asus mobo for around £100?

[Adam K]

i don't play games on my pc, i just use it for downloading stuff and as a media centre pc for playing movies (dvd, divx, and HD stuff).

my current asus p5b-e seems to be on its last legs. i am running a 512mb 8600gts, 2gb of ddr2 ram (nothing special, just basic value stuff), and a c2d 6300 running at standard clock speed.

want to replace the motherboard but stick with my c2d 6300 and current ram for the moment as i will be lobbing a q6600 in at some point and changing to 2 sticks of 2gb ram.

so it's been a long time since i've looked into which motherboard to buy. i've always stuck with asus boards so that's what i am inclined to buy again as they have always served me well.

so...... £100 on the board, what to buy? was thinking of the P5E-V HDMI just cos it seems to be marketed towards the media centre environment with the onboard hdmi. would this cope with 1080p content?

cheers.

 

[David]

i've got a EVGA 680i SLi Board i'm selling if you're interested, no point in the HDMI bit if you're running a gts

 

[Adam K]

i've got a EVGA 680i SLi Board i'm selling if you're interested, no point in the HDMI bit if you're running a gts

not sure if it's my gts causing it or my motherboard causing it, but when i connect to my tv via hdmi everything is fine, if i connect to my projector via hdmi then my pc just bluescreens every time windows boots up. also my pc locks up on windows boot up if i have a network cable plugged into my onboard nic. if i unplug the cable it suddenly kicks into life and continues booting, then i plug the cable back in and all is fine.

i have totally wiped the pc, updated all firmware all all my hardware, tried everything to get rid of these niggly problems, even replaced my router and switch with different ones.

hence my enthusiasm to just replace everything, lol.

where in london are you?

 

[David]

well definitely your mobo...or a driver related issue i would say...

i'm central. i'll pm you.