I have only ever worked BIOS in Asus mobos (4 total and a freebee or two I think), and because of that I am wondering if it is a good idea to stay with the old familiar mfgr. when considering a mobo to oc with? Any other options are in the CDN $150 range, including Gigabyte P35-DS3R, and abit ____, if same price.
I've been mulling over which P35 mobo to buy for a C2D 1333 E6850 3.0GHz overclocked to a safe quiet reasonable on air 3.8GHz or so.
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Is it a good idea to stick with a mobo MFGR. so familiar how the BIOS works?
I just need to be able to run two 37GB WD ver.1 SATA Raptors in RAID0.
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The Asus P5K can do two ver. 1 SATA HDDs as os boot drive in RAID0 right!?
Unfortunately, the Asus P5K doesn't use an Intel ICH9R RAID ctrlr.
Q>How is the RAID controller on the P5K; easy, fine for the $?
I'll probably get a 8800GTS 320MB for video.
Q>Any recommendations for a mfgr/model?
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Does the Gigabyte P35-DS3R increment FSB like the Asus does (Like I hope the Asus does, like my current Asus P4C800E-D does), one at a time: 200,201....240....288? And the aibt____ too?
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Any quality PC2-6400 DDR2-800 2x1GB RAM (like probable purchase in days ) will do this much right:
3.0GHz*400/333=~3.6GHz.
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Then hopefully there will be a little oc headroom left in a PC2-6400 DDR2-800 RAM (OCZ Platinum Rev.2) run at 1:1, say 5%, so:
3.6GHz*1.05=3.78GHz
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I don't need a higher SPD-std RAM , like PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 to get that extra ~5%, from 3.6GHZ to 3.78GHz, do I, and if I do, how much higher willl it go from 3.6GHZ at 1:1 vs. DDR2-800?
I've been mulling over which P35 mobo to buy for a C2D 1333 E6850 3.0GHz overclocked to a safe quiet reasonable on air 3.8GHz or so.
Q>
Is it a good idea to stick with a mobo MFGR. so familiar how the BIOS works?
I just need to be able to run two 37GB WD ver.1 SATA Raptors in RAID0.
Q>
The Asus P5K can do two ver. 1 SATA HDDs as os boot drive in RAID0 right!?
Unfortunately, the Asus P5K doesn't use an Intel ICH9R RAID ctrlr.
Q>How is the RAID controller on the P5K; easy, fine for the $?
I'll probably get a 8800GTS 320MB for video.
Q>Any recommendations for a mfgr/model?
Q>
Does the Gigabyte P35-DS3R increment FSB like the Asus does (Like I hope the Asus does, like my current Asus P4C800E-D does), one at a time: 200,201....240....288? And the aibt____ too?
Q>
Any quality PC2-6400 DDR2-800 2x1GB RAM (like probable purchase in days ) will do this much right:
3.0GHz*400/333=~3.6GHz.
Q>
Then hopefully there will be a little oc headroom left in a PC2-6400 DDR2-800 RAM (OCZ Platinum Rev.2) run at 1:1, say 5%, so:
3.6GHz*1.05=3.78GHz
Q>
I don't need a higher SPD-std RAM , like PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 to get that extra ~5%, from 3.6GHZ to 3.78GHz, do I, and if I do, how much higher willl it go from 3.6GHZ at 1:1 vs. DDR2-800?
