Motherboard Opinion

[JMonroe24]

I have seen the approved boards and I have seen people using boards non approved and work fine. I'm trying to save money and I see a Gigabyte board that I like a little more than the ASUS P5Q Pro. They both have a P45 chipset. Here are links to both. Whats your opinion?

Gigabyte

Asus

[wolfskin]

Between these two, go with Gigabyte. I've had a much easier time configuring Gigabyte over Asus.

[JMonroe24]

Thanks for the opinion.

[JMonroe24]

Anybody else got an opinion cause im bout to get that Gigabyte board. Ive seen people use Gigabyte with no problems on the "whats approved forum".

[sw rec]

The hands-down favorite according to everything I'm seeing on the forum (AND my only personal choice) is the ASUS boards, I've never had to do anything but plug it in & go.
Never tried the P45 chipset, but the 35's work like a charm.

[SixChurchStreet]

I say, why mess around to save a couple bucks, when something has already been tried and tested time and time again?

This is my first build where I just listened and payed attention to what everyone said works, and I'm glad I did. In the past, I tended to be rebellious, looking for a deal, but it sometimes caused me troubles. Not always, but sometimes. But why take the chance? Who wants to be troubleshooting and posting on here about your motherboard woes when you can be making killer music instead?

[solidwalnut]

Here's a vote for the Asus.

[TOM@METRO]

Another vote for Asus.

PT 8, Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel [email protected], 4GB Patriot PDC24G8500ELKR2 1066@5-5-5-15, 2X ATI 550X.

[albee1952]

This should be a good alternate choice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121314

[mykhal c]

an ASUS build that we KNOW works...

Paulreed - 334 D-verbs on a Q9650, Asus P5Q Deluxe P45, 4 gigs 1066 corsair dominator RAM, Scythe Ninja2 cooler, two Asus EAH 3450 ATI fanless video cards for 3 monitors, Istar 400 series Quiet case, Three W.D. 3200KSRTL sata drives, sony DRU-865S lightscribe sata DVD drive, 2 noctua NF-R8 80mm fans in the back and one noctua NF-S12 120 mm pulling from the ninja heatsink. Pro Tools 7.4 C.S.8, Waves Platnium, Auto Tune 5 and Evo, Reason 4, Sony's Acid 6.

just sayin'...