I'm buying a new rig and these are the specs: i5-2500 3.3 Ghz (LGA 1155; Sandybridge) nVidia GTX 460 1GB 2 x 2GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz I need to find a motherboard suited for this and have narrowed my choices down to the MSI P67A-GD55 and the ASUS P8H67-M. Which one should i go for? I live in India so my choices are quite limited as well. Click here to see whats available. Please Help Thanks.
Interesting. Both great make and models with a lot to offer. It would be wiser to go with ASUS because it's cheaper than the GD55 and offers the exact same specs.
The reason I'm considering the GD55 is that it supports nVidia SLI and ATI CrossFire whereas the Asus only supports ATI crossfire(since I'm buying a nVidia card) also I'm not sure whether the MSI will support Intel's Turbo Boost 2.0. Secondly, MSI is offering a P67 chipset at a relatively lower price (all ASUS P67's are above) 222USD(10,000 INR) although I'm not aware of any diffrences between the 2 chipsets. Thanks.
MSI's website offered a poor description of its specs, but i was able to find two links which might confirm your curiosity. MSI support page shows that it supports your exact i5 that you plan on purchasing which could indicate that it does in fact support Turbo Boost. Finally, looking at CNET's review of the GD55 it specifies that it does support Turbo Boost. No mention of 2.0 though...
Oh, and also... here in the states the ASUS board is cheaper than the GD55. Compare the prices here and here
Thanks for your help. Really appreciate it. If it supports the exact model then it should support 2.0.
