Ideal Board For Q6600 G0 Overclocking?

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Hey guys,

This has probably been asked a million times, but I've not kept up with motherboards since the nForce 680s came out and I feel like a complete and utter newbie in regards to the new chipsets like P35 etc.

The quick and dirty of it is that I want to get away from the 680i SLi, and I want something that will give me tons of overclocking headroom with a Q6600 processor and my current memory which I intend to keep for quite a while yet. I need something cheap, preferably by Gigabyte or Asus, that doesn't have a disgusting cooler like the P35 DS4 does (I have seen pictures of that thing being crushed by Noctua coolers.)

I don't need SLI or Crossfire support.

I'm looking at the P35 DS3R, but I have no idea how this board clocks. Thanks in advance for advice.

Sincerely,
Ulfhedjinn.

P.S. Is it worth waiting for more X38 chipset boards? I read somewhere they don't really offer anything over P35 boards and apparently run a lot hotter.
 
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They only thing that they really offer is pci-e 2.0 which wont be used for some time yet. Most of the boards will be ddr3 with some ddr2's thrown into the mix.

I was gonna wait for x38/x48 but opted for a blitz until the new nvidia chipset is released.
 
w3bbo said:
They only thing that they really offer is pci-e 2.0 which wont be used for some time yet. Most of the boards will be ddr3 with some ddr2's thrown into the mix.

I was gonna wait for x38/x48 but opted for a blitz until the new nvidia chipset is released.
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Think I'll not bother waiting for X38 then as I have no interest in DDR3 yet, I find memory lasts me ages.

Do you think that the DS3R is a good clocker? I had a P965 DS3 some time ago and loved it to bits.
 
Why would you want to get rid of that 680i board?

Although having said that i used to have a EVGA 680i SLI board and got rid of it for a Blitz... but that was purely because i had an old revision board and they clocked quads really really bad. Any new 680i boards do not have this trouble though.

I now have a Asus Blitz (Formula version. The Extreme uses DDR3) and i've got my Q6600 to 3.8GHz.
It's a really good board for overclocking quads. Just never use the Asus Easy Flash software to update the BIOS as it will brick the board.

Will be out of your price range if you're looking for a cheap-ish board though... but i'd expect your'd get a decent amount of money for that 680i SLI you have..
 
MR.B said:
Why would you want to get rid of that 680i board?
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Well the 680i has some niggles I'm not quite happy with, particularly that my Noctua cooler contacts the stock chipset heatsink pretty harshly when in the normal 90º position and the chipset itself is the hottest I think I've ever had on a mobo.

My old P965 DS3 and P5B Deluxe boards ran cooler and required less volts to overclock to the same speeds. :(

I did check the revision though and my board seems to be an A2.

MR.B said:
Will be out of your price range if you're looking for a cheap-ish board though... but i'd expect your'd get a decent amount of money for that 680i SLI you have..
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Aye I know I'm being stingy looking at DS3Rs when I have a 680i in here, considering what it cost me when I got it, but I've known all along that this board not only didn't really suit my tastes but was overkill and that I could've gotten away with spending half as much.

If the DS3R boards clock nicely then I'd be chuffed with that, alternatively also looking at the Asus P5Ks but I've generally had a more positive experience with Gigabyte boards in the last few years in various machines.
 
I'm putting some serious thought into ordering a Q6600 tomorrow on Saturday delivery and seeing how it goes on my 680i before considering switching the motherboard for something else, anyone think that this is a good idea? :o

Edit: Ok, bought the quad. This is what moths flying out of my wallet sounds like. :p
 
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My gigabyte P35 DS3R overclocks like a dream - hit 3.6gig on x7 multi with an E6600 without the board breaking a sweat - still plenty of lee way on the NB voltage, etc. and perfectly stable...

Didn't like the 680i myself - I have the Asus P5N32-E SLI also and over 1333 FSB theres some nasty stability issues when it warms up.
 
I have the DQ6 running my q6600 @ 3.50 Seems stable after a few hours priming and some heavy bioshock
 
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