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P5QL/EPU vs GA-EP43C-DS3

GiorgiPera
By GiorgiPera
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Hey guys.

I've old pc parts and i want to build LGA775 beast ?

 

CPU: Xeon E5450
RAM: 4x2GB
GPU: GTX 960

 

Also, i've two motherboard. P5QL/EPU and GA-EP43C-DS3. I want to know which one is better to use in this build. 

 

p.s I've LGA771 to 775 Adapter (MOD) for my cpu. Someone told me that I should also cut two millimeters from socket to fit my cpu well. Is it really necessary?

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The two boards are very similar in terms of features. I think it will come down to which has the nicer BIOS input and overclocking interface, which will probably be the Gigabyte. Asus at that time was a little sparse on non-enthusiast boards.

 

As for the socket modding; in my relatively extensive experience "trimming" was not needed for a 771 to 775 mod.

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The ASUS board would be better tbh. 

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9 hours ago, ApolloX75 said:

The two boards are very similar in terms of features. I think it will come down to which has the nicer BIOS input and overclocking interface, which will probably be the Gigabyte. Asus at that time was a little sparse on non-enthusiast boards.

 

As for the socket modding; in my relatively extensive experience "trimming" was not needed for a 771 to 775 mod.

 

9 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

The ASUS board would be better tbh. 

It seems that I have to make a choice between these mobos, because your opinion is different from each other. :/ 

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1 hour ago, GiorgiPera said:

 

It seems that I have to make a choice between these mobos, because your opinion is different from each other. :/ 

The ASUS would just be a better overclocker thats all, much cleaner board too as the GB needs to support both DDR2 and DDR3, those sorts of boards were just meant as a transition. 

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