Asus Maximus Formula or Gigabyte GA X38 DQ6
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I have the Asus Maximus Formula with my Q6600 (vid 1.2v) and managed to reach 3.6GHz with no problems at all. I could definitely achieve higher, but I don't have the time at the moment. Highly recommended, I would buy it again if I needed to.
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Maximus Formula.
Heard a lot of good things about the Maximus Formula, and my old ASUS P5K-E was rock solid I loved it.
Not impressed at all with my X38-DQ6 atm, too many dodgy BIOS versions and there's not much info I can find for what BIOS settings to use for 4-4.5Ghz clocks on E8400/E8500 Wolfdales.
EDIT: Said too soon, using latest F9d beta BIOS whilst tweaking some of the settings on it and it's booted Vista and currently Priming @ 500x8 (4Ghz). Rather happy
Not impressed at all with my X38-DQ6 atm, too many dodgy BIOS versions and there's not much info I can find for what BIOS settings to use for 4-4.5Ghz clocks on E8400/E8500 Wolfdales.
EDIT: Said too soon, using latest F9d beta BIOS whilst tweaking some of the settings on it and it's booted Vista and currently Priming @ 500x8 (4Ghz). Rather happy
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A great difference or are we talking not much?
Prime stable at 3.8ghz and benchable at 4.1ghz.
The DQ6 failed on both.
The maximus allowed both so in my eyes the better mobo.
Will be interesting to see how it goes Greebo, I was close to swapping to the Maximus the other day just so I have CF ready if I ever wanted it, but I'd also need new psu and I dont even have a 4870 yet so I thought better of it.