4 Feb 2009 at 00:21 #1 P.Jackson P.Jackson Associate Joined 18 Aug 2004 Posts 95 Location Newcastle,UK whats a decent mobo for a q6600 looking to buy one and then add my bfg 9800gtx+ oc a case ram and a h/d
whats a decent mobo for a q6600 looking to buy one and then add my bfg 9800gtx+ oc a case ram and a h/d
4 Feb 2009 at 00:25 #2 redballoon redballoon Associate Joined 18 Feb 2006 Posts 296 Location Herts Depends how much you want to spend. P5Q-E would be a good buy if you want to go intel..
4 Feb 2009 at 00:30 #3 P.Jackson P.Jackson Associate OP Joined 18 Aug 2004 Posts 95 Location Newcastle,UK http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-021-OE&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=1335 Any good?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-021-OE&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=1335 Any good?
4 Feb 2009 at 01:10 #4 bremen1874 bremen1874 Soldato Joined 20 Oct 2008 Posts 12,082 Looks fine except the memory is probably overkill. Unless you're planning on taking that Q6600 over 3.6Ghz you only need PC2-6400 memory. Getting PC2-6400 memory would knock about £50 off the cost.
Looks fine except the memory is probably overkill. Unless you're planning on taking that Q6600 over 3.6Ghz you only need PC2-6400 memory. Getting PC2-6400 memory would knock about £50 off the cost.
4 Feb 2009 at 01:20 #5 jzanatta jzanatta Associate Joined 26 Jul 2007 Posts 87 Location London Biostar TPower I45 Intel P45 , cheap and very good to OC.
4 Feb 2009 at 03:34 #6 Southy7 Southy7 Associate Joined 9 Sep 2007 Posts 42 I'm currently running a Q6600 on a Asus P5Q-E with 4gb OCZ Vista gold series, its a nice little setup and i havent had an issue with it. Although i've seen some people posting about OCZ ram and Asus boards not going well together. So maybe go for some different ram. Oh and fyi that bundle is £10 cheaper if you buy them all separately.
I'm currently running a Q6600 on a Asus P5Q-E with 4gb OCZ Vista gold series, its a nice little setup and i havent had an issue with it. Although i've seen some people posting about OCZ ram and Asus boards not going well together. So maybe go for some different ram. Oh and fyi that bundle is £10 cheaper if you buy them all separately.
4 Feb 2009 at 12:01 #7 visibleman visibleman Soldato Joined 3 Jun 2005 Posts 3,332 Location The South Have an Abit IP35-Pro XE here, no problems what so ever with my Q6600 @ 3GHz
4 Feb 2009 at 13:28 #8 mp260767 mp260767 Soldato Joined 4 Feb 2003 Posts 11,059 Location telford, shropshire i've got a gigabyte p45 ds3 mobo and it runs my old 6300 fine and overclocks it nicely so would be worth a look.
i've got a gigabyte p45 ds3 mobo and it runs my old 6300 fine and overclocks it nicely so would be worth a look.