Cheap setup, Asus P5B-SE any good?

tidyboy21 · 01-08-2008, 12:10 AM

Building a PC for a mate who wants a very cheap setup just for work, but he wants it to be quite fast. Going to be using an E6420 because I have one I'm going to sell him. Anyone know if the Asus P5B-SE P965 is any good. Nothing is going to be overclocked so I'm not worried about that. Cheers.

PohTayToez · 01-08-2008, 12:28 AM

ASUS is definitely a solid brand and that seems to be a good board.

PC eye · 01-08-2008, 12:30 AM

There was a little problem logging onto the link there. That model can be seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131213 or on the Asus product page seen at http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...31&modelmenu=1

Some people prefer the P065 for ocing while for stock builds the preference here is for models seeing the nForce chipsets. That model sees the faster fsb over the other 3 models seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ame=Intel+P965 But don't plan on running any quad core cpus.

PohTayToez · 01-08-2008, 12:34 AM

Or you can just take off the extra "http://" at the beginning:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(21206)Asus-Motherboard-P5BSE-P965-LGA775-Core2.aspx

EDIT:
What the hell? Twice I've tried to create the link and it keeps adding "www.computeforum.com/" to the beginning of it.

PC eye · 01-08-2008, 12:41 AM

Besides seeing a few bad boards come in over the last few years Asus generally offers more features then brands like Abit or DFI while closely competing with Gigabyte, MSI, and a few others in general. But without any plans for ocing or SLI that would work while the preference is for nForce not Intel and certainly not VIA or SIS!

StrangleHold · 01-08-2008, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

But don't plan on running any quad core cpus.

Why is that, they support the Quad core.

StrangleHold · 01-08-2008, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

Besides seeing a few bad boards come in over the last few years Asus generally offers more features then brands like Abit or DFI while closely competing with Gigabyte, MSI, and a few others in general. But without any plans for ocing or SLI that would work while the preference is for nForce not Intel and certainly not VIA or SIS!

MSI Motherboards are in about the same league as Abit (so so). DFI has as many features as any boards and are some of the best overclocking boards you can buy.

PC eye · 01-08-2008, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangleHold

Why is that, they support the Quad core.

Besides only needing one post for all that, when you use the selector seen at newegg for what cpu type(Core 2 Extreme or quad core listed first) that's the one out of 4 seen at the link there that is bypassed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangleHold

MSI Motherboards are in about the same league as Abit (so so). DFI has as many features as any boards and are some of the best overclocking boards you can buy.

Sorry to say Abit is better known for ocing along with MSI old Neo series over DFI. When looking over the actual specifications when going to decide on what make and model board to go with besides Asus DFI and Abit always seem to fall behind MSI and Gigabyte for some reason.

StrangleHold · 01-08-2008, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

Besides only needing one post for all that, when you use the selector seen at newegg for what cpu type(Core 2 Extreme or quad core listed first) that's the one out of 4 seen at the link there that is bypassed.

Sorry to say Abit is better known for ocing along with MSI old Neo series over DFI. When looking over the actual specifications when going to decide on what make and model board to go with besides Asus DFI and Abit always seem to fall behind MSI and Gigabyte for some reason.

Do you decide motherboard spec. by using newegg? All the boards at your links support the Quad Core. Not even going to comment on your knowledge on motherboards and what is better. Hence your post!

PC eye · 01-08-2008, 02:05 AM

Sorry about that! tidyboy21 But someone else prefers the regular habit of hijacking threads!

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01-08-2008, 12:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	There was a little problem logging onto the link there. That model can be seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131213 or on the Asus product page seen at http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...31&modelmenu=1 Some people prefer the P065 for ocing while for stock builds the preference here is for models seeing the nForce chipsets. That model sees the faster fsb over the other 3 models seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ame=Intel+P965 But don't plan on running any quad core cpus. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,541	Or you can just take off the extra "http://" at the beginning: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(21206)Asus-Motherboard-P5BSE-P965-LGA775-Core2.aspx EDIT: What the hell? Twice I've tried to create the link and it keeps adding "www.computeforum.com/" to the beginning of it. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW Last edited by PohTayToez; 01-08-2008 at 12:39 AM.

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	Besides seeing a few bad boards come in over the last few years Asus generally offers more features then brands like Abit or DFI while closely competing with Gigabyte, MSI, and a few others in general. But without any plans for ocing or SLI that would work while the preference is for nForce not Intel and certainly not VIA or SIS! __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,279	Sorry about that! tidyboy21 But someone else prefers the regular habit of hijacking threads! __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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