whats the differance in these chipsets?

[childsy_1985]

I am looking a 2 motherboards. One is the Gigabyte P5Q The other is the Asus P5K-EPU.

The P5Q has a P45 North Bridge and a ICH10R South Bridge
[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131295]
The P5K has a P35 North Bridge and a ICH9 South Bridge
[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131277]

The P5k Has 2 pci-e x16 ports but the P5Q has only 1

Tell me what you think Thanks

 

[daisymtc]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...mpareItemList=N82E16813131277,N82E16813131295

P5K EPU support Crossfire (not in full speed)
P5Q support 1 video card at PCI-E x 16 2.0, RAID, more SATA slot.

I personally will choose P5Q. If you looking for Crossfire, you'd better off to X38/ X48 chipset.