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Help: damn C2D mobos..which one for e6600

nealh

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Nov 21, 1999
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I am sick of waiting and really need to get something up and running while the wife is out of town..next week

I am not a bencher...so I could careless about this stuff

setup:
e6600(hoping for 3.4-3.6..so I need 400-450 fsb)
10th anniv crucial 2x 10gb 533 DDR with D9GH chips or whatever
x1900xt CF
xfi
2 dvdrw
2 seagate sata hdd..320/200gb
corsair 620w psu

I want a stable overclocker....I not looking to get 500fsb(but 7x 500 would be cool)

I do not want to do vmods..I have no issue placing a new HSF on NB/SB

I watercool see my sig...

I cant wait any longer ofr the RD600...looks to be vaporware before Xmas....

I probably will never Xfire/SLI

I am looking at
Badaxe2
RD600....keep waiting
680i..Asus P5N 32E SLI..pricey
P5B dlx
P5W DH


choices just are not great...why...

2t on badaxe2..with no way to lower mutliplier but less vdroop....but I cant guarantee my cpu will do 400fsb or 3600
680i..alot of sata problems that are LARGELY fixed

any help would be great ..thanks
 

UMfanatic

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well since you will never xfire or sli then rule out the xfire and sli boards, do not wait on the R600 it will be price when it comes out, a gigabyte DS3 board would also be good