About to pull the trigger on a 6400/DQ6

[wilki24]

So, after watching the first round of people with C2D's and various mobos, I've just about decided to go with:

E6400
Gigabyte DQ6
This Memory (Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 - 2GB)

I will be putting my 7950GX2 into this build.

I saw some bad things about the DQ6 initially, but it seems like there is now a new BIOS that clears these issues up (and leads to some pretty high FSB clocks).

Any reason why I shouldn't go with these choices?

 

[wilki24]

I guess if no one is replying, then there must not be any reason for me not to

 

[n7]

I'd lean toward the Asus P5B Deluxe or the vanilla.

With the 502 or 507 bios, ppl are hitting 450+ FSB, some up to 550.

I haven't heard much about the DQ6 being better yet.

 

[orion23]

I tried a DQ6 and I just had to return it. I didn't get to test the latest bios but I didn't have any luck with it to keep it around.

 

[Soul Colossus]

The problem with the P5B Deluxe is that it's $260

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: n7
I'd lean toward the Asus P5B Deluxe or the vanilla.

^^^

It's similarly priced to the DS3.

 

[myocardia]

The DS3's are hitting the highest fsb's with Allendale cores (E6300 and E6400's). The Asus P5W's are the best for the Conroe cores, which don't require as high of an fsb, but require more amperage to be supplied by the motherboard.

 

[gobucks]

i've heard the DQ6 is pretty good at overclocking, but not a lot of people have them cause they are so expensive, so that's why there isn't a lot of feedback on them. they use all solid capacitors, which is supposed to help overclocking, and based on the results i've seen, it works very well on the DS3, i don't see why it would be any different with the DQ6. they say that conroes aren't OCing as well on the DS3, and it could very well be the 3-phase power design that is causing this, but i don't expect this to be an issue on the DQ6 because it uses 12-phase power.

all in all, i think its a solid choice, but i'd check to make sure that the board supports your 7950. i didn't think that the P965 supported SLI cards, even if they are on one physical board, but i'm not sure. all i know is i'd hate to find out after spending over a grand that the stuff doesn't work together.