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Old 07-20-07, 09:18 AM Thread Starter   #1
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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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Old 07-20-07, 10:07 AM   #2
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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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Do you plan on sli ?
What is your budget ?
is this on a e6300 ?
what ram do you plan on runing

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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.
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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 ? )

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Old 07-20-07, 02:07 PM Thread Starter   #6
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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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/pae switch will help with seeing RAM above 3G.

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Yea 64 bit vista will use the 4gigz

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