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    Default Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    Hi
    Im after a new motherboard for a pc i'm building, have been looking at the Asus P5Q Pro, is this any good? I've only ever used Asus in the past, willing to change but need it to be reliable, will also be running a CCTV system on this so will be on pretty much 24/7 so if there is something that is energy efficient would be great.

    Needs to be Intel, will be used with a Q6600, main function will be a media center but will also do some DVD/HD ripping etc.
    Needs minimum 4 slots for RAM, I've got 4Gb 1066 ram sitting here waiting to be put in a machine and want to use it all (dual channel)

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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    This seems right up your street matey
    http://computers.pricegrabber.co.uk/...t=product_tab/

    or this looks a little better and only a £10 more
    http://computers.pricegrabber.co.uk/...duct/sv=title/
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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    cheers for the advice mate, are any other brands worth looking at or am I better staying with asus?

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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    Quote Originally Posted by theodotcom View Post
    cheers for the advice mate, are any other brands worth looking at or am I better staying with asus?
    Dfi have very good motherboards. I will have a look in a bit as im off out

    http://www.dfi.com.tw/portal/CM/cmproduct

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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    I have always bought ASUS as there usually ok and the issues if any are dealt with ASAP, The board i have now had "PCI-X" issues and i informed the asus forum where i was emailed by techs with a fix for the bios

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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    I like the P5Q boards, I have the P5Q WS in my system and its solid, on 24/7 for the last few month no problem and its running the Q6600.

    powre saveing features seem good too shutting case fans down when not needed, the software manages performance ot save power and reduce co2 Im not sure how realistic the figures are but it sounds good and keeps the PC quiet when it isnt in use, its even quiet when in use really.

    never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!:thumbup:

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    Default Re: Need a motherboard, £120 budget

    thanks for all the advice

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