The Best LGA1156 Board for the $?

[Ktmrida4life]

Originally Posted by Dopamin3

The board should be okay. And no the first slot runs at full bandwidth while the second one is only x4.


So the first slot is for GPU (PCIe 2.0 and x16 bandwidth) and the second could be for an expansion card (PCIe x4.)

Ohh okay. Thanks for the explanation, I got a little confused xD

So the board should be fine? Sure is cheap, I would be able to afford better memory and a CPU cooler that way.. lol

[Dopamin3]

Originally Posted by Ktmrida4life

Ohh okay. Thanks for the explanation, I got a little confused xD

So the board should be fine? Sure is cheap, I would be able to afford better memory and a CPU cooler that way.. lol

I would personally get this one. It has the Lotes CPU socket, so there will be no CPU-socket burn problems under high voltage. As far as I can tell that GigaByte board will use the Foxconn socket by looking at the pictures which has that problem.

And I'm not an MSI fanboy, I don't like this current board that much compared to the DFI I used

[JDMfanatic]

Are you gaming on this computer? If you are, the Hyper-Threading actually has a negative effect on gaming; you should go with the i5-750 if you're gaming, the 8x on the Crossfire/SLI vs 16x is negligible.

I'd go for the UD3R. If you had a little more money, you should go for the board on my sig. Overclocks very well!

Dopamin, the CPU-socket burns won't be a problem for him unless he's going LN2 or DICE cooling, so you can mostly rule out that factor.

[Dopamin3]

Originally Posted by JDMfanatic

Are you gaming on this computer? If you are, the Hyper-Threading actually has a negative effect on gaming; you should go with the i5-750 if you're gaming, the 8x on the Crossfire/SLI vs 16x is negligible.

I'd go for the UD3R. If you had a little more money, you should go for the board on my sig. Overclocks very well!

Dopamin, the CPU-socket burns won't be a problem for him unless he's going LN2 or DICE cooling, so you can mostly rule out that factor.

I would still rather have that board.

If I were buying i5, I would definitely not get one with a Foxconn socket. Just knowing it has that problem irks me. It's like "Here take this car. You won't have any problems unless you go 80mph." I don't usually drive 80mph but maybe you get the point. I can't think right now to explain it lol.

[Ktmrida4life]

Originally Posted by JDMfanatic

Are you gaming on this computer? If you are, the Hyper-Threading actually has a negative effect on gaming; you should go with the i5-750 if you're gaming, the 8x on the Crossfire/SLI vs 16x is negligible.

I'd go for the UD3R. If you had a little more money, you should go for the board on my sig. Overclocks very well!

Dopamin, the CPU-socket burns won't be a problem for him unless he's going LN2 or DICE cooling, so you can mostly rule out that factor.

Ive seen that term mentioned here before.. what is LN2 and DICE?? Does LN stand for liquid nitrogen?? Whats dice?

Also that board you listed (MSI P55m-GD45) is nice as well.. yea Im reading about the socket burn and Ill dont think Ill have to deal with it but for 10$ Id love to know it couldnt happen.

I only intend on gaming really.... which is why I thought the i7 920 was a little much for me.. but will the MSI P55m-gt45 board be able to get a i5 750 to 4ghz? Thats my goal

Edit- uhh Im not so sure about the msi gd45 now. lol The pci ex x16 slot is right on top of the ram.. not sure if a 5850 would fit there ( card I intend to run ) ... I may need an atx mobo.

[Dopamin3]

Originally Posted by Ktmrida4life

Ive seen that term mentioned here before.. what is LN2 and DICE?? Does LN stand for liquid nitrogen?? Whats dice?

Also that board you listed (MSI P55m-GT45) is nice as well.. yea Im reading about the socket burn and Ill dont think Ill have to deal with it but for 10$ Id love to know it couldnt happen.

I only intend on gaming really.... which is why I thought the i7 920 was a little much for me.. but will the MSI P55m-gt45 board be able to get a i5 750 to 4ghz? Thats my goal

DICE is dry ice. And yes LN2 is liquid nitrogen.

And pretty much every motherboard will overclock the same (unless you're using extreme cooling.) On water and air they will be all very close for the voltage required. So if you have a good 750, have fun at 4ghz with good cooling! And yes 920 is overkill just for gaming. i5 750 is where you want to be at.

[JDMfanatic]

Originally Posted by Dopamin3

I would still rather have that board.

If I were buying i5, I would definitely not get one with a Foxconn socket. Just knowing it has that problem irks me. It's like "Here take this car. You won't have any problems unless you go 80mph." I don't usually drive 80mph but maybe you get the point. I can't think right now to explain it lol.

More like "You won't have any problems unless you go 140mph". Will he ever go up to voltages like 1.6-1.7 (when the socket burns happen) unless he's using Dice or LN2? no, he wouldn't have to worry about it too much

not sure about the overclockability of the lower end msi boards though, go at your own risk

[Dopamin3]

Originally Posted by JDMfanatic

More like "You won't have any problems unless you go 140mph". Will he ever go up to voltages like 1.6-1.7 (when the socket burns happen) unless he's using Dice or LN2? no, he wouldn't have to worry about it too much

not sure about the overclockability of the lower end msi boards though, go at your own risk

p55 boards just came out... Maybe this could occur over a long period of time, who knows?

Why would anyone willingly buy something that they know may malfunction? It's easy to find different boards with the Lotes/Tyco AMP sockets and I would strongly recommend purchasing a p55 board with them.