Official ASUS X38 Boards: P5E, P5E3 - Info/BIOS Thread

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I also considered the Abit IP35-Pro, which is the top rated P35 board. But this board has it's own set of problems and the P35 chipset will soon be just a memory. The P5E is designed to support all the latest 45nm CPU's and of course the Q9560 with bios 0502 or later. Go with P5E and the following memory and you won't have any problems. A proper memory marriage is important with the P5E. Don't skimp on memory - you'll be sorry.

-- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED P5E MEMORY -- 100% Compatible
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $149.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820231065

hey guys, worth it getting a p5e for a q9450? OR should I get a p35 board. Planning on a small oc, 3.2ghz i guess? Trying to save money, but it seems the ip35 pro has problems with 45nm chips from what I've read. Only way to run them is with beta bios and the last official bios update was in 2007-09-06. So I don't know whats best for running a q9450... I'm lost heh