Is this board good? Planning to pair it w/ a Q6600. I've heard it has OC ability, and my case will only house a uATX board.
Anyone know how stable these are? With the G35 chipset? I am upgrading from an ECS AM2 board (nForce 430) with an X2 4200, all stock speeds on everything. Would the G35 on that board and a Q6600 be a sufficient upgrade?
I have already ordered a 4870. This X2 4200 will be a bottleneck I know it. Hence the reason to get the Asus microATX mobo and the Q6600. The memory I have is also compatible with that board so I don't have to upgrade it. 4GB Crucial Ballistix 800.
Anyway I'm just looking for a nice microATX board and really I can't afford to spend more than $150 at most. But I just wanted to know about any issues these may have and how stable they are in general. And if I should get this or a different board.
Also no PCI-e 2.0 necessary, not trying to Crossfire/SLI. I figure the one 4870 and the Q6600 should be enough. PCI-e 1.0 (or 1.1 if this board has that) shouldn't be a bottleneck for a 4870. Does it even come close to using the full bandwidth of PCI-e 1.0 anyway??
Thanks in advance guys
Anyone know how stable these are? With the G35 chipset? I am upgrading from an ECS AM2 board (nForce 430) with an X2 4200, all stock speeds on everything. Would the G35 on that board and a Q6600 be a sufficient upgrade?
I have already ordered a 4870. This X2 4200 will be a bottleneck I know it. Hence the reason to get the Asus microATX mobo and the Q6600. The memory I have is also compatible with that board so I don't have to upgrade it. 4GB Crucial Ballistix 800.
Anyway I'm just looking for a nice microATX board and really I can't afford to spend more than $150 at most. But I just wanted to know about any issues these may have and how stable they are in general. And if I should get this or a different board.
Also no PCI-e 2.0 necessary, not trying to Crossfire/SLI. I figure the one 4870 and the Q6600 should be enough. PCI-e 1.0 (or 1.1 if this board has that) shouldn't be a bottleneck for a 4870. Does it even come close to using the full bandwidth of PCI-e 1.0 anyway??
Thanks in advance guys