Looking for budget overclocker board

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:22

Hey im looking for a good budget board to overclock an e6600, i would like to have the ability to get it to 3.7+ like others have on this forum....i know i wont hav cooling for this straigt away but i would like the option to be able to........i hope that makes some sort sence lol. Thanks for ** help

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:24

What's your budget?

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:27

well i was willing to go to around 90....but i figured if i can a board capable of overclocking my e6600 for less then why not.

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:31

Gigabyte P35 DS3R, ASUS P5K or the Abit IP35 are all grand.

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:33

is there any overclocking benefit with the asus p5k deluxe/premium?

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:36

Not really. It might help squeeze the last few mhz out of a CPU, but it's not £60 better.

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:54

hmm ok thanks....any good msi boards?

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 21:57

The P35 Neo2-FR has appeared, but tbh I know very little about MSI. I haven't seen many around in the past 18 months.

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:04

i was looking at that one...an also the abit fatality

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:10

the Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:12

This one?

If you're going for an nVidia 650i based board then the Gigabyte N650i DS4L is the best of the bunch. It's pretty cheap too.

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:15

yeah i read somewhere in the forum where they got an e6600 at like 3.7/3.8

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:20

Well getting an E6600 to be stable over 3.5ghz is pretty hard. Not many will do it, nevermind 3.7ghz or 3.8ghz.

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:41

yeah. Lol there are too many boards to choose from!

BUFF · 24 Nov 2007 at 22:54

if you don't need RAID & firewire then IP35-E
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-129-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

purinaone · 24 Nov 2007 at 23:13

i think im gonna get a Asus P5W DH Deluxe i975X

, what do u reccon?

Xon · 25 Nov 2007 at 02:40

purinaone said:
i think im gonna get a Asus P5W DH Deluxe i975X , what do u reccon?

You shouldn't go with an old chipset like the 975 tbh... Try and get a P35 chipset motherboard like the P35C DS3 by Gigabyte