ASUS P5N-E SLI or INTEL DG965WH?

[xsreality]

Hello friends! A small question.. what will I LOSE and GAIN if I decide to drop ASUS P5N-E SLI and go for INTEL DG965WH mobo... keeping other things same..?

[s18000rpm]

no overclocking.

RAM which operate at more than 1.8volts will cause problems

max. RAM voltage supported 1.8v.

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Asus

Pros
You can overclock and juice out the power from Processor and other Stuff

Cons
no Onboard Graphic card so you will have to spend 5-6 Minimum to get a Graphic Card which will last for year or two.

DG965WH has onboard graphic card so you wont be needing a Graphic card to run simple OS. Onboard graphic can also play old games and few new games but not at full eye candy.

Cons - No overclocking, locked BIOS

[xsreality]

thanx for replying guys.. in any case i m going to buy grfx card.. so thats not a problem and i m not worried about overclocking yet.. i m not getting the ASUS P5N-E SLI mobo here... Intel mobos are available readily.. so should I go for this one or if u can suggest a better one (INTEL)?

[Sukhdeep Singh]

For how much Intel DG965WH. I have this same Mobo

[deathvirus_me]

Well , to be very honest .. the P5N-E SLi is worth the wait .. the Intel boards are crappy ... except the high end ones. .

[praka123]

Intel boards to get serviced is a tedious job afaik and in my experiance.

[xsreality]

Originally Posted by praka123

Intel boards to get serviced is a tedious job afaik and in my experiance.

Here i m facing an opposite situation.. asus mobos are difficult to find and servicing problems are also there..

Originally Posted by sukhdeepsinghkohli

For how much Intel DG965WH. I have this same Mobo

I didnt get u.. if u r askin budget.. its 8k for mobo..

Originally Posted by deathvirus_me

Well , to be very honest .. the P5N-E SLi is worth the wait .. the Intel boards are crappy ... except the high end ones. .

Well then a direct question.. Should I really get that mobo from Mumbai by parcel knowing that i may not get service for it or should I compromise by opting for intel mobo..? Thats the dilemma i m facing rite now and cant decide..

[s18000rpm]

depends.

wat are you going to do?

watch movie, play songs, some editing... then Intel

if Gaming => ASUS.

[xsreality]

Originally Posted by s18000rpm

depends.

wat are you going to do?

watch movie, play songs, some editing... then Intel

if Gaming => ASUS.

All that! and i m into gaming... esp wud like to play games like NFS carbon at its full throttle!!!

[s18000rpm]

nfs carbon = not worth it.

Test Drive Unlimited

u a gamer, so stick to Overclockable m/b =ASUS or other brands (except Intel)

[xsreality]

Oh Test Drive Unlimited is gud? wud chk it out.. hmm.. i think ASUS is the way to go..

[Choto Cheeta]

Hmm... I am with P5N-E SLi !!!! and umm !!! with its price right now !!! its a good buy !!

Only thing which really hearts is there is no On board Grfx and while i was in a Tight bugdet i ended upw with Crappy 6200 LE where g965 would be far better than 6200 LE

[Kniwor]

Originally Posted by xsreality

Hello friends! A small question.. what will I LOSE and GAIN if I decide to drop ASUS P5N-E SLI and go for INTEL DG965WH mobo... keeping other things same..?

DONT DO THAT