Right Mobo for Overclocking Pentium D 805

KHALIK · 17 Jul 2006 at 22:08

I have searched the forums and not found any threads about this subject. I apologise in advance if this has previously been covered.

Am in the process of building a new rig and read the article about overclocking the Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) in excess of 4 gig. I have seen the mobos that the original overclockers recommend, but these mobos are over £130.00.

I was wondering has any1 attempted the project with another mobo, that is available from OC?

If any1 has sucessfully overclocked the CPU using a budget mobo, please advise.

Hamoodii · 17 Jul 2006 at 22:10

Maybe an Asus P5ND2-E, I just bought one for my Pentium D 805 and will have it up and running for 2morow so il gt back to you with the results, I got mine new for 45 quid.

balth_dire · 17 Jul 2006 at 23:16

I'd be more inclined to suggest one based around an Intel chipset, Nforce boards are a little unpredictable with Intel CPUs when it comes to OCing (if my experience with the p5n32 is anything to go by!).

Perhaps the Asus P5LD2, P5WD2, or any of the 975x models, as you say, they are a little more pricey, but worth it IMO.

PieL · 18 Jul 2006 at 15:23

Personally i'd go for one of the more expensive 965 or 975 chip boards and use the 805 in that. you'll probably get the best overclock from one of those newer boards and you'll be able to upgrade to Core 2 duo in the future to.

Like you say they do cost a lot more but probably worth it for Oc'ing and future upgrading in my opinion.

Hamoodii · 20 Jul 2006 at 21:18

I have a P5ND2-SLI and have OC'd the 805 to 3.6GHz but I had to flash the BIOS to 0601 version runs fully stable, hope that helps