Best motherboard?

Founders · Feb 15, 2008

hello Guys

I am in the market for a new Mobo and I want to know what you think is the best mobo out at present

I was looking at the striker 11 formula but heard it was having a few issues

any thoughts please.

btarunr · Feb 15, 2008

1. That's Striker II Formula, not Striker 11.

2. Very relative, on what you call 'the best'. For Intel Desktop, right now it's the ASUS Maximus Extreme and Striker II Formula and also the Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 but many reviewers suggest the metal plate behind the CPU socket (aka Crazy Cool) is a hinderence when using CPU coolers with a back-plate (and that metal plate is difficult to remove).

For AMD Desktop AM2+ it has to be the Gigabyte GA-790FX-DQ6 and the ASUS M3A32-MVP.
The recent BIOS update allows the ASUS Crosshair to run the Phenom processors.

For Intel Workstation it will be any board based on the Intel "Seaburg" 5400 server chipset.

For AMD Workstation it will be the MSI K9ND "Speedster" WA6.

happita · Feb 15, 2008

btarunr hit it right on the money.

Founders · Feb 15, 2008

Yeah sorry lack on info for you.

I am running Inrel chips and its for my home rig

so yeah i guess its a case of the Asus striker II formula 780I chipset, or the maximus extreme (x38 chipset)

I am looking to put water cooling on the cpu and 2 gpus in 2 weeks.

so what you think?

AddSub · Feb 15, 2008

AMD? Anything 790FX, really. My pick would be anything 790FX and DFI, and that would mean several motherboards including DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136041

ASUS = overrated

btarunr · Feb 15, 2008

Founders said:
Yeah sorry lack on info for you.

I am running Inrel chips and its for my home rig

so yeah i guess its a case of the Asus striker II formula 780I chipset, or the maximus extreme (x38 chipset)

I am looking to put water cooling on the cpu and 2 gpus in 2 weeks.

so what you think?

Again boils down to your proposed/planned video-subsystem. If it's NVidia SLI (or that you own a NVidia card) It's better you go for the Striker II Formula. If you own a ATI card (and CrossFire), go for the Maximus Formula. This way you carve your upgrade path well before hand.

Founders · Feb 15, 2008

Yeah cheers

i jsut looked up the maximus and noticed it was x-fire setup so as I own 8800's and want 9800s strilkerII is the way to go

happita · Feb 15, 2008

AddSub said:
ASUS = overrated

With the amount of features that they pack into their enthusiast products, I think the price increase vs. other companies is justified. But I agree with you that they are slightly overrated and I think it's partly due to the price factor.

Nitro-Max · Feb 15, 2008

Well the asus maximus formula x38 is a good board but i recomend the Asus P5E Intel X38 Simply because its the same board but you save a a bit of money if you peel off the Asus p5e Sticker on the mobo it actually says "asus maximus formula" underneath it lol.

But if you're going Nvidia this isnt the board for you.

Founders · Feb 17, 2008

Nvidia it is, ordered the striker II formula

so will see how we go.

just for you ppl out their i got my striker extreme RMA'd becuse it sais it supports 45 mm chips and dont support them all

so i got this striker II free upgrade after a year of striker extreme

DOM · Feb 17, 2008

Founders said:
Nvidia it is, ordered the striker II formula

so will see how we go.

just for you ppl out their i got my striker extreme RMA'd becuse it sais it supports 45 mm chips and dont support them all so i got this striker II free upgrade after a year of striker extreme

they do as with the Beta Version 1502 2008/02/15 update but only dual cores :ohwell:

Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

Founders · Feb 17, 2008

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
they do as with the Beta Version 1502 2008/02/15 update but only dual cores

Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.C0) ALL 1502

hence the fact i put" they dont support them ALL

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