Cheap Q6600 board?

Hi,

I'm currently running a Q6600 and the max it will do on my 965P DS3 board is 300x9. This is fine for my needs, but the guy I bought this chip from had it up to 400fsb so I'm looking for a better board to tinker.

On my DS3 it won't go higher no matter how much voltage I give so I think its the 4 phase power holding me back.

I don't want to spend a ton and would consider used but am not sure which brand/chipset is best for clocking the 65nm quads. I assume the answer to this is fairly well known since these boards have been out so long?

Thanks

Check out the P45 chipset boards. These boards can easily do 400FSB, ~500FSB in some cases. The Q6600 will be the limiting the FSB.

Asus P5Q Series
Gigabyte UD3R/P

Aye, and if your trying to get a good overclock, don't skimp on the money. Try the classifieds here, you can typically get 10-20% or better off of a good board. Otherwise, find out what a good board is and look at prices. Look for people with Q6600s in their sigs and what their overclock is.

I am running a Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR with my Q6600, and for a budget board, it clocks very nicely. I have it at 333x9 right now, but didn't have any issues running at 400x8 with stock volts. 400x9 needed a little bit more voltage, and temps were way too high for my liking considering summer in Arizona is torture for an OC'd CPU. If I run at 400x8, temps start getting a little out of control, which is why I am running 333x9 for the time being. My temps are hitting 60*C at the peak of the days heat loaded (I fold, so idle is a mystery to me), but during the night when it starts cooling off they drop to the low 50's. All in all, it is a great board, and seems to do a lot better with my quad than my brother in laws IP35-P on his G0 quad with the same VID. Once winter comes around (since I am a ways away from the desert part at 5000 feet elevation, so we do get snow) I will most likely be cranking my clocks up, and seeing if I can actually run stable at 400x9.