Asus P8P67 pro, MSI P67A- GD65 or Gigabyte P67A-UD4

[Pat123]

Looking for a board to partner my 2600k and 4GB or 8GB corsair dominator 1600Mhz.

Gonna be overclocking the processor as it would be a sin not to, it's going to be under water and im looking for about 4.6-4.9Ghz. Which board would be the best? They're all around the same price and im open to other suggestions too. I like the black colour of the UD4 but i've read a couple of reviews that say it's over priced.

Any opinions or help would be much appreciated.

 

[happyshoppa2]

Can't boot above 4.6 on my UD4. Temps not going close to high on air.

 

[SeanBond]

Can't boot above 4.6 on my UD4. Temps not going close to high on air.

Is that with HT on or off?

 

[SieB]

Personally I would go for the Asus P8P67 PRO, MSI motherbords are supposed to be good for overclocking as well, I don't know what clock you would get with one though, it depends on the CPU as well and if your numbers come up on the silicone lottery.

 

[Aurus_OC]

I would say you can achieve great clocks with any of those boards. It just depends on whether you win or loose in the silicon lottery, imho. You may want to look if one board has features to offer that the other one doesn't. Of course those would be features you appreciate. Other than that I would go for the cheapest of those, to save some money.

 

[Deathofsage]

First time posting here--just thought I'd drop a note.

With the decision still in front of you.. don't buy the P67-GD65 from MSI. Check newegg and look at all the negative feedback this B3 board has.

There's even a few complaints around the net of it working for a short time (minutes or hours) before going into continuous rebooting.

I don't hate MSI, but I certainly hate this board.