What mobo to get with conroe?

Air_Arms · 2 Jul 2006 at 17:45

I have decided to get an E6600 on release.

Not sure about the mobo though, so can someone help me choose one or tell me which is best for some mass power and overclocking

Psypher5 · 2 Jul 2006 at 18:08

I'm going for the asus, seen some very good results in oc'ing on them and all the features seem to be very usefull to myself personally

RJC · 2 Jul 2006 at 18:35

I ordered the DFI which will arrive tomorrow hopefully, Like Psypher5 mentioned they all seem to be good overclockers but it will depend on the features you want.

RJC

trojan698 · 2 Jul 2006 at 19:23

ASRock 775Twins, only £40

Air_Arms · 2 Jul 2006 at 19:29

trojan698 said:
ASRock 775Twins, only £40

Erm, its a money no object situation. So lets have a definitive choice, whats the best!

lay-z-boy · 2 Jul 2006 at 19:29

Intel seems to be the most stable so far, dfi is showing promise too.

intel bad axe or dfi infinity to date are the best, i still dont know about dfi vdroop, but the asus has poor vdroop problems.

Air_Arms · 2 Jul 2006 at 20:09

Im leaning toward the DFI, yea

Kesnel · 2 Jul 2006 at 20:58

I haven't seen any great results with the Infinity as of yet, the Bad Axe has a lot of little niggles, not to mention that it is proven to be slower clock for clock than other 975 boards.

My personal choice would be with the Asus P5W DH; seen some nice fsb from that. Seems like a good board.

Air_Arms · 2 Jul 2006 at 21:03

Can we not get a definitive decision

easyrider · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:36

Kesnel said:
I haven't seen any great results with the Infinity as of yet, the Bad Axe has a lot of little niggles, not to mention that it is proven to be slower clock for clock than other 975 boards.

My personal choice would be with the Asus P5W DH; seen some nice fsb from that. Seems like a good board.

Devious benched both the asus and the badaxe and the bad axe took his cpu further on stock volts than the asus mobo.

Psypher5 · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:38

thought he managed 4ghz with the asus?

easyrider · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:42

Psypher5 said:
thought he managed 4ghz with the asus?

I was talking about stock volts.Something that usually measures a mobos stability.Not sure he is prime stable at 4ghz but he booted into windows to take a screenie.

Psypher5 · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:44

ahhh, I'm used to just cracking the volts up and keeping it like that

easyrider · 3 Jul 2006 at 00:46

Psypher5 said:
ahhh, I'm used to just cracking the volts up and keeping it like that

I like doing the other way,At least volts as possible with the highest clock.
Keeps temps down etc..

Will only use the volts the cpu needs lol and build up gradually.I'm in no rush just yet.I have only just got the thing!

AMDPower · 3 Jul 2006 at 02:59

does anyone know what the max FSB is on the bad axe without any mods?

so hard to choose a dam board, i think i will have to go with the bad axe simply because it allows sli with hacked drivers.

Jimbo · 3 Jul 2006 at 06:52

AMDPower said:
does anyone know what the max FSB is on the bad axe without any mods?

so hard to choose a dam board, i think i will have to go with the bad axe simply because it allows sli with hacked drivers.

Hey AmdPower mate.. your gonna have to change your username lol. Are do you feel dirty like me having to go back to intel lol.

We are all whores! :eek:

Kesnel · 3 Jul 2006 at 11:04

easyrider said:
Devious benched both the asus and the badaxe and the bad axe took his cpu further on stock volts than the asus mobo.

Ah but clock for clock the Bad Axe is slower. When people first started receiving the Asus they said it seemed snappier, now there are some tests showing that it is indeed the case.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105418

lay-z-boy · 3 Jul 2006 at 11:52

It seems the badaxe is indeed slower, needs modding to get anywhere and has a retarded oc'menu.

Asus with 8 phase or the dfi tbh.

sajtion · 3 Jul 2006 at 13:44

which asus board is everyone talking about?

lay-z-boy · 3 Jul 2006 at 15:08

hm....threadstarter got permabanned.....