if you are looking to crossfire
Bring up ur budget, get a X38, X48, or X58.
When i am not trying to clear stock when im in shop, i will tell
my customers:
if you cf 2 4850 on a p45, might
as well dun do it. If you run 2 gpus on a p45 mainstream chipset
mobos, the pcie slots will go back to x8, x8 when on
crossfire
If
you are running on a
x48,x38,xsth sth , both slots run at x16,x16, even when on
crossfire
However, if you are going to store lots of data, take the
p45, as i think it has the new ich10 southbridge, it supports
more hdds
If you arereally on a approx 1 k budget, go with the p45, it is
sometimes better to invest on a faster gpu
Even if running one card, the x series will run abiiit faster
than the p45s
Rumours says that x series clock better than the p series.
Actually it depends on the stepping of the processor, diff chip
perform differently on different board, it really depends. My
friend using the same x48 board as me reach 3.5ghz on a
q9550 with just a little voltage adjustments
The problem with mainstream chipsets: The makers never put
enough PCI-E lanes. Always, for like, Nvidia 750(i)(a), 650(i)(a),
P45, P35, 780G/V, x8/x8 or x16/x1 (Never heard of anyone using this
config though).
And as for the X vs P series thing, I think it's more on
Vendor/manufacturer quality thing. I'm getting more speed out of my
630i than on a P35 board. Foxconn FTW!
