4-Way Intel P35 Motherboard Overclocking Roundup (@Madshrimps)
featuring:
MSI Platinum Combo, DFI P35 Lanparty, Foxconn's P35AP-S , Asus P5K Vanilla
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Asus P5K Vanilla
The Asus board tested here is a very basic P35 budget board, albeit with a decent amount of overclocking options for the enthusiasts, while keeping things as low-cost as possible. You can find the standard options on the board, but that's it, nothing special or fancy. (check out the Blitz Formula for the fancier Asus motherboard)
AWARD: Recommended for VALUE
+ Price
+ Supports 45nm
+ Very fast at stock speeds
- 4-pin power connector!
- At high overclocks, lower performance than expected
- Huge vdroop (vcore drop)
MSI P35 Platinum Combo
MSI offers a huge packet, including all the options you want such as DDR3 support. It's a dream for the case modders and people with a window in their case side panel, as there are some fancy LED's present, together with a very beautiful heatsink design.
+ DDR3 support
+ Crafty heatsink design and LED's
- Not a lot of overclocking options in the BIOS
- Memory slot locker
- Less than stellar memory overclocking capabilities
Foxconn P35AP-S
Foxconn is new on the end-user market and combines extra support such as DDR3 with the fast and proven P35 chipset, offering lots of overclocking functions.
AWARD: Recommended for MAINSTREAM
+ Very fast when overclocked
+ DDR3 support
+ Gladiator bios covers about everything you need regarding overclocking
- No real extra's
- Memory overclock doesn't work like it should work*
*: After we contacted Foxconn, they assured us to get the problem solved. Moments before this article went live, we received a new BIOS which resolves some of the memory overclocking issues, we’ll have an update ASAP.
DFI Lanparty UT P35-T2R
DFI is the most expensive board of the four, but offers an insane amount of overclocking options. This is definitely the board you want if you're looking to extract the most out of your system.
AWARD:Recommended for HIGHEND
+ Voltages are rock stable
+ Memory tweaking options
+ Blistering fast
+ Heatsink design
- Memory slot + VGA Card installation issue
- Price
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spre bucuria lui lucky,asus-ul nu e implementat reusit pe partea de OC,Foxconn surprinde in bine