Intel X58SO vs ASUS P6T-SE which one?

[Spike9]

I'm building a new PC but these mobos are my only options. (the price difference is no matter)

So far my other specs include (these are not changeable except the memory)

Intel Core i-7 2.6Ghz Quad CPU
8GB DDR3-1333 RAM (Kingston)...................I will go for 6GB if the X58SO is chosen since a forth stick slows it to Single channel
1 TB(1000GB) SATA II- 7200RPM HDD (3Gb/s- 32MB Cache)
14-1 Internal Card Reader
Coolermaster Chassis w/ 650W PSU
DVD Writer 22x/12x SATA Dual Layer (8.5GB)
Geforce 275 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI TV Edition- XFX/Sparkle

BTW what is the Íntel NIC?

These are my ONLY options

thanks

 

[Dys]

Gigabit I'd say. Probably the cheaper mobo, neither is going to bottle neck your system, I'd be surprised if it couldn't eat anything you throw at it for some time (at least until the next generation of consoles is introduced).

 

[Spike9]

Gigabit I'd say. Probably the cheaper mobo, neither is going to bottle neck your system, I'd be surprised if it couldn't eat anything you throw at it for some time (at least until the next generation of consoles is introduced).

Oopa, forgot to mention that the P6T-SE is ASUS

 

[Spike9]

I suggest going for the Asus mainboard. It's cheaper, and Asus makes good motherboards anyway. Depending on where you are, you could probably spend a little extra for the Asus P6T, with SLI and Crossfire capabilities for the future.

Unfortunately I'm in South Africa and for some reason the Intel X58SO is cheaper than the ASUS P6T-SE... plus I've tried SLI before and it was a disaster. Never doing that again.

 

[Spike9]

I suppose in that case that it wouldn't hurt to buy the Intel motherboard. I'm not sure how Intel's own motherboards do at overclocking (which you might want to do with the i7-920), and I do know that Asus has traditionally been good at that, but it won't bottleneck your system.

Thanks, will do. However what I don't understand is why is the X58SO Intel board usually more expensive than the ASUS P6T-SE, since the Intel card apparently can't overclock very well, has trouble with the 4th DIMM and can't support SLI. The only thing that seems to make it stand out is its 10ch-Sound instead of the ASUS 8ch-Sound.

 

[Spike9]

Please can anyone tell me exactly why the Intel board is more expensive since I have eard nothing that makes it superior to the Asus board