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im changing my mother board for my qx6700 quad, i use my computer for music so need advice from any one in the know which board is best for me

Intel DX38BT Intel X38 "Bonetrail" (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

sureno,

I'm an Asus man myself so that is what I would recommend.

I have five systems I have built here at my house and they are all Asus motherboards.
They have never let me down.

I spent 25 years in the printed circuit board design and manufacturing industry.
Trust me Asus makes an excellent product.

out of the 2 asus on the list which would you choose? thanks for the help mate

Sureno, i also agree that Asus is better by far. Im running 2 myself and have sold countless boards without getting any back.

The difference between the 2 boards is not much more than the premium runs ddr2 memory and the Deluxe runs ddr3 memory. As of now theres not much advantage in DDR3, its available with faster bandwidth but at a major latency cost. DDR3 1333MHz can barely keep up with DDR2 800MHz. Its possible that they will produce DDR3 memory down the road with lower latency but for now the average is Cas9 where DDR2 is Cas4.

with what im doing i need the lowest latency possible, but are we speaking of the same latency?
whats the best ASUS over all just been looking at
Asus P5E WS Pro X38 Socket 775
Asus P5K Deluxe (hard to source though)

let me just say thanks again, i got to say this is one of the (infact the most) most friendly and helpful forum im on