ASUS P5K Motherboard

[[Dr. V]]

Canada Computers - Video Cards > PCI-Express Cards > Powered By nVidia : Asus P5K Socket 775 Intel P35 ICH9 Chipset Dual-Channel DDR2 1066/800/667Mhz eSATA/SATA 3.0Gb/s Firewire 12x USB 2.0.

Seems to me like the next best thing. Like the P5B optimized for QUADS - or the GByte DS3 even!

Specs look pretty presentable for my taste...

[Yellowhello]

their already selling mobos with the P35? thought that wasn't for another month!!!!!

[screwballl]

The new 1333fsb chipset boards are available now but the next gen procs won't be out for a little while.
From the reviews at Anandtech there is nothing real special about them in their current form, they are basically a P965 chipset with 1333fsb (and DDR3) capabilities. Many of the current boards today (including the DS3 and DQ6) will support 1333fsb procs with a bios update while still using DDR2. My DS3 mobo box says 1333MHz fsb compatible.
I am curious what nvidia will pull out of their hass to compete with these nextgen boards.

edit: saw a new story about low latency Kingston DDR3... then they had this in the story:

Kingston has set the following MSRP for the new DDR3 low-latency kits:

2GB (2 x 1GB) kit $518
1GB (2 x 512MB) kit $256
Single 1GB DIMM $268
Single 512MB DIMM $134

This HyperX DDR3-1375 7-7-7 memory is Kingston's top-of-the-line product, but Kingston will also be launching DDR3 Value RAM.

This means Newegg should have the 2GB kits around $450 to start

[[Dr. V]]

Pretty damn hefty prices for DDR3!!!

[Yellowhello]

Looks to be a pretty good board, but I hate the color of the PCB!!

[[Dr. V]]

Haha yea I know! The black PCBs look so awesome. Especially in a windowed case. If you don't have one it doesn't really matter, though.

[RangerXLT8]

The one with support for DDR3\DDR2 looks to be the bomb'

45nm support with the ability to use DDR2 while prices on DDR3 come down a bit.

[Panda Man]

WOW! I'D LOVE to shell out $518 for 7-7-7 low latency RAM! lol, I know that might be kind of low for DDR3 at that speed, but I mean come on, CAS7 just isn't low.