P8H67-M EVO @ $129! That's NICE!This should give you a fair idea :
ASUS Full ATX Intel P67 Chipset Motherboards :
P8P67 ~$160
P8P67 PRO ~190
P8P67 EVO ~210
P8P67 Deluxe ~235
SABERTOOTHP67 ~$219
P8P67 WS SC ~$259
Maximus IV Extreme ~$365
ASUS Micro-ATX Intel P67 and H67 Chipset Motherboards :
P8P67-M PRO ~$149
P8H67-M EVO ~$129
ASUS Mini-ITX Intel P67 and H67 Chipset Motherboards
P8H67-I Deluxe (Price is yet to be determined.)
From here
You do not want an H67 based board if you want to OC -- after reading their review / info properly, the H67s will not allow OCing at all, but will make use of the onboard video output. What you want is a P67 board, which will allow OCing but will not have onboard video output.
P8H67-M EVO @ $129! That's NICE!
Any info on Gigabyte mobos? I'm eyeing GA-H67MA-UD2H! I'm gonna buy between these two!
I think I'm gonna get 2600, but which one I don't know yet, depends on the pricing. But I'll have to buy H67 mobo, coz I'm not gonna buy a video card immediately.. so until I get one, I won't be able to use my PC if I go with P67. & I don't think I'm gonna OC. It's plenty powerful even at stock.^^ if you want to OC your cpu ( which I think you should must do ) you better get a "k"series SNB cpu along with P67 mobo and P8P67-M PRO ~$149 is really a nice deal.
If 2500 had HT, I'd have bought it in a heartbeat but sadly it doesn't. HT will help me a lot when working on 3D stuff & rendering, so I'm going with 2600.right now 2500k looks the best and theres no point in buying a k part if you wont oc.
2600 around 15k 2600k 19k 2600s in between.
2500k max srp 12800 so p67 is the way.
btw do you have a lynnfield cpu right now?
As I said in my last post, 2500k don't have HT & the 3D software I use [Vue 9 Infinite] takes full advantage of multi-threading. That's why I'm going with 2600, coz HT will speed up things considerably. Also, not having a gfx card is not a show-stopper in any way, Vue will run fine with Intel graphics, hence the H67 mobo. I can always add card later if needed.I would suggest you to get a a cheap p67 mobo along with a SNB 2500K paired with a good aftermarket cpu cooler and a cheap gfx card.
when OCed this setup will outperform a stock 2600S+H67.
Yes, thanx! I do encode videos from time to time. Is trans-coding any different than encoding?^^ I got it. One more advantage you would get by buying a H67 mobo is intel quick sync which significantly speeds up video trans coding with the best possible image quality.
BTW, prices of some products which I think is some of the best deals :
Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Rs. 3500
Samsung External DVD Writer Slim Rs 1,900.00
Logitech Trackman Wheel Mouse Rs. 1450
Sony Memory Card Micro-SD 8GB Rs. 825
Sennheiser Headphones HD 180 Rs. 825
Logitech LS21 2.1 Speaker Rs. 875
Kingston 8 GB USB Pen Drive ( KGJF8GB ) Rs. 610
Intel is a total idiot, you cannot use the unbelievably fast Transcoding features of sandy bridge unless you hook a monitor to it, bye bye external gpus, totally pi$$ed off skipping 1st gen sandy bridge, next up - bulldozer, lets see its performance, maybe I'll wait for ivy bridge.^^ I got it. One more advantage you would get by buying a H67 mobo is intel quick sync which significantly speeds up video trans coding with the best possible image quality.
BTW, prices of some products which I think is some of the best deals :
Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Rs. 3500
Samsung External DVD Writer Slim Rs 1,900.00
Logitech Trackman Wheel Mouse Rs. 1450
Sony Memory Card Micro-SD 8GB Rs. 825
Sennheiser Headphones HD 180 Rs. 825
Logitech LS21 2.1 Speaker Rs. 875
Kingston 8 GB USB Pen Drive ( KGJF8GB ) Rs. 610
Intel is a total idiot, you cannot use the unbelievably fast Transcoding features of sandy bridge unless you hook a monitor to it, bye bye external gpus, totally pi$$ed off skipping 1st gen sandy bridge, next up - bulldozer, lets see its performance, maybe I'll wait for ivy bridge.
Yes, thanx! I do encode videos from time to time. Is trans-coding any different than encoding?
& where can I get that Samsung Slim External DVD Writer?
Intel is a total idiot, you cannot use the unbelievably fast Transcoding features of sandy bridge unless you hook a monitor to it, bye bye external gpus, totally pi$$ed off skipping 1st gen sandy bridge, next up - bulldozer, lets see its performance, maybe I'll wait for ivy bridge.
Buddy i think Z68 will fix the problem and lucid has already enabled quicksync on h67 chipset with discrete graphics but is not possible in p67.
Z68 will clear this mist. Check this
I terabyte seagate 32MB Buffer should cost You Rs. 5.6-5.8k.There is not much price difference between 16Mb & 32MB version. Max Rs. 300 less.
So it's s wise to get 32MB buffer model.
I terabyte seagate 32MB Buffer should cost You Rs. 5.6-5.8k.There is not much price difference between 16Mb & 32MB version. Max Rs. 300 less.
So it's s wise to get 32MB buffer model.