CPU/Mobo Motherboards supporting vt-d

[samueldotj]

I am planning to upgrade my PC. I want to buy a motherboard which has working “vt-d†and compatible processor.

1. Q: What is your budget?

a. <25K​

2. Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)

a. CPU – Pentium D
b. Motherboard – Gigabyte 945G
c. GPU – NVIDIA 8600GT
d. RAM – Transcend 1GB
e. Monitor - LG 22WTQ
f. SMPS – VIP 550​

3. Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)

a. All except - processor, motherboard and RAM
b. Let me know whether I “should†buy SMPS immediately or will it for couple months for the new conf​

4. Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.

a. Any processor/motherboard which supports IOMMU/vt-d
b. Preference to QUAD cores​

5. Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component

a. SMPS in couple of months
b. RAM in couple of months
c. GFX in 6 months​

6. Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)

a. Bangalore
b. Open to online purchase - No​

7. Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market

a. Yes
8. Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
a. Programming
b. Gaming
c. Browsing
d. Desktop Processing​

9. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.

a. Do not want to buy Asus product as I heard the after sales service in India is pathetic
b. Like to buy Gigabyte as my previous two mobos from them​

10. Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?

a. Company of Heroes, Fallout 3, Age of empires III
b. Counter strike source, Battlefield 2​

11. Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage

1. Gaming - 1280x728
2. Desktop - 1680x1050​

12. Q: Are you looking to overclock?
. No
13. Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?

a. Windows 7 64 bit
b. Windows XP 32bit
c. FreeBSD 8
d. Ubuntu 9​

Here are the few options I considered

1) Intel DQ35MPE, Q8300
2) i7 – 860
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From Xen wiki(VTdHowTo - Xen Wiki), DQ35MP seems to have working vt-d. Is DQ35MP available in India? Quad core and i7-860 owners kindly post your motherboard name if it supports vt-d.(You can check it from BIOS virtualization page - mostly present after vt-i).

Thanks
Sam

 

[samueldotj]

Quad core and i7-860 owners kindly post your motherboard name if it supports vt-d.(You can check it from BIOS virtualization page - mostly present after vt-i).

Nobody has vt-d enabled board ?

Sam

 

[samueldotj]

I have postponed the Idea of buying vt-d supporting motherboard. For now I am going to buy i5-750, a suitable motherboard and a 4GB DDR3.

I have plan to sell this processor and MB after 6months or when vt-d motherboards affordable to me

I want suggestion for motherboard and 4GB RAM for the price range of 25K including i5-750. I prefer ATX boards as I might plugin one or two PCI cards.

Thanks
Sam

If somebody looking for vt-d enabled motherboards, Gigabyte is yet to support vt-d for P55/X58.

Dear Samuel,

Thank you for your kindly mail and enquiry. According to the specification, our P55/X58 series motherboard does not support VT-d but only support VT-x.

For VT-d supported motherboard, please click HERE for product information.

If you have any further question or suggestion about our products/service, please do not hesitate to contact with us. We will try our best to help you resolve the problem ASAP.

Regards,
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY