Socket 775 DDR2 mobos - Impossible?

[TehBluebear]

I'm really kicking myself for never getting a decent 775 DDR2 mobo when they were still around. At the moment I don't see much point in upgrading to i5/i7 when I have a perfectly good Q6600 that I have yet to overclock. As it stands now, it does everything perfectly ok, would just like to get that bit extra from it and have a safe overclock.

Trouble is, I can't imagine my current mobo, a budget Asus P5B, to be up to much. On top of that, it is nigh upon impossible to find decent performance 775 DDR2 boards for sale now. There is the chance that I could pick one up off someone selling off their old components in the Members Market, but I only have 160 posts

What do you denizens of OcUK feel I should do? Ideally, I'm not looking to spend too much, so I'm not as inclined towards a full refresh of the PC, but if my quest to find a good spec 775 is never going to be resolved, then its an option I'll have to consider.

TL;DR:- rubbish 775 board, want new one to maek Q6600 gud, wat do

 

[pastymuncher]

Whatever you do don't go out and buy a brand new 775 board as the prices are ridiculous now. It would be just as well to sell what you have and start from scratch with a new build. You could take a chance on a second hand P5Q P45 series board on the bay for £40-45 or just get posting to access the MM.

The P5B was a good board in it's day and should be able to overclock the Q6600 to a reasonable level.

 

[TehBluebear]

Fair enough, I'll give it a shot with overclocking with the P5B for the meantime.

By the time I post enough to access the MM, I'll probably be wanting to get an i5

 

[abarth_1200]

I picked up my Asus Maximus II Formula off a well known auction site, the guy listed it as comes with everything original, half the packets werent opened and there was hardly a spec of dust on it. You should be able to find a fair few second deals.

 

[TehBluebear]

Fair enough, I'll have a look around