Looking to upgrade mobo

LittleLizard · Aug 17, 2009

Ok fellas. I saved almost enough for a new mobo as mine one is POO.

These are my 3 choices

Gigabyte P43-ES3G

Pros: Gigabyte boards tend to oc pretty well, even the lowest end ones, dual bios and the other features of gigabyte boards. Cheapest of the 3. 5 PCI.

Con: Only 3 phases. Not all solid caps. Gigabyte support is non-existant here.

ECS P45T-A

Pros: Smokin sexy. Crossfire. ICH10R. Did i mention is sexy?

Con: Bios and Oc capabilities of ECS are POO. Probably their drivers are POO too. I know people with ecs that have died. Expensive.

MSI P45 Neo-F

Pros: Mine one is msi and know is good. ALMOST all solid caps. P45 Chipset. Msi software is good. Msi support here is also pretty good. MSI Bios is OK for oc, not the best but not the worst.

Con: Not all solid caps. A bit on the expensive side.

Gigabyte EP45-UD3L

Pros: By far the best. Hell oc. SPDIF out.

Con: By far the most expensive

Keep in mind, these are the only decent choices on my budget so, suggest.

Solaris17 · Aug 17, 2009

ECS= gross go for the msi

o and BTW your not allowed to bump your threads that often

ASRockIQ · Aug 17, 2009

i like the look of that ECS Mobo

but looks aren't everything. ECS hasn't been doing that bad lately though. MSI lately though on there... Low Budget/Mid. Mobos are crap to me. what's your budget man?

BroBQ · Aug 17, 2009

i'd go for the Gigabyte

better quilty then all the other ones

bogmali · Aug 17, 2009

I'm giving that Gigabyte board a slight edge over the MSI one. I had the same Gigabyte board but I never got around to test the OC capabilities before I traded it for an i7 board. If you're really desperate and on a tight budget then I would go for the ECS

LittleLizard · Aug 17, 2009

need more opinions, and.

ASRockIQ said:
i like the look of that ECS Mobo but looks aren't everything. ECS hasn't been doing that bad lately though. MSI lately though on there... Low Budget/Mid. Mobos are crap to me. what's your budget man?

my budget is around 140 dollars but the problem is that everything is expensive here and also the variaty of mobos is very low.

Going to add another to the list.

erocker · Aug 17, 2009

Stop bumping your threads. Once per 24 hours.

CDdude55 · Aug 17, 2009

Either the MSI or Gigabyte.

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Looking to upgrade mobo

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