Help needed from the pro's

Kovoet · Jul 4, 2009

I have two mobo's here and would like advice which one to install for a gaming PC

Asus P5K premuim wifi which is a P35 mobo and has a 1.1 PCI-E slot

or a Biostar I45 Tpower with a 2.0 PCI-E slot

LittleLizard · Jul 4, 2009

Biostar for it oc capabilities and for crossfire possibility.

Sir_Real · Jul 4, 2009

Thats two nice mobos ya get there. I agree with LittleLizard go with the biostar mainly due to Its more powerful P45 chipset.

werez · Jul 4, 2009

The P45 chipset gives you better performance in games using a single video card . Also better performance for crossfire setup , since you get x8 crossfire . the Asus P5K premium does x4 if im not mistaking . Doesn`t matter if the PCIE is 1.1 if it`s running at x16 speed ( single gtx9800 for example ), but you may have some performance drops with newer generation video cards ( GTX260 , HD4870 ) . You won't get the maximum performance in this case . Use the Biostar I45 Tpower .

95Viper · Jul 4, 2009

LittleLizard said:
Biostar for it oc capabilities and for crossfire possibility.

Agreed

Biostar I45 Tpower

Tatty_Two · Jul 4, 2009

Again..... can only be the TPower, the P35 was a good chipset but 16 x 4 in crossfire @ PCI-E 1.1 just dont get close to 8 x 8 in PCI-E 2.0, with weaker cards you would notice the difference less because you may not be pushing the bandwidth limits but anything mid to high then P45 is the way to go.

JrRacinFan · Jul 4, 2009

Hands down: Biostar.

Kovoet · Jul 4, 2009

Thanks guys much appreciated

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Help needed from the pro's

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