Which board?

[Robert]

I want to ditch my Gigabyte DS3P 965 and get a new board.

I would like:

The ability to stick another 4gb in

The ability to get my Q6600 G0 to 3.2 stable (or above)

I was thinking about going for a Nehalem setup but there is really no point. Oh and I'd like quite a few SATA ports - pref not JMicron (although I doubt I'll have a choice in this!).

Rest of system:

4870X2
Thermalright U120E
1 250
2 320
1 1000
XFI Fatality Pro
Galaxy 850
Silverstone TJ10BW

 

[Cob]

Any of the P45 boards will do fine. ASUS and Gigabyte are grand.

 

[Robert]

So I'd probably be able to fit 8gb and get my G0 to 3.2?

What's the difference between the £100 pro and the £180 premium?

 

[Cob]

P45 takes upto 16gb, and you should have no issue getting a G0 to 3.2ghz (unless you have a really bad chip).

The Premium has quad-Crossfire, a bit better cooling, better power management (won't make any difference to a GO at 3.2ghz). So pretty much just few bells and whistles.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard