Pls suggest a P67 based motherboard!

[DirtDiver]

Ill be building a new rig from grounds up in 3 weeks. I have almost everything finalized for the build except for the motherboard.

My rig will be i5 2500k based(i plan to OC a little, but only a year from now)

-->My max budget for Motherboard is Rs 8500.
-->The form factor of the model u suggest should me ATX.
-->It would be possible, pls provide a link to the online store selling your suggested motherboard.
-->My budget(for the entire rig) is already stretched beyond maximum so it will be great if u can suggest a motherboard less than 8500.(Dont suggest intel DP67BA)


My current choice is Intel DP67BG(costs 8500, approx). What are my options from other manufactures?(asus,gigabyte,msi in particular)




Thanks for ur help.

PS: ill be filling up the 'pc build questionare' and post the entire config i hav decided next week. (Right now my exams are going on, but an undecided motherboard isnt letting me sleep)

CPU                i5 2500k (Rs 11000)
Motherboard    Not Decided (Rs 8500 is the max i can spend)
Ram               4 gb @1600 (Rs 3500 approx)
SMPS              Seasonic S12II-520 (3800)
Cabby            690 II Black -Advanced with window (6000)
Gfx card         GTX 560 Ti (15000)
SSD               Kingston SV100S2-64G 64GB (6500)

Dont need hard disks, i have lots of them. Already hav a 22'' lg monitor.
Total budget after stretching is 52k. This build is costing me 54k.

 

[bhushan2k]

asus p67 mobo under 8k?? How come??

 

[slashragnarok]

I don't think there is an ASUS P67 mobo under 8k. Lowest is the ASUS P8P67 1155 @ 10.5k.

 

[DirtDiver]

@bhushan and shashragnarok

Yeah i too coundnt find any respectable P67 product under 8k. So i hav decided to forget about overclocking sandy bridge and just go for i5 2500 + H67 combo.

Anyway thanks for replying.

 

[slashragnarok]

In my opinion you should go for the 2500k and this

Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3 Motherboard

It's @ 9.5k. Later if the processor seems old to you, you can overclock. That way it's more future proof.

 

[DirtDiver]

@shashragnarok
What do u think of my original choice, ie, intel extreme DP67BG. It falls exactly into budget. Although, i couldnt find any dedicated reviews for it and im not even sure of its availability in indian markets.

And yeah Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3 looks good too. But it overshoots the already streached out budget.

 

[slashragnarok]

Can you post the entire rig please? maybe we'll be able to modify the components to suit your budget. And also post your budget + if you need monitor etc.

 

[vickybat]

@ DirtDiver

You can stick with the intel p67 and its as good as asus, msi & gigabyte. Don't consider it bad as its a vanilla board. p67 boards have locked bclk and to overclock, incrementing the multiplier is the only option. So intel p67 will easily do the job.

 

[bhushan2k]

@dirtdriver, to be honest, stock cooking of sandybridge proccys is enough when u actually runs applications..u won't need overclocked frequency..Get h67 + non k sandy bridge and buy some other thing like high end gpu in that saved money if ur budget exceeds..

 

[DirtDiver]

@ hey everybody

Check the first post, i posted the approx config i have come up with. Still lot of gaps.

@dirtdriver, to be honest, stock cooking of sandybridge proccys is enough when u actually runs applications..u won't need overclocked frequency..Get h67 + non k sandy bridge and buy some other thing like high end gpu in that saved money if ur budget exceeds..

Even i was thinking this. I just cant seem to make up my mind whether i should go for H67 + non k proccy nd no OC, or P67 + k proccy and keep my options open.

H67 will save me money..and i have already over shot the allocated budget.

But P67 will give OC ability for future + support to 1600 Mhz ram.

@ DirtDiver

You can stick with the intel p67 and its as good as asus, msi & gigabyte. Don't consider it bad as its a vanilla board. p67 boards have locked bclk and to overclock, incrementing the multiplier is the only option. So intel p67 will easily do the job.

Yeah..i anyway would not be doing any crazy OC. Also the 2 intel P67 ATX boards are the only ones in my budget of 8.5k.

I find it very surprising that there is nothing from chipset other companies at less than 8.5 in P67.

 

[bhushan2k]

in my opinion, if u really want to stick with OCkling, then u can avoid ssd and buy p67 + i5 2500k...when prices of ssd will drop, u can purchase it later on..btw, u didn't mention ram's brand...u can save 1k by buying single 4GB stick of corsair or G.skill..and what about HDD? Or gonna store everything in ssd?

 

[DirtDiver]

in my opinion, if u really want to stick with OCkling, then u can avoid ssd and buy p67 + i5 2500k...when prices of ssd will drop, u can purchase it later on..btw, u didn't mention ram's brand...u can save 1k by buying single 4GB stick of corsair or G.skill..and what about HDD? Or gonna store everything in ssd?

heh heh..i already have 6.7 tb of slow dump drives(internal WD greens, go flex desk, 7200.10s). I need the SSD for OS + current game ill be playing.

And ya im ok with getting single strip of ram if it saves me money. The brand will be corsair or G.skill but first i need to decide on mobo.

 

[bhushan2k]

ok..well, if u really want to get p67 then buy either of asus, gigabyte, msi or intel only..don't get cheapo like biostar or eos or asrock or anyother..these 4 are built on solid capacitor so great reliablity, gr8 performance, gr8 stability..

check this list

 

[vickybat]

^^Buddy biostar and asrock are not cheap brands. Asrock makes great enthusiast boards with military grade capacitors. Same goes with biostar.

Check the following:

ASRock P67 Extreme4

ASRock P67 Extreme6

 

[DirtDiver]

check this list

The prices of MSI, Biostar and some low end asus, gigabyte look ok(120-190$). But i cant find anything in this price range in india.

In india my only P67 options seem to be intel DP67BA (Rs 6500) and intel DP67BG (Rs 8500).

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^^Buddy biostar and asrock are not cheap brands. Asrock makes great enthusiast boards with military grade capacitors. Same goes with biostar.

Check the following:

ASRock P67 Extreme4

ASRock P67 Extreme6

biostar sucks! single layered thin PCBs i heard.

asrock is very good manufacturer though.

 

[vickybat]

biostar sucks! single layered thin PCBs i heard.

I don't think so mate. Biostar has been making quite feature rich boards lately.

Check the following:

Biostar TP67XE

Biostar TP67XE

Biostar TP67XE (LEGIT REVIEWS)

A small quote from tomshardware:

Though the performance of the top eight boards was almost identical, Biostar’s slim performance lead is still noteworthy. We particularly liked the old-fashioned menus found in its new UEFI, but fans of the brand will certainly be disappointed that it didn’t also take a lead in overclocking. After all, mid-budget overclocking should be Biostar’s tour-de-force

Check another board from biostar and this one is pure VFM.

Biostar TP67B+ review

Biostar TH67XE review

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^i am not talking of features.
PM sorcerer for more info.

 

[MegaMind]

@OP, Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3 is a good performer...

 

[vickybat]

@ jaskanwar singh

Has sorcerer tested any sandybridge mobo's? The way i see it , biostar p67 and h67 boards offer excellent vfm. The above reviews speak the same.

Sorcerer had previously said about the msi 890gxm mobo to be bad and to avoid it whilst using a phenom 2 1090t. Both cilus and i thought otherwise and found some reviews. They were all excellent and finally he settled for the same. The board is great and cilus has overclocked his 1090t @ 3.6ghz and planning for 4ghz once he gets a custom hsf.

Biostar has improved a lot. Nobody makes bad boards nowadays as competition is intense. Their mobos has full solid state capacitors and the chokes used are also very good. Won't give any problems whatsoever.