Do P45 OC better than x38?

[DTess17]

Do the p45 boards overall OC better than the x38 boards?

Also does running 4 slots impact the OC in the same way it does x38?

 

[DTess17]

I guess I'm learning more towards the P45. I think the real question is what board to get now.

 

[RamarC]

did you read today's review of Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P?

i'm partial to the ASUS P5Q and P5Q Pro (crossfireX) myself.

 

[DTess17]

I did. It is a consideration, but I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.
I've had great luck with Asus and was looking at them, but they have so many different boards it's hard to make heads to tails of what features each one has.

I think i might try crossfire, or use some type of AMD/ATI card. I've been on using nvidia since for the last three or four cards I've bought.

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: DTess17
I did. It is a consideration, but I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.
I've had great luck with Asus and was looking at them, but they have so many different boards it's hard to make heads to tails of what features each one has.

I think i might try crossfire, or use some type of AMD/ATI card. I've been on using nvidia since for the last three or four cards I've bought.

I understand your reluctance considering your past experience, however, Gigabyte has improved greatly in recent years and the UD3P/R boards are awesome.
I too have usually had good luck w/ Asus, but for the P45s the UD3P/R is the way to go IMHO.

 

[DTess17]

Originally posted by: conlan

Originally posted by: DTess17
I did. It is a consideration, but I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.
I've had great luck with Asus and was looking at them, but they have so many different boards it's hard to make heads to tails of what features each one has.

I think i might try crossfire, or use some type of AMD/ATI card. I've been on using nvidia since for the last three or four cards I've bought.

I understand your reluctance considering your past experience, however, Gigabyte has improved greatly in recent years and the UD3P/R boards are awesome.
I too have usually had good luck w/ Asus, but for the P45s the UD3P/R is the way to go IMHO.

I guess I should stop holding on to the grudge I have against them. I built three systems all based on Gigabyte, and all three died. It was a mobo problem they had with that spin I guess. I switched to Abit, then Asus and have never looked back.

They are getting pretty glowing reviews now. I might have to suck it up and try it out. Price seems pretty good too.

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: DTess17

Originally posted by: conlan

Originally posted by: DTess17
I did. It is a consideration, but I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.
I've had great luck with Asus and was looking at them, but they have so many different boards it's hard to make heads to tails of what features each one has.

I think i might try crossfire, or use some type of AMD/ATI card. I've been on using nvidia since for the last three or four cards I've bought.

I understand your reluctance considering your past experience, however, Gigabyte has improved greatly in recent years and the UD3P/R boards are awesome.
I too have usually had good luck w/ Asus, but for the P45s the UD3P/R is the way to go IMHO.

I guess I should stop holding on to the grudge I have against them. I built three systems all based on Gigabyte, and all three died. It was a mobo problem they had with that spin I guess. I switched to Abit, then Asus and have never looked back.

They are getting pretty glowing reviews now. I might have to suck it up and try it out. Price seems pretty good too.

Well, if you're more comfortable w/ Asus, the P5Q-E is a damn nice board as well, so either way your a winner. :thumbsup:

 

[akash2008]

I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.
I've had great luck with Asus and was looking at them, but they have so many different boards it's hard to make heads to tails of what features each one has.

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: akash2008
I did have some pretty horrid experiences with Gigabyte back in the 478 days.

That's like saying chevy made a couple unreliable cars in the 60's, so I won't buy a silverado now


Gigabyte and Asus are imo, tied for the best motherboard manufacturers these days

 

[MegaWorks]

I know you don't want Gigabyte then this board loves the E8000 series CPU for Overclocking BIOSTAR TPower I45, it's simply the best p45 board for Core 2 Duo.

But I would still consider GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P, it's an overclocking beast!

 

[DTess17]

I've decided to give Gigabyte another try. Hopefully it works out well this time.

 

[jzodda]

Originally posted by: DTess17
I've decided to give Gigabyte another try. Hopefully it works out well this time.

You won't regret it. This is one of the best boards I have ever run. Had it running at 600 FSB at unsafe voltages. Even my 24/7 settings are great (see sig)

Use the huge thread on this board at X-treme for any help with overclocking. All info is there among the 1800 posts.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=205132

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: DTess17
Do the p45 boards overall OC better than the x38 boards?

Also does running 4 slots impact the OC in the same way it does x38?

I would say yes the P45 OCs better than the X38 if you subscribe to the general belief that a smaller process generates less heat and clocks better than a larger process. P45 is 65nm, X38 and P35 are 90nm. I believe X48 was also 90nm at launch, but not sure if they shrunk it down or not.

I've had good results running 4 slots on my board, as have some others, but again I'd say its somewhat hit or miss depending on your DIMMs and brand. Also look around as to which BIOS is recommended for 4 dimm support.

 

[DTess17]

Originally posted by: jzodda

Originally posted by: DTess17
I've decided to give Gigabyte another try. Hopefully it works out well this time.

You won't regret it. This is one of the best boards I have ever run. Had it running at 600 FSB at unsafe voltages. Even my 24/7 settings are great (see sig)

Use the huge thread on this board at X-treme for any help with overclocking. All info is there among the 1800 posts.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=205132

That is a very good thread. I read maybe an hours worth yesterday. I feel more comfortable now. Seems like I made a good choice. There is a big enough install base where I should run into anything someone else didn't already

 

[bigsnyder]

I can't speak for the P45 boards, but I am very happy with my Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4.

 

[maluckey]

EP45-UD3P with Q9400 and HyperX- T1 PC 8500 here. Love it. the biggest drawback is that it OC's so damned easily............

475 x 7.5x with a Q9400 core is simple. Set it and bump the VCore to around 1.2 volts +/-. That was all that I did. It's a big letdown that there wasn't ANY drama. I just set the RAM to a speed closest to stock (which stock is 1066) and didn't even raise VDIMM higher than 2.08 volts!! It still held 5-5-5-15 with the drive strength set to 1066 profile.

Boring...and fast.

Mark

Edited because I shouldn't drink and type! Anycase, it's fast and easy to OC.

 

[DTess17]

Originally posted by: maluckey
EP45-UD3P with Q9400 and HyperX- T1 PC 8500 here. Love it. the biggest drawback is that it OC's so damned easily............

475 x 7.5x with a Q9400 core is simple. Set it and bump the VCore to around 1.2 volts +/-. That was all that I did. It's a big letdown that there wasn't ANY drama. I just set the RAM to a speed closest to stock (which stock is 1066) and didn't even raise VCore higher than 2.08 volts!! It still held 5-5-5-15 with the drive strength set to 1066 profile.

Boring...and fast.

Mark

I "boring" overclock is a problem i'd love to have