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- Jul 26, 2003
that's one of the best deal i've seen for this board... very cheap and rumor will hit 430FSB which is very nice for the E6600 on air cooling... here's why you would wanna get this board.
1) it's the cheapest C2D OCable board @ 95.. vs the gigabyte S3 which is 120 and DS3 is 150.. or the ASUS P5B or the P5B-E which is 140 and 155 respectively...
2) The abit AB9 series has very nice cooling for the north bridge... something which the gigabyte DS3 and the S3 are struggling with... most people with the DS and S3 have to replace their northbridge cooler which costs about 10-20 bucks more.
3) it's abit? lol. for some reason i've always had decent luck with this brand..
4) if you have an E6600 = 9 X 400 = 3600ghz very decent for air cooling
here's why u should not get this board:
1) if u use an E6300 then forget it.. 7 X 400 is only 2800 Ghz... scew that...
2) if you use an E6400 then it might be ok 8 X 400 still gives 3200 ghz
3) if you want raid... i don't think this board has any good raid option on there
4) if you want the best stuff... this board is not it
also on buy.com is a 7600GS for 50 bucks AR and a 7600GT for 130.
1) it's the cheapest C2D OCable board @ 95.. vs the gigabyte S3 which is 120 and DS3 is 150.. or the ASUS P5B or the P5B-E which is 140 and 155 respectively...
2) The abit AB9 series has very nice cooling for the north bridge... something which the gigabyte DS3 and the S3 are struggling with... most people with the DS and S3 have to replace their northbridge cooler which costs about 10-20 bucks more.
3) it's abit? lol. for some reason i've always had decent luck with this brand..
4) if you have an E6600 = 9 X 400 = 3600ghz very decent for air cooling
here's why u should not get this board:
1) if u use an E6300 then forget it.. 7 X 400 is only 2800 Ghz... scew that...
2) if you use an E6400 then it might be ok 8 X 400 still gives 3200 ghz
3) if you want raid... i don't think this board has any good raid option on there
4) if you want the best stuff... this board is not it
also on buy.com is a 7600GS for 50 bucks AR and a 7600GT for 130.