looking to change my 775 board

Electroshadow

Electroshadow

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hi

im looking to change my msi neo 2 fr board as it lacks some of the overclocking fine tweaking features.

i was looking at the fox conn black ops board but i relised that its ddr3 only.....

i am also intrested in the DFI LanParty DK X48-T2RS board but im not to clued up on dfi....

anyone have any opinons on the above or could recommend anything else?
 
is there any reason for the X48 ? I see you have a GTX280 so there for having a X48 is kinda pointless I would have a P45 chipset as above stated like a asus P5Q
 
ok seen two i like:

MSI NEO3 FR P45 chipset direct upgrade from mine hopefully get that little bit extra out of it....

or DFI Blood iron P45-T2R .... dfi is cheaper by about £25


which would you choose?
 
for me, being that MSI have let me down in the past I ll have DFI but be wared DFIs have a odd BIOS for overclocking so I hear

So I would say neither, and have a gigabyte or asus :) or J&W
 
i hate too many decisions.....

well ive now found two which i think im 50/50 on

MSI p45 Platimum with the dr.mos on (60 squids)

or

DFI UT P45-T2RS (Ultra tweak...114 squids)


is there much difference between p45 board with regards to overclocking that would warrant an extra £50+??
 
the P45 chipset in general goes are great over clockers particularly those of asus, Gigabyte DFI and j&w

and some MSIs

your best bet would be to find them in reviews than compare them, I have no idea why you would want a MSI over a DFI
 
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Just out of interest - whos J&W ? probably just not thinkin straight atm lol.
MSI made the only board ive ever had fail me.
 
Electroshadow said:
hi

im looking to change my msi neo 2 fr board as it lacks some of the overclocking fine tweaking features.

i was looking at the fox conn black ops board but i relised that its ddr3 only.....

i am also intrested in the DFI LanParty DK X48-T2RS board but im not to clued up on dfi....

anyone have any opinons on the above or could recommend anything else?
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To be fair atm you have your Q6600 @ 3.78GHz according to your sig, i doubt you'll get much more out of that chip as it is (mine hits a wall at 3.4), so you got to ask yourself is it worth spending another 80-100 quid on a new mobo to possibly get another 200-400mhz out of the chip at best?
 
lettuce said:
To be fair atm you have your Q6600 @ 3.78GHz according to your sig, i doubt you'll get much more out of that chip as it is (mine hits a wall at 3.4), so you got to ask yourself is it worth spending another 80-100 quid on a new mobo to possibly get another 200-400mhz out of the chip at best?
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Agreed. I'd save the money for later, if/when you decide to go for i7/i5/AM3, whatever.
 
I used to have a Q6600 only got 3.8Ghz out of it, but had to bring it down to 3.6 due to temps and that was with a asus ROG mobo
 
I would have to agree with the last few posts, if you already have 3.8GHz on a Q6600, you'll really struggle to get more than another 200 or 300MHz out of it, and to get that you'd need to spend £100+ and even then there are no guarantees.

I'd wait and save up for better graphics or a whole new CPU/Mobo/RAM bundle.
 
oh yeah I might add, that my Q6600 still works but it won't clock no more, since a OCZ powersupply blew up in it
 
As the others have said no point if your just upgrading for the overclocking as you got all out of that chip that it can really give.
 
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