spec me a nice mobo for a c2d for o/cing

I currently have a Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (rev 1.0). Do you think for overclocking a 6300 this should still be pretty good or do you think upgrading to this motherboard would be better?
 
That'as pretty much the archetypal configuration - DS3/E6300 and some PC6400 RAM - 2.8GHz+ no problem. YOu might find you'll get an extra 200MHz from a P35 board, but it's really not worth the upgrade costs.
 
Think im gonna get a Tuniq Tower and overlock to 2.8Ghz. Had it at 2.8 on the AC7 but just isnt stable enough. Tuniq Tower should hopefully take to 2.8 +
 
The best overclocking motherboard for Core 2 Duo's in the 60 quid price range is the Abit IP35-E, search around & you can get one for 65 quid and at that price it blows away all competition.
 
EDC said:
The best overclocking motherboard for Core 2 Duo's in the 60 quid price range is the Abit IP35-E, search around & you can get one for 65 quid and at that price it blows away all competition.
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It might get the best overclocks, but it's very limited in terms of functionality, and actually, for dual cores (not Quads) the P35 boards are very little better than the P965's they replaced, and the NVidia chipset has the huge advantage that the RAM can be run independently of the CPU speed.

And while I take your point about £65, if you apply the same process to the EVGA board, it can be had for £52 or even less as the XFX equivalent. And it has RAID, Firewire etc. as well.
 
WJA96 said:
It might get the best overclocks, but it's very limited in terms of functionality, and actually, for dual cores (not Quads) the P35 boards are very little better than the P965's they replaced, and the NVidia chipset has the huge advantage that the RAM can be run independently of the CPU speed.

And while I take your point about £65, if you apply the same process to the EVGA board, it can be had for £52 or even less as the XFX equivalent. And it has RAID, Firewire etc. as well.
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In the 60 quid price range you can expect some loss of functionality. If firewire & RAID arrays are important to you forget the Abit IP35-E. If overclocking a dual core is your goal, as stated by the original poster, buy the IP35-E.
 
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In the 60 quid price range you can expect some loss of functionality.
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You don't need to - the XFX 650i Ultra is available for £48 with all those features. And it clocks like a good 'un.

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If overclocking a dual core is your goal, as stated by the original poster, buy the IP35-E.
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He didn't actually ask for the ultimate overclock board, he asked for one that would overclock nicely. I've supplied overclocking templates for all the boards I use and recommend, so I'm very comfortable with suggesting the EVGA over the Abit. If the IP35-E was really such a good overclocker, why would anyone buy an IP35-Pro? The one comparative review I have seen suggested the IP35-E was not remotely close to the IP35-Pro for overclocking, whereas I know the EVGA 650i Ultra is very close indeed to the dual-core performance of the IP35-Pro.

I have an IP35 Pro, A P35-DS4 and a P5K-E, an N650i-DS4, several P965-DS4's and EVGA's in the 680i and 650i Ultra flavours. In every case the motherboard is not the limiting factor on the overclock - all those boards will outclock any current Core2Duo. I would discount the 650i Ultra and the N650i-DS4 for clocking Quads as they struggle to do 350 FSB with a Q6600, but the others are all much of a muchness with the newer BIOSes.

It's very trendy to shout P35, but the NVidia chipset boards are very quick, have superior sound and features and clock Core2Duos very well indeed. P35 for Quads, every time, but for Dual-Cores, it's not required.
 
This thread clearly illustrates that the EVGA 650i Ultra board is a serious overclocker with dual-cores. It's a long read, but the OP finally got his 3.6GHz overclock from a E6750.
 
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The one comparative review I have seen suggested the IP35-E was not remotely close to the IP35-Pro for overclocking,
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There is something very wrong with that review or the IP35-E sample that they had - the IP35-E is identical to the IP35 bar ICH9/ICH9R, firewire & different (not necessarily better just different) cooling. 500fsb with a dual shouldn't be a problem.
The Pro probably does a bit better with a quad than the other 2 , maybe 20fsb better but again I've seen reports of people getting ~500fsb with an -E & a quad?
 
Just don't forget to upgrade your bios, and avoid some double-boot on bios-change issues. Go to abit's website or forum for the linky.
 
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