Good Overclocking motherboard for Q6600 G0

[imported_toon]

Hi,
I'm about to upgrade my system and need some help picking a motherboard. I've decided for a CPU which I will go with Q6600 G0. However, I need some recommendations for a motherboard with good OCing potentials. I'm using Vapochill for cooling, so I expect to overclock a lot. Some links for reviews would be appreciated. Also, I probably go with DDR2, any helps with the Ram would be nice too. Thanks in advance guys!!!!

 

[BenchZowner]

Vapochill + Q6600 ( which will probably be changed to... Modded Vapochill + Q6600 soon ) ==> Good mobo with Intel's P35 Chipset.

Personally I'd go with the P5K Deluxe ( you might have troubles with SATA-RAID if you're planning to use a RAID Array on the on-board ICH9R controller ).
Other options are the Abit IP35 Pro ( my 2nd weapon of choice under the ASUSes P5K Deluxe/P5K3 Deluxe ) and one of the Gigabyte's ( P35-DQ4, etc ) [ messy BIOS, FSB holes, nasty bugs, not for me thanks ]

RAM...well, any kit with Micron D9GMH/D9GKX chips will do great.
If you search the forums with my username as filter, and the keyword being "Micron" you'll find a thread in the system memory section where I listed some good D9GMH/D9GKX kits

 

[swtethan]

I dont know if mine is any good

 

[Acanthus]

The board in my sig does 500fsb without breaking a sweat, 4.5ghz would a reasonable goal with a good phase change setup.

Be very careful on condensation with vapochill, that design isnt without its flaws, i speak from experience

 

[Shimmishim]

the stock vapochill units are not built for quadcores... you will definitely need to get it modded to handle the heat output of the quads...

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
the stock vapochill units are not built for quadcores... you will definitely need to get it modded to handle the heat output of the quads...

it depends how much he wants to oc. up to 185w he should be ok, but after that not so chilly anymore.

OP, you should be able to get it 4.2 to 4.3G fairly stable. to get above that, you will need to mod the motherboard, because no mobo can do 500 fsb on a 4G+ quad core without volt and cooling mods. there are mobos that will do 500 fsb on a quad, but not at those speeds where it requires 1.6v+ on the cpu. the voltage regulators will get very hot, you need to get mosfet heatsinks. welcome to AT, and good luck OP. let us know how it goes.

 

[BenchZowner]

Oh, by the way, you can slap me once...I forgot that there's a better solution than the P5K Deluxe ( and without that silly SATA-RAID issue ), it's the Blitz Formula ( P35 Chipset + DDR-2 )

And like shimmishim said...you'll need to get the vapochill modded to handle the quad.

 

[drakore]

DQ6 > P5K Deluxe forrr sureee

 

[BenchZowner]

Originally posted by: drakore
DQ6 > P5K Deluxe forrr sureee

I like the facts provided with your assumption ( unless you own both boards, and tested them accordingly with a correct method and came to a conclusion )

BTW it's like

DQ6 - P5K
Bugs > Less Bugs

 

[njdevilsfan87]

From what I've gathered the P5K Deluxe has been much more problematic than a P35-DQ6, but that may be because a Deluxe is more popular.

Do not get a P5K Deluxe is what I've read - get a P5K Premium which is a Deluxe without all the problems. The higher end boards should all do fine.

Asus P5K Premium
Gigabyte P35-DQ6
Abit IP35 Pro

I myself went with a DQ6 (will be here on Frisday) because of the large amount of passive cooling on that board. After watching the PWM temps pass 100C on my overclocked quad (this was a 3.6GHz though) on an IP35-E, I want as much cooling on the chipset as physically possible. Thes quads pull a lot of current... an E4300 vs Q6600 on a passive PWM at 3GHz stock voltages... The E4300 never broke 60C, even clocked at 3.5GHz and 1.5V (where on the Q6600 the load was 1.38V)

 

[imported_toon]

Thanks for all the help guys. I dont know if I need to get my Vapochill modded though. I have vapochill LS which I thought it should be good enough to handle the quad. I think I made my decision on the MB to go with DQ6. One more thing, Should I get PC8500 or should I just go with PC6400?

 

[BenchZowner]

Even at defaults if you don't have an A/C in the room, it'll be screaming out for help.
The load to handle when it originally came out was nothing like what today's CPUs give it.

Even a high clocked Athlon 64 FX-60 can make it cry at 3.6GHz

 

[Acanthus]

A highly overclocked Quad can break 180 watts of heat... and i remember single core prescotts making Vapochill cry @ stock.

 

[BenchZowner]

That's true Acanthus.
But hey! Prescotts were barbeques not CPUs

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: toon
Hi,
I'm about to upgrade my system and need some help picking a motherboard. I've decided for a CPU which I will go with Q6600 G0. However, I need some recommendations for a motherboard with good OCing potentials. I'm using Vapochill for cooling, so I expect to overclock a lot. Some links for reviews would be appreciated. Also, I probably go with DDR2, any helps with the Ram would be nice too. Thanks in advance guys!!!!

your gonna burn out that phase unit if you oc that quad on it.

Ask yoxxy he's done it. So has a few others on XS forums.

 

[kY]

Several co-workers have oced using the P5K Deluxe w/o any probs. Using the E6600 and Q6600 w/ the P5K Deluxe is the most popular recipe on our internal mailing lists.

 

[GEOrifle]

I'm still using PIV 3.4GH PRESCOT with ZALMAN HSF and even OC-ed without any problems. It can handle all games w/o a/problems but i have 9800PRO and it REALLY isn't
good enough for system, waithig for September B2school sales on X1950-7950 series AGP.
One for sure: Produce Aftermarket HSF's started after PRESCOT's releasing.

In my opinion ASUS did and does best job in motherboards.

 

[ChronoReverse]

DS3P is nice. The vdroop is low without any modding (I get between 0.016V and 0.032V) and any bugs it may have hasn't bothered me yet.