mATX Core2Duo Board

Slime101 · 14 Dec 2006 at 23:07

What boards are available for C2D chips like the 6300/6400 which fit into a small mATX form case, and are they any good?

easyrider · 15 Dec 2006 at 09:40

Depends if you want to overclock.

The ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI is a great mobo.

But only will do 300 FSB

WJA96 · 15 Dec 2006 at 14:47

There are no really good overclocking mATX core2duo boards at the moment. Best current option is the ASRock suggested above.

Slime101 · 15 Dec 2006 at 17:00

When you say its "only" does 300fsb....what is standard these days?

WJA96 · 15 Dec 2006 at 17:15

Slime101 said:
When you say its "only" does 300fsb....what is standard these days?

266MHz is the start point for Core2Duo. Good overclocking boards do in excess of 500FSB.

Tute · 15 Dec 2006 at 18:33

WJA96 said:
266MHz is the start point for Core2Duo. Good overclocking boards do in excess of 500FSB.

Didn't we have a member or two back along who broke 300FSB with the Asrock?

[Edit] Yep, deep in this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17649165

WJA96 · 15 Dec 2006 at 18:40

Tute said:
Didn't we have a member or two back along who broke 300FSB with the Asrock?

There certainly were people who suggested such things were possible, but I went through the 4 boards in my local PC shop and none of them would do it so I decided he must have some flukey board or something. I'm very pleased for him and everything - lucky b*****d!

Slime101 · 15 Dec 2006 at 21:28

I cant say i'm overly fussed about overclocking tbh...i used to when i was a nipper but these days i just want it to work, every time and not worry about corrupt data, crashing or anything.

What PSU do i need for that board, how can i tell if my existing psu will "do the job?"

(I've got an Asus Terminator 2 (T2-P Deluxe) barebones thing at the mo)

Tute · 15 Dec 2006 at 23:02

Slime101 said:
I cant say i'm overly fussed about overclocking tbh...i used to when i was a nipper but these days i just want it to work, every time and not worry about corrupt data, crashing or anything.

What PSU do i need for that board, how can i tell if my existing psu will "do the job?"

(I've got an Asus Terminator 2 (T2-P Deluxe) barebones thing at the mo)

It's going to depend on what graphics card you pair it up with really.

If you're going to use the onboard then obviously you won't use as much power as if you had an 8800 in there.

Slime101 · 16 Dec 2006 at 00:13

The computer isnt ever used for games so i use onboard gfx.

The psu only has to supply the mobo/cpu, 2 sata hdd's (boot/prog drive and a data drive) and a dvd-rw drive so i guess it might cope

Tute · 16 Dec 2006 at 00:39

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-026-EN

This would be more than enough, plus it has some "oomph" so if you decided to upgrade later, it would be able to cope well.

Slime101 · 16 Dec 2006 at 00:49

But thats another £45 i'd rather not spend if i dont have to, and there really is no need for spare oomph, i dont bother upgrading my pc very often!

Servo · 16 Dec 2006 at 00:54

It's a real nice little board, and still at 312 fsb

dark4orz · 16 Dec 2006 at 14:34

its a fantastic board, go and buy one, thanks for the credit chaps !

Slime101 · 19 Dec 2006 at 19:14

I've ordered mine, i hope it is as good as you lot say