Experts: Please look over this motherboard

After a long time of looking at motherboards, I decided that I should go with Intel for it's stability, as the Nvidia chipsets are really unstable and require constant bios updates. Is this a good choice for me:

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018848&cid=MB.157

I'm aware that that board uses DDR3, which is exactly what I need. Also,regarding my choice....I looked at other models, mainly the X48 and X38....The X48 is far too expensive, while the X38 doesn't support the Q9450(which I already bought) out of the box.... It requires a bios update....but I can't update the Mobo without a processor. What do you guys think of my choice? Anyone know any serious issues about that board? I've been reading fairly positive reviews about the P45 chipset......

If, you're not going to go with crossfire I would get something like this instead of Intel:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131295

X48/X38 is too expensive, but you're dumping money into DDR3? You're strange. Especially if you think $230 CAD is a good deal for a midrange chipset.

Honestly, you'd be better off picking up a cheap LGA 775 chip for a few bucks, updating your BIOS, and then sticking with it.

That board is DDR2 only...citizen-zero

DDR2 is kind of a obsolete, dead end road. Might as well get DDR3 now, so I can upgrade later....Plus, I found a cheap set....citizen-zero

DDR2 is FAR from obsolete.

Any DDR3 you buy now will be severely outperformed by cheaper DDR3 when the time come that DDR2 is obsolete.

So you can buy over priced DDR3 now, and have to upgrade it to decent DDR3 later, or buy some good DDR2 now save some money and upgrade to decent DDR3 later.

DDR2 is kind of a obsolete, dead end road. Might as well get DDR3 now, so I can upgrade later....Plus, I found a cheap set....citizen-zero

You're buying an Intel socket that's being replaced this year and you're worried about your RAM being obsolete? You really are strange.

DDR2 isn't quite obsolete. It's starting to get phased out in the high-end systems, but it's still alive and kicking for now in the mainstream because it's so damn cheap. I mean dirt cheap.

I mean, just today, we were seriously considering putting DDR2 into a system to send out for a high-end system review. We ended up settling on DDR3 in the end because the mobo we decided to use (EP45-DS3R, which is a great mobo to use, btw), was a DDR3 board.

well the p45 is basicly a p35 that uses more power and has pcie2 support both are great chipsets.

this might help you

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-chipset,1961.html

will you use crossfire ?Do you heavily oc your system ?there are hundreds of motherboards that carry the same chipsets but varry in prices and performance .

And btw there is nothing called futureproof when it comes to computers ,you may buy an expensive rig now and changing it months later just to keep up so no need to spend to much.

I suggest that you buy a ddr2 mobo now for cheap and change it later to ddr3 when their prices decrease and ddr3 becomes a mainstream (you will end paying the same total amount of money as buying an expensive ddr3 now )

I think that ddr3 is useless until nehalem comes out

DDR2 isn't quite obsolete. It's starting to get phased out in the high-end systems, but it's still alive and kicking for now in the mainstream because it's so damn cheap. I mean dirt cheap.

I mean, just today, we were seriously considering putting DDR2 into a system to send out for a high-end system review. We ended up settling on DDR3 in the end because the mobo we decided to use (EP45-DS3R, which is a great mobo to use, btw), was a DDR3 board.

iBP_Rickochet

[QUOTE="citizen-zero"]That board is DDR2 only...mastershake575

That's not true. Nehalem will be DDR3 only, and is out at the end of the year.

That's not true. Nehalem will be DDR3 only, and is out at the end of the year.

manic111

Bloomfield will be out by the end of the year, and I haven't heard anything about a mainstream chipset. It's not going to be cheap - processors will likely start at $300, motherboards will be at leats $200, and for triple-channel DDR3 RAM of a reasonable speed and 6GB total capacity you're looking at another couple hundred. Cutting back to 3GB will still likely be around $120 or more.

Just because a new socket/processor are launching does not mean we have a new type of mainstream RAM.

[QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="citizen-zero"]That board is DDR2 only...manic111

That's not true. Nehalem will be DDR3 only, and is out at the end of the year.