this board is quite good. The expansion ports are way the best. Anyway, there are drawbacks like the blackplates and the so-so bios.

[zanzabar]

since when dose toms matter, here is what u have with the gigabyte

1) limited bios
2) unstable voltage
3) cheap analogue pwms
4) bad sata placement
5) they like to overamp ram and kill it

it only scores high on stock becouse it uses tight non oc subtimings then when u go to oc it fails becouse the ram is loosened, but dfi scores bad becouse u have to configure it (who would have thought that u had to configure a board or it would perform bad)

[chrome-187]

i'd say go with the x38 mobo...ddr3 isnt much faster then ddr2 at all...and the new socket for intel shoudl be out late this year neway