Asus P5B DLX vs P5N-E SLi

[assasin]

guys my friend is going in for a new pc based on C2D.for the mobo part he has shortlisted 4 :
1>Asus P5B DLX
2>Asus P5N-E SLi
3>DFI LANPARTY UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R
4>MSI P6N Diamond

which will be the best mobo amongst these in all respects.his primary objective is oc and gaming.
is the third mobo available in Kolkata and wat is its price.
is it availble in any online store in India?
wats the price of the MSI P6N Diamond?

Also is there any Intel Bearlake (P35) chipset mobos available now in India?any idea on pricing,availability and performance??

[Kniwor]

For OC'ing 1 thing I can tell is P5B-DLX will be better than P5N-SLI. The DFI board might be rocking too but I don't think there's a need if he's not gonna use SLI, because it will be costlier I guess. And I have no Idea of that MSI board.

[assasin]

theres aint any SLI business.SLI sux big time.it aint vfm.
both my friend and i will buy the same config and as far as gfx card is concerned we'll buy a 8600GTS/GT.
based on the above info which mobo will be the best.

As far as the P6N Diamond mobo is concerned,its a nVidia 680i SLI based mobo supporting 16GB ram,4xPci-ex16 slots for quad-sli setup/

[deathvirus_me]

Well , the P5N-E SLi actually has much more options for oc'ing that P5B Deluxe .. and the overall features are hardly diff. ...

All the mobo's mentioned are really good (the P6N will be much higher priced though) ... so getting any one will be satisfactory ...

Also , ur friend could opt for a Gigabyte 965P DS3P mobo ... has enough options , and priced under 10k's is the hot spot ..

theres aint any SLI business.SLI sux big time.it aint vfm.

U have a very strange viewpoint ... SLi maybe bad .. but why avoid SLi mobo's ?? the second PCIe slot may come in handy later ... those mobo's perform good enough with a single GPU don't they ??

[vikz]

I just bought a P5N-E SLI for Rs. 7500/- in Bangalore and I'm thrilled with the performance. It's based on an Nvidia 650 chipset and overclocking is great. Search the forums at www.Xtremesytems.com for P5N-E SLI and you'll find over a 120 pages on it. Based on a price/perfomance ratio, this board is what I would recommend.

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by deathvirus_me

Well , the P5N-E SLi actually has much more options for oc'ing that P5B Deluxe .. and the overall features are hardly diff. ...

Unfortunately, only options do not decide overclockability, the 650 chipset is not as good overclocker as P965, and hence my comment, I'm quite confident that P5B-Deluxe in general is better OC'er than P5N.

[deathvirus_me]

The 650i has much more options ... but the P965 is actually much more stable in terms of the oc'ing .. but hell , it'll finally vary with every mobo ... its about what u actually need ...

[assasin]

i'm not avoiding SLi mobos.all the mobos that hav been shortlisted r sli capable.what i said is that both my friend and i dont hav any intentions of setting up sli

[darklord]

Originally Posted by Kniwor

Unfortunately, only options do not decide overclockability, the 650 chipset is not as good overclocker as P965, and hence my comment, I'm quite confident that P5B-Deluxe in general is better OC'er than P5N.

The only difference between 680i and 650i is,

680i SLI = C55XE + 590SLI
650i SLI = C55XE + NV 430

Hence they clock same and there is no difference chipset wise.Its upon board implementation and BIOS options

Asus Has P5N32-E SLI Plus which is C55XE [650i SLI] with 570 SLI Southbridge,its much cheaper and still boasts almost same features as P5N32-E SLI with Solid Metal Caps all over to add to the goodies

but the P965 is actually much more stable in terms of the oc'ing

As in ?

@ Assasin,
Dont get MSI boards,In India they are shamefully expensive and totally NOT worth the price.
DFI is a strict no no for a first time clocker
P5N32-E SLI is SLIGHTLY more than P5B Dlx,why not consider that ?
Newer revision and latest BIOS has fixed Vdroop too.
It shares the same PCB with the Striker

[assasin]

@darklord wats the price of P5N32-E SLI??
do u know the price of the DFI board??if its somewhere near the other boards then i may buy it for myself,provided its available.

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

@darklord wats the price of P5N32-E SLI??
do u know the price of the DFI board??if its somewhere near the other boards then i may buy it for myself,provided its available.

DFI is not avlbl in India....
Asus P5N32-E SLI = 13.5k all inclusive,maybe even cheaper

[assasin]

^^^ then i'll hav to redo all my calculations.i've 40k for mobo,procy,ram and gfx card.i dont think i'll be able to squeez in the P5N32-E SLI if its above 11k,cuz i've kept bout 18k for mobo & proccy,8.5-9k for 2GB ddr2 ram and the rest for a DX10 gpu when its released in that price bracket.

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

^^^ then i'll hav to redo all my calculations.i've 40k for mobo,procy,ram and gfx card.i dont think i'll be able to squeez in the P5N32-E SLI if its above 11k,cuz i've kept bout 18k for mobo & proccy,8.5-9k for 2GB ddr2 ram and the rest for a DX10 gpu when its released in that price bracket.

Asus P5N32- E SLI = 13.5k
Intel C2D E4300 = 7.5k
2GB Dynet 533 DDR2 Ram = 5k

Total = 26k
Balance for GPU = 14k [8600GTS ????]

I am known to make people bankrupt
ROFL

[assasin]

but dood i aint buying a E4300 and neither is my friend.both of us will buy E6300.
here our vendor said that 2*1GB ddr2 ZION ram sticks will cost 4150 apiece.
i'm planning to get the 8600GTS if its available for 14k.
so i'll be in all sorts of prob if hav to buy the P5N32-E SLi

[Kniwor]

hey what's the max fsb ur P5N goes darklord??

[vinyas]

Go for P5w DH ...u will have the Right balance of Features & OC capablity

[s18000rpm]

Originally Posted by assasin

but dood i aint buying a E4300 and neither is my friend.both of us will buy E6300.
here our vendor said that 2*1GB ddr2 ZION ram sticks will cost 4150 apiece.
i'm planning to get the 8600GTS if its available for 14k.
so i'll be in all sorts of prob if hav to buy the P5N32-E SLi

is Zion really a good option for OC'n???

once i enquired about it @ Chennai, those guys were just clueless about it (about 4 months ago)

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

but dood i aint buying a E4300 and neither is my friend.both of us will buy E6300.
here our vendor said that 2*1GB ddr2 ZION ram sticks will cost 4150 apiece.
i'm planning to get the 8600GTS if its available for 14k.
so i'll be in all sorts of prob if hav to buy the P5N32-E SLi

4K for a stick !!!!! he is looting you dude ! Even Kingston 1Gb DDR2 667 is around 2900-3,000 or so.
Btw may i ask why 6300 and not 4300 ? Virtualization ???

hey what's the max fsb ur P5N goes darklord??

500 FSB is piece of cake.Just need to take care of the insane amount of heat it generates
Its bloody hot chipset

Go for P5w DH ...u will have the Right balance of Features & OC capablity

P5WDH is solid,fast platform although OCing wouldnt be great or so.Newer revision P5WDH clock upto 450 but its difficult to get there easily
At stock though,it is STILL the fastest chipset [975X] compared to 965,680i,650i etc etc...No one comes close to it.But tighter chipset latencies sacrifice OC potential.

is Zion really a good option for OC'n???

Zion is not known for making OC friendly RAM

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by darklord

The only difference between 680i and 650i is,

680i SLI = C55XE + 590SLI
650i SLI = C55XE + NV 430

Hence they clock same and there is no difference chipset wise.Its upon board implementation and BIOS options

from anandtech

The EVGA 650i Ultra offers excellent overclocking capabilities for a $100 Intel motherboard but it quickly runs out of headroom around the 500FSB level. We believe this is a limitation of the 650i SPP based upon our results with other 650i boards.

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

[deathvirus_me]

As in ?

The reason i said this is that at most places ... almost all the P965 chips does >400 FSB easily without any stability issues ... and that some 650i have certain issues which should be fixed by now ...

[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]

Originally Posted by darklord

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]

Originally Posted by assasin

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]

Originally Posted by Kniwor

from anandtech

http://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