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02-25-2008, 04:02 AM
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Which one
I'm looking to switch over to intel and was wondering which of these motherboards wold be my best choice. I will be gaming and possible going crossfire at some point in time. Heres the two I was looking at.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131219 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131227
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02-25-2008, 09:02 AM
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For the price, the P5E.
I wouldn't get either, i had a hard time choosing between my x38-dS4 and the P5E. But, the the ASUS boards have a bad vdroop problem and are ram picky, so it won't be the best overclocker, but still ok. I'd personally get the EX38-DS4.
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02-25-2008, 02:50 PM
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Thanks for the help.
I was thinking nof pairing it with this cpu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115030 And the memory and such in my sig.
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