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Gigabyte 945-based board for C2D?

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jeffspam

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I want an E6300 because of its overclocking niceness (and cost, 'course)... but this machine will be used for media encoding, not gaming. So Gigabyte's GA-945GM-S2 at around $99 is very attractive, since it has onboard (Intel GMA 950) video, saving me the cost of a card. Of course, the problem is the older 945 chipset.

Will I be able to OC on this board? I'd like to push the chip up to around 2.2GHz. Stability is crucial. I'd rather wait a few months for prices to drop on the faster chips and MBs, rather than buy this now and worry about BSODs.

The board only supports up to 667MHz RAM. Will 800MHz RAM (OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-6400) still work in this system, but at the lower speed? Will I notice a significant (>1-2%) speed hit by going with the slower RAM clock? I'd rather get RAM I'd be likely to use in the future.

$99 for this is hard to pass up. I know I can count on you guys to set me straight. 🙂
 
the ram wiil work fine ,it will just run at 667 speed,thats not a problem at all.as far as gigabyte and o/clocking who knows.they have never been known for being a great o/clockin board.you would have to see thr bios options to get an idea or talk to someone who has the board now.if its a temporary setup why would it make a big difference if its not tht great an o/clocker.gigabyte has a board out now that o/clocks well and their boards are usually vert well layed out and stable.you probubly cant go to wrong......
 
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