April 23, 201115 yr Hi I'm building a new unit for FSX so was wondering if you think I should stick with Asus P8p67 Pro or the ASRock P67 Extreme6. Both are simalary priced. Thanks Guys Brett Nicholls Asus P8p67 Pro, 2500k@ 4.8 8 Gig Gskill CL8 MSI GTX 560ti 880 Mhz Antec High Current Gamer 750W Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus with 2 Arctic Cooling F2 fans REX 2 + REX overdrive PMDG NGX 737
April 24, 201115 yr I would say go for the one with the features you want as that's really all that matters with Sandy Bridge. I don't know much about ASRock, but I tend to favor the larger name brands like ASUS and Gigabyte. Corey Meeks FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W
April 24, 201115 yr In my experience (or two of my friends, rather) Asrock makes great products. Asrock and Asus boards are both manufactured by Asustek, and are therefore both subsidiaries. I'd say that means they share a lot of common parts, but I'd be speculating at that point! I usually don't make bold comments like the one about to happen (yeah right) but I'd say go with the cheaper one. :Big Grin: Seriously. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
April 24, 201115 yr Author Thanks for your thoughts Guys. The Asus is $5 bucks cheaper. I know Asrock has been around awhile but you do feel safer with the bigger brand names. I have had an Asus p5b delux for the past couple of years and it has served me well. Even on this forum I see mostly Asus and Gigabyte used. I did wonder how much of a difference the 16+2 power phase of the Asrock over the 12+2 of the Asus. I'll still probably stick with Asus. Cheers Brett Nicholls Asus P8p67 Pro, 2500k@ 4.8 8 Gig Gskill CL8 MSI GTX 560ti 880 Mhz Antec High Current Gamer 750W Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus with 2 Arctic Cooling F2 fans REX 2 + REX overdrive PMDG NGX 737
April 24, 201115 yr For $5 get the ASrock. A few more features, and the extra power phases will make a difference in overclocking. Nick Holinski CYYC Water Cooled (Koolance/Bitspower) eVGA 790i Ultra SLI E8500 4.5GHz (2000MHz FSB) eVGA GTX 460EE Superclocked (X2) 4GB 2000MHz DDR3 Corsair Force60 SSD (OS) Seagate Barracuda 2X 500GB (Raid 0) 1000W Antec Truepower 24" and Dual 19" LCD's Windows 7 / FSX / FS9
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