Allendale or Conroe With DS3 ?

I know much has been said about Allendales clocking really well with the DS3, but for real world performance, would a overclocked E6300 or E6600 go better with the DS3?

Would a DS4 give any significant improvements?

Oh and one more question, im sorry for this one, but is the NB = MCH? What do they look like? How do I cool them?

personally i like the p5b delxue atm the best between asus and gigabyte ... have a ds3 ... p5b-D beat it folding perf wize with an e6400.

Have not tested a ds4.

pscout said:

personally i like the p5b delxue atm the best between asus and gigabyte ... have a ds3 ... p5b-D beat it folding perf wize with an e6400.

Have not tested a ds4.

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Now you are depressing me. Have 2 each on the way to the house. Corsair 8500 (2x512), ds3, antec true 2 550w, e6300's to oc and put up 24/7 folding. Hey Pscout, do you know if the ds3 will run headless. I suspect it will as I have only run into this issue on a couple of boards but do not know for sure. At any rate they should offer a good contribution to both the teams and my pointage.

What chipset is the P5B based on?

Also, a E6600 should technically outperform a E6300 right? No matter what board used?

On the same board, with both the E6300 and the E6600, the E6600 should outperform it right?

I mean, that extra 2MB L2 cache and 9x multiplier would give it some edge right?

Sorry for the questions, might be building a new rig soon, need to decide which to get.

BlitzAceYuna said:

What chipset is the P5B based on?

Also, a E6600 should technically outperform a E6300 right? No matter what board used?

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The P5B is i965 northbrige and ICH8 southbridge.

In theroy, the E6600 would outperform say the E6400.

Can't tell just yet but the 2M extra cache might make the Conroes a little warmer(harder to OC) then the Allendales.

It also apears that the OEM's could be clocking worse then the retails..

So.. its a little difficult to tell right now how things will turn out IMHO.