Best motherboard for Intel Q6600 based on 650i SLI chipset

[Xcom1Cheetah]

Previously i was thinking of a motherboard based on P35 chipset.. but now i have planned to buy another 7900GS (which r pretty cheap these days) and make an SLI rig...

So i have now changed my plans and thinking of getting a motherboard based on 650 SLi chipset..

So which motherboard is the best.? If you own any 650 SLI based motherboard i will like to ask.

1) Does it overclock upto 400FSB easily.. ( as i m going to get Q6600 therefore even an overclock upto 350 FSB will be pretty reasonable).
2) Are there any BIOS issues.?
3) Are there any chipset related issues with any Windows or its applications.?
4) How high is the stability without overclock and after moderate overclock.?
5) Any other thing you will like to mention or warn me regarding 650 SLI chipset based motherboard.?

Thanks for your input.

ps. feature wise i like ABIT board but design wise i like MSI one... seems like they have better cooling then the rest of the SLI boards.. but i want to know the performance and stability..

 

[Heidfirst]

I've got the P5N-E SLI (got it before it was even on the Asus website & was an unknown entity), if I was doing it again now I would probably go with the Gigabyte N650-DS4.
They all run a hot nb when overclocked.

 

[Xcom1Cheetah]

Originally posted by: Heidfirst
I've got the P5N-E SLI (got it before it was even on the Asus website & was an unknown entity), if I was doing it again now I would probably go with the Gigabyte N650-DS4.
They all run a hot nb when overclocked.

Why you have mentioned Gigabyte..? I will appreciate if you can give few reasons..

btw i have seen on this forum and also on newegg that ASUS P5N32-E SLI is not rated very highly..

Plus i find MSI P6N Platinum rated pretty decently... rather its has won customer award on newegg.. so i think i will be going with either of these two.. also Gigabyte has pretty impressive rating on newegg although a lot less reviews.

Btw if you find any review of Gigabyte do lemme know.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: Xcom1Cheetah
Why you have mentioned Gigabyte..? I will appreciate if you can give few reasons..

because as I said if I was buying a 650i now (& I probably wouldn't I would go P35) it's the board that I would buy.
The Asus is capable of high speeds but can be a bit flaky & imo it shows signs of being made to a price (it is cheap).
The abit from the hardware pov looks v. good but they still haven't got the BIOS quite right (mind you I'm not sure that any of them have).

Plus i find MSI P6N Platinum rated pretty decently... rather its has won customer award on newegg..

certainly the Plat looks better than the Sli-Fi.
A lot of P6N Plat threads on the MSI forum though although I don't profess to have done any more than skim a lot of them.

Btw if you find any review of Gigabyte do lemme know.

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