Asus mobo-- P5B or P5K?

[DecomposingStar]

Which should i get, value for money wise. There's alot of options for each with Deluxe and Wifi editions.

I'll be using it to overclock my E6400, and i'd quite like crossfire support aswell. (ie the P5K-E Wifi)

Any suggestions?
I'm only being able to hit 2.45ghz on my current board, with 667mhz maximum on RAM.

[KiMi-Tech]

Go with the P5k they overclock alot better than the P5B and will support the newer 45nm cpus when they come out.

[staffsMike]

I'd get the P5K as it's the fresher board. Both boards overclock very well though.

P5K-E wifi seems like a well rounded board.

That said. I'd have the abit IP-35 or IP-35pro if it were my money.

[PenguinJim]

Definitely don't get the plain P5B, it's pretty bad. P5B-E or better.... or the P5K.

[DecomposingStar]

Just about to order.


OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
£39.99
(£46.99)

Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£84.99
(£99.86)

Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ) Samsung SpinPoint S 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD161HJ)
£28.99
(£34.06)


Sub Total : £153.97
Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £28.39

Total: £190.61


Ignore the HDD. I'm getting the ram as i already have 2gb of these, and they are damn cheap now (god bless DDR3).