P45 replacement for OC?

Boff_in · 12 Apr 2011 at 01:03

My Asus Mobo from my sig has given up after 3years of heavy abuse.

I have a SandyBridge build on the go at the moment anyway but I'm considering buying this Mobo (along with some ram) to give to a friend.... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-171-GI CPU will be q9450.

I always wanted to OC with P45 and wonder if anyone has any experience with this board?

Trying not to waffle... I could never get higher than 1800fsb on my StrikerII and would like to have a play before passing the system on. Add some ddr3 at atleast 1800mhz with one of my 460's and I think it would fly.

For the sake of say £170 for the board and some RAM I think it would be a nice system.

TL;DR - Can I expect any overclocking from the above linked board, Anyone know?

Cheers for any opinions.
Boff

pastymuncher · 12 Apr 2011 at 09:26

It should overclock although the board you linked to is at the lower end of Gigabytes line.

£170 is a lot of money to spend on a dead socket though.

Devrij · 12 Apr 2011 at 09:48

I'd suggest an Asus P5Q pro or deluxe for a bit more. I had mine running over 500 (2000) MHz FSB to achieve my 4.5GHz overclock on an E8400

Azuse05 · 12 Apr 2011 at 10:08

Shame you can't access the mm. P5Q pros tend to go for 40-45 second hand.

Boff_in · 12 Apr 2011 at 23:01

Azuse05 said:
Shame you can't access the mm. P5Q pros tend to go for 40-45 second hand.

That would be ideal, I need a few hundred more posts to access it dont I?
Im watching a P5Q on an auction site as I cant find enough to spam about that quickly

pastymuncher said:
It should overclock although the board you linked to is at the lower end of Gigabytes line.

£170 is a lot of money to spend on a dead socket though.

I hear you, but it is still a very capable gamming machine. I was getting good frames from bfbc2 with a fair bit of candy only a month ago at 1680x1050.

I would be happy to put £170 to make a system for someone that only has a crummy laptop and doesnt have the cash to splash £500+ on a new build.

powelly · 13 Apr 2011 at 17:49

i though mm was 1 year registered and 100 posts? or 250 posts+3months

pastymuncher · 13 Apr 2011 at 19:11

250 post's and 3 months i believe.

Mattyjw · 13 Apr 2011 at 19:26

The ram would be re-usable though on every existing SB or i series set-ups so it 80 for the board although the initial outlay seems big for 775.

100 and a year is for delivery and mm both isn't it?

Boff_in · 14 Apr 2011 at 04:50

I'm guessing it must be the 250 posts option as I dont seem to have it. Shame as been a member for feels like years!

I will be watching a few more p5q's i think to get an idea of value.

I still think it's a good system for £150. Will still play the games he plays at good frames (css, l4d, wow).