Final Question

[stickroad]

Ok i have now decided on the parts im going to be ordering just need a motherboard now.

CPU - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 £215.01 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-128-IN

CPU Cooler + Heatsink - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro £16.44 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-AR

Motherboard - See below

Memory - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 £205.61 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-124-CS

Gaphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £126.89 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-134-SP

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB £66.96 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-SE

Case - Thermaltake VA3000BWA Tsunami Dream £75.19 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-TT

Power Supply - Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular £99.86 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-CS

Now i have 3 Motherboards in mind.

965p Chipset - Asus P5B Deluxe £123.36 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-150-AS

975x Chipset - Abit AW9D-MAX Intel £135.11 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-108-AB

975x Chipset - Intel Extreme D975XBX2KR BAD AXE 2 £176.24 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-016-IN

Which one clocks the highest in FSB?

And which one would you suggest i should get for the E6600 Chip.

Thanks for your time everyone.

 

[Dravic]

The P5B Deluxe will clock the highest FSB, but the 975X chipset boards are better for the E6600.

 

[Lethal`]

RAM for a power supply?

 

[stickroad]

opps lol , Fixed

 

[stickroad]

Has anyone had any experience with the ABIT Max board.

Link in first post.

thanks for helping me out

 

[Jumping]

There should be a few reviews of that MAX board think Anandtech have one.

But if you are willing (have the money) to get the badaxe board you might want to consider the Nvidia 680i chipset board which at the moment seems to be the best overclocking chipset out there. If you don't go for the Asus striker extreme it shouldn't be that much more expensive than the badaxe.

 

[mk17]

Has anyone had any experience with the ABIT Max board.

I'm running X6800 on the AW9D-MAX. Its a great board, but you'll want to bump to the latest 13 bios. FlashMenu makes this a piece of cake even from within Windows.
There's also supposed to be a 14 bios fluttering about, but I'd hold off on that until official release