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Old February 1, 2009, 01:15 PM
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Well my P5Q-E died today, and from what I have heard, ASUS's RMA takes a long time . I don't really want to be stuck with only my laptop for a long time, so I'm going to just get another motherboard, and sell my P5Q-E once I get it back from the RMA. I am planning on just getting another P5Q-E as it was a decent board, but if someone has another board they would recommend for a 45nm quadcore, I'd look at getting that board as well.
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Old February 1, 2009, 01:34 PM
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I've used the P5Q Pro & Biostar i45...love 'em both. My vote would be either one of those that you can find cheaper.
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mmmm Biostar I45.

It's the only LGA775 ATX board I buy.
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Old February 1, 2009, 02:25 PM
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I've read a few places that it is extremely good for dual cores, but is mediocre for 45nm quads. I was also looking at the GA-EP45-UD3P that was reviewed here. Looks like a fairly good board.
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i have a biostar I45 ,i be willing to part with..
purchased from another HWC member a couple weeks ago
shoot me a pm if interested

edit: didnt see post above mine
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Old February 1, 2009, 02:31 PM
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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P or Asus P5Q Pro gets my vote.
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Old February 1, 2009, 02:44 PM
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I've read a few places that it is extremely good for dual cores, but is mediocre for 45nm quads. I was also looking at the GA-EP45-UD3P that was reviewed here. Looks like a fairly good board.
I've seen some fairly good results with 45nm quads through several dozen threads I've read about the Biostar. I'm actually looking forward to getting a Q9550 on this bad boy and see how it goes...performance with my average Q6600....well that's another story, however it's an average overclocking CPU not one of the golden ones.
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Asus P5E, flashed to Rampage Formula. My QX9650 did 4.4 no sweat on that board. Best combination board / BIOS / chip I ever had.

Flash here: The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion - XtremeSystems Forums. Scroll down to Maximus / P5E to Rampage convertion section.
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Old February 2, 2009, 06:29 PM
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I ordered the GA-EP45-UD3P. It sounded pretty good from the review (except needed better BIOS, which I am hoping is fixed). I have a GigaByte board in my HTPC that seems to work quite well, so I figured I'd try one of their higher-end boards and see if it as high quality. Thanks for all the suggestions!
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so i was wondering how did your mobo died?
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