Which P67 mobo are you getting/gotten

[Mem]

Guys don't forget Anandtech have the Sandy Bridge and Asrock Extreme 4 review up here http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080/welcome-to-sandy-bridge-with-the-asrock-p67-extreme4

 

[Castiel]

This one as the Maximus is a freaking ripoff

 

[stahlhart]

This one as the Maximus is a freaking ripoff

Castiel: here's that preview from the other thread yesterday, in English:

http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=451&sel_lang=english

 

[SZLiao214]

I wonder if those heatsinks around the cpu will block other cpu heatsinks.

 

[stahlhart]

I was wondering that myself. The article mentions that, depending on the cooler, it could also be an issue for the DIMM sockets, where I guess if you've also got cooling going on there it could bump depending on which memory you have.

Mabye it's fortunate that SB's cooling requirements are turning out to be lower, in which case you can hopefully avoid the issue.

 

[Edrick]

Just ordered the Gigabyte P67A-UD3P from Amazon yesterday. Shipped today and will be at my house on Thursday.

 

[xtremejoker]

Giga UD7, that is the one i want to see.....

 

[Zargon]

Gigabyte P67A-UD4

pretty darn sure now


cheapest I can find 193 from provantage

I hate provantage.......

 

[Hogan773]

It's a wash between the P8P67 Pro and UD4 for me. Probably the P8P67 if just because of the cool EFI BIOS... (come on, Gigabyte...)

I made a spreadsheet to try to decide on my end. Mostly correct though there are some mistakes (esp since some spec sheets don't make distinctions between internal and external USB, SATA, etc). Hope someone finds it useful.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...GlKNlFiUXdBU09LM1dwX0E&hl=en&authkey=CIW2_r4N

Did you pull down the spreadsheet? I wanted to check it out but the link doesn't work.

 

[Xed]

Asus Evo or Deluxe. Sadly Evga boards don't have a pci slot.

 

[jlarsson]

Asus p8p67 pro

 

[Doggiedog]

Asus p8p67 pro

Does that MB have RAID? It says in the literature that it has Intel RST which supports RAID but doesn't outright say that the MB has RAID unlike the Gigabyte boards.

 

[Zargon]

Gigabyte P67A-UD4

pretty darn sure now


cheapest I can find 193 from provantage

I hate provantage.......

now I'm waffling since it doesnt have UEFI or whatever

the MSI MSI P67A-GD65 or 55 are tempting

I can get the 55 shipped from superbiiz for 160

the Asus Pro is tempting too

Does that MB have RAID? It says in the literature that it has Intel RST which supports RAID but doesn't outright say that the MB has RAID unlike the Gigabyte boards.

from superbiiz product specs:

SATA: 4x SATA2 Ports, Support RAID 0,1,5,10; 4x SATA3 Ports (two support RAID 0,1,5,10); 2x eSATA2 Ports

who knows if its right?

 

[jlarsson]

Does that MB have RAID? It says in the literature that it has Intel RST which supports RAID but doesn't outright say that the MB has RAID unlike the Gigabyte boards.

Yes. From Asus:

Intel® P67 Express Chipset
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)
4 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (blue)
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
Marvell® 9120 controller
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (navy blue)*
JMicron® JMB362 SATA controller
2 xExternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports*
* These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not supported.

 

[Doggiedog]

Yes. From Asus:

I saw that but that doesn't necessarily mean the MB has RAID. It says Intel RST supports RAID. That's like a TV being HD ready or 3D ready. It's very ambiguous.

 

[Alaska Wolf]

Gigabyte P67A-UD4

pretty darn sure now


cheapest I can find 193 from provantage

I hate provantage.......

Why? I've only used them once for my Cooler Master case but got a great deal and the shipping was good.

 

[Zargon]

I had issues with them as a vendor

god I guess its been 8 years.

so they are probably just fine, and probably were then......

 

[Nintendesert]

Just ordered the Gigabyte P67A-UD3P from Amazon yesterday. Shipped today and will be at my house on Thursday.

My Amazon skills must fail because I can't seem to find the board at their site.

 

[hendermd]

My Amazon skills must fail because I can't seem to find the board at their site.

For some reason Amazon has deactivated the links, I placed all the 1155 boards in my shopping cart to quickly check prices and they still show up there, but if I click a link it can't find any of them.

 

[mclaren777]

I'm surprised that so many people are choosing Gigabyte over ASUS.

Is there any reason for this apparent trend?

 

[Zargon]

I'm surprised that so many people are choosing Gigabyte over ASUS.

Is there any reason for this apparent trend?

asus quality has been sliding and their RMA/CS has really gone down the tubes.

gigabyte has been on a roll.

I would have done MSI but they arent offering near as many details on their boards as I would like....

and I've been reading some rave reviews on it.

 

[Nintendesert]

asus quality has been sliding and their RMA/CS has really gone down the tubes.

gigabyte has been on a roll.

I would have done MSI but they arent offering near as many details on their boards as I would like....

and I've been reading some rave reviews on it.

I can't make myself go with their old BIOS when the other board makers are offering UEFI.

 

[Zargon]

I'm fighting it right now

asus pro or the msi 65 are on the list to

 

[ilkhan]

UD4 recieved 12/17. If I'd known they were going to be this widely available a month before the fucking chips hit retail I may have waited. Still, got a good <$200 price on it.

 

[Hogan773]

I'm looking at p8P67 regular vs Pro.

On regular it says eSata available "via bracket"

what does that mean? It includes one of those brackets with a connector, and then you plug it into a regular Sata port on the mobo?

If yes, what is the negative of that vs an actual eSata port?

Looks like biggest difference is 1 extra PCIe 16x slot on the Pro. I'm not a gamer and probably won't be in the future, so all I would give up is ability to Crossfire 2 video cards right? There is nothing else that would use a PCIe 16x slot right? I can afford either one, but as a principle I don't want to pay more for all kinds of slots that I'll never need. Just buy what I need ideally.....