what is a good lga775 board?

terran2k · Dec 23, 2007

I want to buy an LGA775 board that supports 4x1GB of DDR2 533(correction), PCI-E, Can support my Pentium 640. Has good overclocking support. Price rage, less than $130, sub $100 would be great, but that might be a stretch. Oh yeah if the board will support the pentium 640, but allow me to upgrade to a pentium d or core2 later on, that'd be awesome. Im pathetic when it comes to intel mobos and the likes, so Im looking for advice from you all.

Thanks.

Evilsizer · Dec 23, 2007

well there are no LGA boards with intel chipsets that offer core2,4 ddr slots. you will find VIA based boards that can work with either DDR or DDR2, but its only 2 slot for each type. you might just wait a while then and upgrade..

Neuromancer · Dec 23, 2007

DDR2 533 a p35 chipset will support the Ds as well as future upgrades to quad etc..

But you can save money and just get a decent p965 board.

Gigabytes are chepa.. asus is popular... if you go p35 i suggest the abit board though ip35-e is noce and inexpensive.

terran2k · Dec 23, 2007

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-GIGABYTE-_-13128059

will this board do the trick?

Evilsizer · Dec 23, 2007

terran2k said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-GIGABYTE-_-13128059

will this board do the trick?

it will if your ram is in fact DDR2 and not DDR.

terran2k · Dec 23, 2007

yeah its ddr2 533, srry, mistyped it in the original post. I'll go with that gigabyte board then, its more expensive than the ECS 965 board i was looking at, but the Gigabyte will give me more of an upgrade path. Cheap stuff always gives me more of a headache anyway.

Evilsizer · Dec 23, 2007

it all depends on the board chipset though not the maker. ecs isnt for ocing though, its more for solid basic computing. other 2 boards to consider are these, you still get your upgrade path and they are about $20 cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128077
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135059

EmAn · Dec 23, 2007

I would suggest the |Gigabyte GA-p35-ds3r

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050

its a little on the higher side of your price range but it is a great board for overclocking

and you can use ddr2-533 i believe

terran2k · Dec 23, 2007

if it'll take ddr2-533 I'll get the ds3r, reason being, this board will probably become my main pc in 6 months when I plop the money down to buy a Quad core, and better memory, then I'll make my AMD PC my vmware workstation instead of this one. So any1 know for sure if the ds3r will use ddr2-533 memory?

geofrancis · Dec 24, 2007

just made sure you get a board that has 1333fsb, vcore ajustment and 4 ram slots quad core wont do any good for anything for years to come

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