p5b, still good?

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just a quicky, is the p5b still a good board, reason im asking is because im looking for a Q6600 in late december along with a 8800GTX. i currently have my 6300 cverclocked and intend on doing to the same with the Q6600.

any point in changing the board?
 
When I bought all my P35 boards I tried to sell my Abit AB9-QuadGT and I got no takers at £70 so I thought - Gosh! (or words to that effect) I wonder what it would do with a Q6600 SLACR and you know what - it's just as good as the ASUS and Gigabyte P35 boards. The Abit IP35 Pro get another 100MHz out of it, but a properly implemented P965 (like the QuadGT, P5B etc.) still seems very strong board for quad overclocking. It seems you'll struggle to get more than about £50 for the P5B at auction, so it's a lot of extra cost for not a lot of extra performance. Plus the P5B now officially supports Penryn, so why get a P35 unless the chipset cooling is doing your head in.
 
WJA96 said:
When I bought all my P35 boards I tried to sell my Abit AB9-QuadGT and I got no takers at £70 so I thought - Gosh! (or words to that effect) I wonder what it would do with a Q6600 SLACR and you know what - it's just as good as the ASUS and Gigabyte P35 boards. The Abit IP35 Pro get another 100MHz out of it, but a properly implemented P965 (like the QuadGT, P5B etc.) still seems very strong board for quad overclocking. It seems you'll struggle to get more than about £50 for the P5B at auction, so it's a lot of extra cost for not a lot of extra performance. Plus the P5B now officially supports Penryn, so why get a P35 unless the chipset cooling is doing your head in.
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Have you got a link for penryn support? always thought the 965 wasn't capable of supporting the CPUs
 
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