Asus vs Intel mobo

[phillyman36]

Hey im going to upgrade my rig to a conroe rig next week. Im looking at the asus and Intel mobo


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121035


How are Intel boards for overclocking? (may overclock it a little but nothing extreme) my asus board has the option in the bios to overclock by 10% does Intel have those setting or do i manually have to put them in

my current rig is

x2-3800
corsair 1 gig (2x512 sticks) ddr
evga 6800
seagate hard drive 200 gig

Im looking at the e6400 conroe if you had $1000.00 bucks to ugrade cpu/mobo/ram and maybe a new 19 lcd what would you get? (still not sure about the lcd yet

 

[CyborgNinja117]

the asus board of course, coz its 975X chipset and it has heatpipes.

 

[Skott]

The ASUS mobo is the better mobo overall. The new bios (not sure if its out yet ot not) also allows for better overclocking than the original stock board.

 

[kmmatney]

If your not going to overclock, then you shouldn't bother getting the over priced ASUS motherboard. Only heavy overclocking can justify the price. The intel board is very stable. I don't know about overcloking in the BIOS but you can usually overclock in Windows using "CLockGen" software. I have an Intel 865-based motherboard that I can easily overclock 10% using this software.

 

[Viditor]

Asus will have the better quality components...Intel boards are made by Foxconn under the Intel logo.

 

[hutch1ns]

Originally posted by: Viditor
Asus will have the better quality components...Intel boards are made by Foxconn under the Intel logo.

You learn something new everyday. I bet most people on here didn't know that.

 

[phillyman36]

So would you all say use Intel if running at stock and use Asus if im going to overclock? Any speed differences between and 965 and a 975 board?

 

[Skott]

Assuming you used the same ram, cpu, and video card in both systems I dont think the difference, if there was any, would be much at least from one review I saw anyway. The difference is in features and overclocking ability/performance.