How Good Is The Foxconn Black Ops

DustyMiller · 25 Sep 2009 at 17:19

As above really, am going to put my Q9550 in it, with a Tru 120 Black.

How goos is the board, all i relly need to know.

Cheers

Dusty

siumatfung · 25 Sep 2009 at 17:26

its not a bad board at all but i think gigabyte p45 UD whatever its called and ASUS p5q pro/premium/deluxe series boards are better for overclocking and features

breadturbo · 25 Sep 2009 at 20:05

it clockes better than my P5Q deluxe and i can get same clocks as the P5Q with lower voltage,
couple of niggles with cpuz showing NB voltage instead of core, but overall worth it

ive also noticed a significant decrease in loading times now, not sure if thats just ddr3 or something else.

DustyMiller · 26 Sep 2009 at 17:35

Sold - I think.

Just need to decide on the memory now. Think this will do.

MeatLoaf · 26 Sep 2009 at 18:47

I think you may find that the board wont run that ram at 1.65v

DustyMiller · 26 Sep 2009 at 19:35

Why ??

What should I use then ?

breadturbo · 26 Sep 2009 at 19:38

it runs some 1.65v

i am using 2 sticks of a triple kit http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-168-CS

at 1600mhz no problem

try googling for 'blackops memory' for a compatibility list

DustyMiller · 26 Sep 2009 at 20:26

Ok then is there another DDR3 board that runs Intel S775 series processors, that has he ICH10R chipset ???

Or do I have to stick with DDR2 ??

AMG · 26 Sep 2009 at 22:33

rampage extreme but thats still pricy

might have to look else were for any others as ocuk only have the blackops and the extreme

toon_mad · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:27

Im thinking of upgrading to this board and get some DDR3

This website lists compatible ram for anyone interested, im looking now and pricing up: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193037

AMG · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:57

is there a point for me to upgrade to DDR3? not sure with LGA775

DustyMiller · 27 Sep 2009 at 08:26

Buy it now, so when you go i9 /i7 /i5, you already have the ram, so less expensive next time, as its only mobo and cpu. Well thats my thinking.

breadturbo · 27 Sep 2009 at 12:36

DustyMiller said:
Buy it now, so when you go i9 /i7 /i5, you already have the ram, so less expensive next time, as its only mobo and cpu. Well thats my thinking.

the exact reason i bought that triple channel kit

Amidar · 27 Sep 2009 at 13:45

DustyMiller said:
Buy it now, so when you go i9 /i7 /i5, you already have the ram, so less expensive next time, as its only mobo and cpu. Well thats my thinking.

Just remember that i9/i7/i5 use low voltage DDR3 with a maximum voltage of 1.65v,most DDR3 ram for socket 775 is 1.8v and above.As long as your black-ops allows a low voltage setting in bios (1.65v or below) you should be ok.

DustyMiller · 27 Sep 2009 at 20:09

why the difference ??

Amidar · 27 Sep 2009 at 20:23

DustyMiller said:
why the difference ??

Because the i5/i7 & i9 have the memory controller onboard the cpu.

setter · 27 Sep 2009 at 20:29

siumatfung said:
its not a bad board at all but i think gigabyte p45 UD whatever its called and ASUS p5q pro/premium/deluxe series boards are better for overclocking and features

I can certainly agree with this, my p5q deluxe clocked my q6600 and q9550 with ease, going by the q9550 thread on xs, the gigabyte range are slightly better again.