give me some input on a XFX MG-610i-7059 plz

I found a XFX MG-610i-7059 **** cheap and im thinking bout buying it. I think i would run a C2D or maybe a quad on it.
I know for the most part nvidia sucks at OCing quads how ever i wanted to know how this would be for a c2d. I can find any reviews out there so if someone knows that would be great.

well its a 600's based but the name indicates that it has a 7000 video chip. ocing a dually should be no problem, hope you know the ram only runs in single channle mode...

oh i did not know that bout the ram. If I could get it for 30 bucks to build a folding rig how do u think it would work? I am thinking of running super daves B3 ES Q6600 on it to fold.

BTW how do u know it only runs in single channel?

hank123 said:

oh i did not know that bout the ram. If I could get it for 30 bucks to build a folding rig how do u think it would work? I am thinking of running super daves B3 ES Q6600 on it to fold.

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well the 600's dont oc quads well.. you could try to pad mod the q6600 in the board. that is if the bios support 1333fsb... i personally wouldnt do it since the ram will be single channle mode. would in some fashion limit the quad while oced if stock speed i dont see a issue. if the ram speed is fast enough, say DDR2-800 cas4 or ddr2-1066 cas5

hank123 said:

BTW how do u know it only runs in single channel?

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i use to be in the NV user group, last meeting there was only one other person and me. since my emails never got responded to by my 2 contacts, i was left to assume it was over... anyway, i got to see the Slideshow for the 7000 boards and it stated single channle mode.

while your board i couldnt find on XFX USA site, any 7000 from EVGA is the same
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=112-CK-NF72-K1&family=400
as you can see it states single channle mode for ram. I have not seen any posts/reviews yet but i do assume NV fixed the issues with 8000's for intel.

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btw for about $15 more you could get this instead..
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-G31M7
imo would be more suited to a quad then the 7000 board and you get dual channle mode.

ok right on. how would that clock a q6600? i dont think the q6600 being that its a B3 and a ES is going to get clocked much cause it runs so HOT!

well even for a B3 i think 3ghz is doable on that gigabyte board... G31 can clock just like the G33/G35 pretty high with the right cpu. givien the low pwm phase on MATX boards i wouldnt push a B3 much past 3ghz on one.

overclocking the XFX MG-610i-7059

I am currently running this board XFX MG-610i-7059 with a 3.8ghz dual core pentinum 4 processor and 3g of pc5400 ddr2 ram and would like to look into overclocking it. How much of an improvement would I get from doing this. and..how would I start?