775 mobo suggestion needed

[Ventilaator]

This is my first time on these forums, so first I would like to say hello to everyone!

I am currently using Intel socket 775 DG33BU with E8200 CPU, but sadly this board offers no CPU overclocking capabilities. Can anyone suggest a worthful, yet not very expensive upgrade to replace my current board (preferrably an ASUS mobo)?

Thanks in advance,
Vent

 

[Vette73]

Are going to ddr3 or trying to re-use your ddr2?

I just got this Asrock board and 8gig of ddr3...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157174

If you want to keep the ddr2 then here is the ddr2 version...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157175


Lots of overclocking options and been stable for me so far.

 

[Ventilaator]

Are going to ddr3 or trying to re-use your ddr2?

I just got this Asrock board and 8gig of ddr3...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157174

If you want to keep the ddr2 then here is the ddr2 version...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157175


Lots of overclocking options and been stable for me so far.

Thanks, gonna stick with ddr2 for now.

 

[Joseph F]

I've used an EVGA 750i SLI FTW and it's a pretty awesome board. (especially for overclocking) I got mine from EVGA B-Stock for about $50.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If you can find a brand new one, get the Gigabyte UD3 P45

 

[Gillbot]

Pretty much anything from a decent manufacturer with a P45 chipset will be what you want. IMHO, i'd avoid the nVidia boards as they can be finicky with overclocking.

 

[ruffryder]

Are going to ddr3 or trying to re-use your ddr2?

I just got this Asrock board and 8gig of ddr3...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157174

If you want to keep the ddr2 then here is the ddr2 version...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157175


Lots of overclocking options and been stable for me so far.

crap, I am late to the party and these boards are gone... looks like the 775 boards are drying up really fast lately..

Anyone have any new recommendations?

 

[Vette73]

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What parts do you have right now that you will re-use? i.e. like CPU, Ram, power supply, etc...

If building from scratch and trying to save money go with a AM3 AMD setup. The only reason to get a 775 system is if you have a good 775 CPU already and other parts you are reusing.

 

[ruffryder]

I have an e5200 processor and 2gb of ddr2 ram (2 - 1 GB sticks). My power supply is good, add on cards for more sata ports are good, and I have a firewire card that is good.

I have an ASRock dualcore-4sata board with a nice hd3850 agp video card.

The motherboard is getting flaky so it is time to upgrade to a new board and a new video card as well (sadly no more AGP motherboards).

Thanks for the help.

 

[Vette73]

This should do the job for as cheap as possible...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138184


BUT if you live near a microcenter I would sell the CPU and get a AMD CPU/Board package. Not much more than the board above.

 

[ruffryder]

I am completely ignorant when it comes to AMD chips and hardware. What do you think of this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.613760

Yah, budget smudget... ha ha..