Asus P5B DLX vs P5N-E SLi

[Kniwor]

There is a good reason still to get a 650i based mobo, the BIOS on P5B is almost mature, and u can expect improvements still in P5N with new BIOS releases in future.

 

[assasin]

Btw may i ask why 6300 and not 4300 ? Virtualization ???

Zion is not known for making OC friendly RAM

theres not much diff in prices of 4300 & 6300.also i'll buy E6300.
i've océd my present zion ram (ddr2 667) to over 800 without any stability issues.
wat do u guys say,sud i get 2*1GB sticks of Kingston from TheITWares.they r selling it for 3075 apiece.

 

[Kniwor]

theres not much diff in prices of 4300 & 6300.also i'll buy E6300.
i've océd my present zion ram (ddr2 667) to over 800 without any stability issues.
wat do u guys say,sud i get 2*1GB sticks of Kingston from TheITWares.they r selling it for 3075 apiece.

there is not much price diff, because there is not much diff in processor itself, E4300 is a better processor than 6300 if u wanna OC, it will give u a better multiplier, same cache, u have better OC'ing chances even on a budget mobo if the mobo hits the FSB wall, which will most probably the case with a 6300 due to it's poor multiplier.

 

[assasin]

but 6300 will be a better performer than 4300?
and theres a limit to max oc speed on stock cooling which i think will be the same for both.

 

[deathvirus_me]

Not by miles .. infact , u have a better chance of attaining higher clocks with the E4300 due to the 9x multiplier than with the E6300 ... on a lower FSB i.e. .. infact if u set the same FSB .. the E4300 will actually be clocked higher than the E6300 ..

And about oc;ing on stock cooling .. u need not worry till 3 GHz .. anything below 60c after 2 hours Orthos is good enough ...

 

[assasin]

so wat do u ppl suggest,sud i go for P5B DLX or P5N-E SLi
bet E4300 and E6300 which one sud i buy?
my main purpose is gaming and i wont be upgrading my pc for the next 1and 1/2 to 2yrs.
RAM = 2*1GB dual channel
GFX = 8600GTS i.e if i get it by mid-May.
wat do u think?will this config give me a good gaming rig????

 

[deathvirus_me]

i'd recommend u to wait for the E4400 or the E6320 ... those will definitely be worth the wait ...

As for the mobo .. both are good in its own way ... but if u can , go for the P5N-E SLi .. the extra oc'ing features will definitely come in handy ...

RAM seems fine ..

As for the card ... nvidia screwed with the 8600's ... wait for their later installments of ATi counterparts ...

 

[assasin]

shall i be able to get a E4400 or E6320 by mid-May or early June???
only prob in P5N-E SLI that i find is the absence of a Southbridge heatsink

do u wanna say that 8600 sux???if yes then why???
as far as ATI is concerned theres not much news about their release dates

 

[deathvirus_me]

As opposed to initial details , the 8600GTS/GT has only 32 stream processors ... coupled with the 128 bit mem. interface it really suffers in games .. the 8600GTS can match up to a 7900GTX only with extreme oc's upto 950 MHz on the core , and atleast 1800 on the mem. ... so though it'll be dx10 ready .. its really worth waiting to see their dx10 performance first ..

 

[darklord]

from anandtech

*www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2964&p=12

I am talking about 650i SLI ,the link shows 650i Ultra

so wat do u ppl suggest,sud i go for P5B DLX or P5N-E SLi
bet E4300 and E6300 which one sud i buy?
my main purpose is gaming and i wont be upgrading my pc for the next 1and 1/2 to 2yrs.
RAM = 2*1GB dual channel
GFX = 8600GTS i.e if i get it by mid-May.
wat do u think?will this config give me a good gaming rig????

I will STILL say P5N32-E SLI,4300 n 2GB RAM,it fits your budget dude,i showed it to you.Trust me you wont regret it

Hang on for that GPU decision,me sitting tight too,not that i have enough cash..but heck,dreaming mein kya jaata hai

 

[Kniwor]

shall i be able to get a E4400 or E6320 by mid-May or early June???
only prob in P5N-E SLI that i find is the absence of a Southbridge heatsink

do u wanna say that 8600 sux???if yes then why???
as far as ATI is concerned theres not much news about their release dates

basically...YES

 

[assasin]

ok.'my friend and i hav decided to buy:
C2D E4400
Asus P5B DLX
2*1GB DDR2 667 Dual Channel
DX10 gfx card.
the main reason behind not choosing the P5N-E SLI is that i've read in many reviews that the mobo has 'FSB Holes'bet 400-450 fsb.aslo it doesnt hav a áll solid state capacitor' design and tends to run hotter than 965.
if u guys find any flaws in this config then plz suggest.....

 

[darklord]

ok.'my friend and i hav decided to buy:
C2D E4400
Asus P5B DLX
2*1GB DDR2 667 Dual Channel
DX10 gfx card.
the main reason behind not choosing the P5N-E SLI is that i've read in many reviews that the mobo has 'FSB Holes'bet 400-450 fsb.aslo it doesnt hav a áll solid state capacitor' design and tends to run hotter than 965.
if u guys find any flaws in this config then plz suggest.....

E4400 available ?
doesnt matter if its 667 or 533,get whatever is cheaper.Remember,C2D is not bandwidth hungry
P5B Deluxe ? Why ?? That thing costs 12k or so,if you can afford that why not P5N32-E ? I just dont understand why you ignore it so much ?
Also P5B Dlx is not Solid Caps all over.....
Its a known fact that NV chipsets run warmer.Its there since NF4 chipsets
Upto you man.....choose for yourself.

 

[assasin]

i'm just waitin for Intel to cut prices.
afaik P5B DLX (non wifi version) costs bout 10.5k.
as of now E4400 is not available,but i xpect it to get it by mid-may or early June.

 

[deathvirus_me]

Well , with the E4400 , and using a 1:1 ratio , the E4400 will hit 3 GHz even on ddr2-533 RAM ... That'll be an awesome buy .. and with ddr2-533 modules , u can really push some tight latencies ... and even with value RAM's one could manage 3-3-3-8 i think ..