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hunting for best 775 mobo, give me your top 5 picks.
- Thread starter Shiozaki
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DFI lan party x38 is what I use, rockin!!!!!
I got in after socket 775, I understand why you want to build it.
I got in after socket 775, I understand why you want to build it.
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What about the strikers and commando?
What chips were unlocked, the rest I assume oc with fsb.
Only a handful of extreme edition CPUs were unlocked, so yes FSB overclocking is the norm for 775. I have the X6800 EE Core2Duo, which was a lot of fun to play with.
Commando has an nvidia chipset, right? They did pretty good too, but the P45 & X48 could really push the FSB.
I still have a Rampage Formula, running folding@home. I also have a Maximus Formula SE (X38) flashed to a Rampage Formula BIOS. That flash helped its overclocking & memory tweaking.
Commando has an nvidia chipset, right? They did pretty good too, but the P45 & X48 could really push the FSB.
I still have a Rampage Formula, running folding@home. I also have a Maximus Formula SE (X38) flashed to a Rampage Formula BIOS. That flash helped its overclocking & memory tweaking.
Personally I liked more Gigabyte P45/X48 UD series, Biostar TPower P45 ( that for 2 core CPUs ) and DFI P45/X48. There are many good 775 boards but I would stick to P45 or X48 chipsets because of mentioned higher max FSB and easier memory overclocking.
I'd like to ad the Gig EP45-Extreme to this list.
I'd like to ad the Gig EP45-Extreme to this list.
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P
Yes Scotty, best OC 775 board of all times.
Have one coming.
Have been chasing one for two months
Had a great one of those.. many good to 250 fsb.GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P
Yes Scotty, best OC 775 board of all times.
Have one coming.
Have been chasing one for two months
D9's tight ( 1200mhz / 4-4 ) on Maximus Rampage Formula have given me better results than ddr3 on a friend's ddr3 board ( can't recall what it was - years back ...)
FYI, D9 is a DDR2 Micron RAM IC (there were other D9's that did not overclock). The big performers were D9GMH and D9GKX. I have the D9GMH G.Skill 6400 HZ kits, but there were many makers that supplied these ICs. They did well with higher voltage, but needed to be actively cooled. Otherwise the volts/heat would kill them.
As is the problem with most used D9 kits out there. They are usually 'pre-cooked'.
I have the HZ kit also, but it's not one of my best clockers. They are about the same as the Patriot kits I have. Got a couple sets of Ballistix Tracers that just scream though.
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The 771 mod is worth it because of the stupid high cost of 775 quad core CPUs. The xeons are cheap in comparison. You will also find many of the known good overclocking motherboards are still kinda pricey too.
You don't want to run ECC RAM though. The error correction is great for a server, but slow in a work station/desktop.
You don't want to run ECC RAM though. The error correction is great for a server, but slow in a work station/desktop.
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