good p45 vs great p965 - which one

[captainjon]

Hi,

Im rebuilding my PC and have an EP45 DS3R which is okay and uses the P45
chipset, but i just picked up an older GA 965P DQ6 which has coolers all over
the motherboard and was probably a higher end board than the newer EP45.

I want to overclock my E7500 to 3.6 or 4 if possible. Which one would be
better?

thanks

Jon

 

[mb103051]

p45 no question..best chipset for 775 for o/clocking..965 was an older chipset...

 

[IGemini]

Yeah, P45 is better, no contest.

 

[Cerb]

If your case cooling is OK, there is no need for those heatsinks. The EP45 will use less power for voltage regulation, and an E7500 is not a high power chip to start with (with the 1066 bus, it's an ideal overclocker). The (E)P35-DS3 and (E)P45-DS3 also have quite a rep for stable overclocks.

 

[bigsnyder]

ditto everyone else. Not even sure 965 is fully compatible with "newer" 775 processors.

 

[IGemini]

IIRC, P965 was released after Core 2 and was designed to work with the series. The DQ6 in particular supports 45nm C2 as well.