Asus Vs. Gigabyte...help??

DeVandal said:

My wife's (asawa) Gateway 815GM PC was found next to a dumpster in a rain storm.

I grabbed it for parts but initial examination revealed several pounds of dust and lint. I assumed that it was trashed for shutting down within minutes of booting - I did not even test it.

Dried it off, cleaned it out, added a GB of RAM, a better cooler and an ATI HD3850.

I swapped the case with a PowerSpec $25 case. No external evidence that it's a name brand machine.

Runs Win7 just fine.

There you go. Decent machine on the cheap. Plus its not going to the landfill. Good job! :)

See this post for Asus - https://www.sevenforums.com/overclock...-2ghz-air.html (video)

See this post for Gigabyte - Ultimate Sandy Bridge OC Guide + P67A-UD7 Performance Review (user review)

Bear in mind these board are new so a visit to their respective forums is in order to see what issues they have

sygnus21 said:

See this post for Asus - https://www.sevenforums.com/overclock...-2ghz-air.html (video)

See this post for Gigabyte - Ultimate Sandy Bridge OC Guide + P67A-UD7 Performance Review (user review)

Bear in mind these board are new so a visit to their respective forums is in order to see what issues they have

Thanks I've seen both of those post and still debating on which way to go?? I like the gigabyte spec wise but i keep hearing "go asus" not sure if the new asus bios is for the better but i do like the "BT to GO" on the asus board??

I have never OC'ed my before but I am thinking about trying in the near future(ish)
I know that both boards have the "one size fits all style OC" but I also know thats not the best way to go.

I'm still leaning more towards the Gigabyte tho....


As for everyone else I thank you all for posting your input as all of it helps.

I know that bugs come with new but I'm building this to keep for a long while and since I do not build much(yet) I would like my starting point with the newest CPU and boards as it will be around and supported as 1156 and 1366 are slowly phased out..

jeepmann4x4 said:

Here Are two motherboards I'm looking at now...

Asus P8P67
And
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7

Edit:The build will be a do any and everything, from gaming,surfnet,vbox,photo & video edit, to sit there and look pretty...lol
I'm just looking for "better" as in Specs,performance, owner input, upgradeable,ect....

Please let me know what you guys/gals think about them.
Which one is better for a new build??

Thanks, jeep

Can't go wrong with either one IMO.

I'd personally go for the ASUS one (UEFI looks very cool), In fact, I actually got a P8P67 myself for my SB build.

I'll be keeping an eye on how well UEFI performs as it's adapted by other vendors, but that aside, I like the Gigabyte boards as they are solidly built.

I actually struggled with the same decision when I built my current system - Asus vs Intel vs Gigabyte. Ironically what swayed to towards the Gigabyte was a feature Asus didn't have at the time - USB 3.0 and SATA 6, neither of which I've yet to use.

Anyway UEFI looks interesting but it's a new tech that has a major impact on your system should it suffer growing pains. That's what I'm looking for - how well, and quickly will it mature.

Here was a discussion about UEFI back in Oct - Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds

sygnus21 said:

I actually struggled with the same decision when I built my current system - Asus vs Intel vs Gigabyte. Ironically what swayed to towards the Gigabyte was a feature Asus didn't have at the time - USB 3.0 and SATA 6, neither of which I've yet to use

Tell me about it I've been all over the place about a MB! I want to get a damn good board to start with cause I do not want to buy another for a while and with that comes "what am I going to need out of it in the future?"
Now I know I'm getting into more gaming on a PC lately and I do plan on getting a 2nd GPU later, I also know I want to learn to OC and will be trying that later too.

There will be several smaller parts added to this build as time goes on... SSD,GPU...ect So I want a board that is ready for all of that. I like to start with a damn good base under my feet. I also dont mind "new stuff" it's kinda fun to work out issues to me(sic i know)

With all that said besides those two MB's I've also been thinking about just jumping in with Asus top dog ... Asus Maximus IV Extreme... after witching a video about it!
Review here.. OCing here

jeepmann4x4 said:

With all that said besides those two MB's I've also been thinking about just jumping in with Asus top dog ... Asus Maximus IV Extreme... after witching a video about it!
Review here.. OCing here

Hmmm, isn't that the same one I linked to earlier - ASUS P67 5.2Ghz on air

sygnus21 said:

See this post for Asus - https://www.sevenforums.com/overclock...-2ghz-air.html (video)