Intel Pentium D 805 Dual Core 2.66 GHz cpu

[magikron]

What is a good but not too expensive mobo for overclocking my Intel Pentium D 805 Dual Core 2.66 GHz cpu as I am new to ocing but doing my homework . I want to do it right the first time.:bang head

[xnewnx]

Well...what's expensive to you? Tell us your price range and some of us could recommend some motherboards.
"Good" = "Expensive" often enough...

[magikron]

I wanted to stay in the range of $150.00:)

[xnewnx]

Some people like Gigabytes DS3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

i've heard that it's decent at overclocking, and in the future you could get a conroe with it to up the performance quite a bit. it's also slightly under your budget.

are you looking for anything else in the motherboard? two pci-e slots? 8 sata's?

[GigaHertzAddict]

Asus P5B Deluxe. It will be able to get the most out of that chip due to the 8 phase power system..

[magikron]

these are some of the mobos I am considering for overclocking can anyone tell me if I am on the right track?

Gigabyte GA-965P-S3, Asus P5NSLI, Asus P5VD2-X, Asus P5L-VM 1394, Asus P5B Deluxe, Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 P965.

[xnewnx]

I just 'traded' my P5B Deluxe away, it was a pretty nice motherboard i'd say, but i just wanted something new so i got this DFI for it. I wanted to wait till i had this board to do the watercooling set up, so i only had stock cooling, but on the Asus i got 350FSB stable. only thing keeping me back was heat/ram. I imagine you'd get pretty high with an 805 with good cooling.

My vote goes for the Asus P5B. although it may be slightly more expensive

[bing]

First of all, Wellcome magikron to OcF ! :)

Since you said you want to do it right from the 1st time, then the most important is the choice of "mother" /mobo.

Suggesting P5B Dlx since it is known one of the best mobo below $200 for OCing Intel's CPU families starting from Pentium D, C2D to latest Quad QX.

As GigaHertzAddict said, it has the unique 8 phases PWM that can supply powerfull juice/power to the CPU which one of the major key factor in OC-ing.

My current rig P5B Dlx, D 805, Value RAM 2 X512 DDR2-5300 -> 3.6 Ghz at 24/7 (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=170283) , while for some suicide run with 2 hours stable Orthos at 3.9 Ghz (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=125148), or the unique cool 1.1000V VCore (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=482068).

Note : All of those was on Intel "stock" cooler and still using it ! I'm temperature limited, just waiting for these April for major Intel price reduction. :)

[splat]

note that i could not get my 805 to boot on a gigabyte 965-ds3 w/ ddr2-667. I'm not sure if it is the same with all 965p motherboards with the 805 because of the 533mhz fsb, but i'd get DDR2-533 to be safe, no matter what board you buy.

[greenmaji]

The biostar tforce has the same issue.. I would suspect the S3 would also have it.

Its hard to argue with 8 phase for a smithfeild, and or upgraded PWN (fet) cooling.