But still nothing beats Abit IP35-Pro at its price. Why not go for it? If you are not opting for either Crossfire and DDR3 or both there is very little reason to move to X38 chip. A solid P35 mobo is better than an average X38 mobo
Most good p-35 mobos support 1333 MHz FSB (read Penryn)
X38 and X48 are still in infancy and they need little maturing. If you are buying right away IMO get a P35 mobo. After two months or so situation might be different
gigabyte mobo’s are crazy overclockers and a favourite in the US…dont know why they are so expensive in india coz a p35-ds3 costs 100$ or less in the US and around 9k here.
if u wanna go for it, check out any forum with members from abroad(mainly US)…
they all recommend gigabyte
their p35 comes in 2 versions… p35 DS3 and p35 DQ6
^^the first one can do 500+ fsb and thats the value edition…the DQ6 is the premium addition so it would be even better.
since the x38 was released quite recently, they wont have mature BIOS and hence could be buggy… you can instead opt for a p35 coz it would have all the problems ironed-out(READ STABLE )