No bullcrap easy OC mobo?

Aibo · 07-20-07, 09:18 AM

Would anyone have a suggestion as to watch mobo I should be looking at if I want a lot of OC potential from a 1.8 c2d? A board known to OC them with no problems.

dribblesnort · 07-20-07, 10:07 AM

My MSI P6N SLI Platinum is a pretty good board for a 650i chipset.

I bumped up volts to 1.4 (ultra 120 extreme Heatsink) and changed FSB from 1066 to 1333 and went from 2.66 to 3350 with no problem...

I'm sure others will have their favorites, but for my needs, it was a steal at $144 because I didn't need all those extra bells and whistles that the 680i and Intel boards offer for twice the price.

||Console|| · 07-20-07, 10:10 AM

Do you plan on sli ?
What is your budget ?
is this on a e6300 ?
what ram do you plan on runing

Aibo · 07-20-07, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ||Console||

Do you plan on sli ?
What is your budget ?
is this on a e6300 ?
what ram do you plan on runing

SLI is possible, I may just get a single 8800GTX(or whatever is out in one months time) for now. I am wanting to use existing parts since they're less then a year old.

E6300 is correct

OCZ DDR2-667, I have 2GB at the moment, upgrading to 4GB is planned.

My power supply right now is inadequate, I'm thinking of going OCZ GameXStream 700W just to have all the power neeeded for SLI and OC.

Upgrading my processor seems like a waste, my current board which is an Asus P5NSLI 570 and my current PS just can't OC this thing over 5%. I'm looking for at the least 2.8GHZ.

||Console|| · 07-20-07, 01:31 PM

If you want SLI then you have to get a NV chipset .but if you are gonna get a gtx you really dont need sli .
I think a p35 based chipset would be better for your 6300 as most get over 500fsb no prob . Im liking this asus but the abit looks very nice as well .

Go for a corsair 620hx over the ocz psu .

(you do know that 32bit xp wont se the whole 4 gigz right ? )

Aibo · 07-20-07, 02:07 PM

Thanks, I'll check that out.

I'm running Vista 64bit, unsure if that will see 4gb, should for what I paid

chawks2 · 07-20-07, 02:22 PM

/pae switch will help with seeing RAM above 3G.

||Console|| · 07-20-07, 02:26 PM

Yea 64 bit vista will use the 4gigz

07-20-07, 09:18 AM	Thread Starter #1
Aibo Registered Join Date: Nov 2005	No bullcrap easy OC mobo? Would anyone have a suggestion as to watch mobo I should be looking at if I want a lot of OC potential from a 1.8 c2d? A board known to OC them with no problems.
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07-20-07, 10:07 AM	#2
dribblesnort Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USA	My MSI P6N SLI Platinum is a pretty good board for a 650i chipset. I bumped up volts to 1.4 (ultra 120 extreme Heatsink) and changed FSB from 1066 to 1333 and went from 2.66 to 3350 with no problem... I'm sure others will have their favorites, but for my needs, it was a steal at $144 because I didn't need all those extra bells and whistles that the 680i and Intel boards offer for twice the price.
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07-20-07, 10:10 AM	#3
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07-20-07, 01:31 PM	#5
\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	If you want SLI then you have to get a NV chipset .but if you are gonna get a gtx you really dont need sli . I think a p35 based chipset would be better for your 6300 as most get over 500fsb no prob . Im liking this asus but the abit looks very nice as well . Go for a corsair 620hx over the ocz psu . (you do know that 32bit xp wont se the whole 4 gigz right ? ) __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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Aibo Registered Join Date: Nov 2005	Thanks, I'll check that out. I'm running Vista 64bit, unsure if that will see 4gb, should for what I paid
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\|\|Console\|\| Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, NS	Yea 64 bit vista will use the 4gigz __________________ [CPU]---[E8400 E0 @ 4.5ghz 1.38v][MainBoard]---[XFX 780I] [GFX]---[ATI 6950 2Gig ][RAM]---[OCZ PC-6400 2x2gig 5-4-4-15 @ 1.9v ] [PSU]---[Corsair HX 620w][Cooling]---[Antec 900 / TR 120E ] [Display]---[ Ben-Q E2200HD 1920x1080][HDDs]---[ 3x250 Seagate 7200.10 Raid 0 /2x1Tb WD Storage] " If that Bong is filled with the right stuff you wouldn't give a damn how much noise the cooling system made lol" ViperJohn
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