Anyone looking at building a new desktop system should not look any further than Intel Core 2 processors, and when time comes to pick a platform you should have Intel's own P35 chipset in mind as it officially offers 1333MHz FSB support and will be compatible with upcoming 45nm processors. This translates in a fairly 'future-proof' platform, with some models currently available supporting DDR3 memory already. But as new as this chipset is, deciding that you want a P35-based motherboard is not enough. Most major manufacturers have already launched several different models powered by the chipset, to give an example, ASUS currently offers a dozen motherboards models all based on the Intel P35.
We have rounded up some of the better examples available for one big article where we shall compare them side by side. Although we have nine motherboards to compare, they come from just four different manufacturers: Abit, ASUS, ECS and Gigabyte. These boards range from $90, all the way up to $230.
View: 9-way Intel P35 motherboard round-up @ TechSpot
We have rounded up some of the better examples available for one big article where we shall compare them side by side. Although we have nine motherboards to compare, they come from just four different manufacturers: Abit, ASUS, ECS and Gigabyte. These boards range from $90, all the way up to $230.
View: 9-way Intel P35 motherboard round-up @ TechSpot
nForce 600 series
You would be better off waiting for a board that supports PCI-E 2.0, if you need an excuse to wait. Then you will have support for the newer generation of video cards, because I believe they won't work in PCI-E 1.1.
Exactly, buying a high end board now would be a pretty bad decision.
You would be better off waiting for a board that supports PCI-E 2.0, if you need an excuse to wait. Then you will have support for the newer generation of video cards, because I believe they won't work in PCI-E 1.1.
Maybe they'll just skip to PCI-E 3.0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_3.0 8 Gigabytes per second looks good to me - It's only got pluses (by removing the 8b/10b scheme which slowed it down 20% in the first place from what the wiki article says)
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