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I don't overclock, which highly overclockable board ?

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jimmyj68

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I have only used Intel boards for my last 4 - 5 builds. I am seriously considering a P35 board to replace my Intel P965 board but the boards offered from Intel are too restrictive i.e. built to run Vista but will run XP if forced to.

It appears that most "commercial " P35 boards are open to either operating system, but are designed for overclocking. How well do these boards preform if left as they come out of the box? ---and if anyone knows- - - which of the overclockable boards operates best straight out of the box?
 
I don't overclock, and I've been extremely pleased with my abit IP35 Pro. It's a really solid board for both stock and overclocked configs, in my opinion. The only thing I touched in the BIOS was the CPU & chassis fan speed controls.
 
The ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi/AP did pretty decently in the reviews and has been very stable for me. I am using Crucial DDR2-PC2-8500 (running at 1066). I have not overclocked anything that can be controlled from the motherboard bios. My only gripe about it is that the top-most PCI-E slot is fairly low and doesn't leave a lot of room for my water-cooling pump and reservoir to fit in the bottom of my case under the video card. It's a minor thing, certainly doesn't affect performance or functionality.
I've found over the years that good quality memory, running at reasonable timings, makes a big difference in stability.
Also, having had issues with a DFI and ultimately discovering that yes, indeed, a better power supply does makes a difference, even if you are not taxing it to the limit, I highly recommend the Corsair HX620W which is made by SeaSonic and has received many good reviews. It's very quiet, and has modular cables.
I now have 2 of them I've been so happy with them.
Additionaly, the Intel E6750 and E6850 cpu's seem like a very good deal to me. I have the E6850.
 
Thanks for the suggestions fellas - but now I have a new quandary that I should have mentioned in my original post - - cost! With the ASUS I am probably paying a premium for the overclocking engineering that went into the board - and I don't want to use. The ABIT is a little costly too compared to Intels undeniably excellent basic P35 board (vista board). Where would you say the best price point is for a board like the ASUS and ABIT boards that I won't be paying too much for capabilities I don't intend to use. Are the boards suggested at a good price point when all board capabilities (WiFi etc) are taken into account (I won't use Wi-Fi either)?

I'm not ready for Vista yet and don't want to go through the shenanigans needed to load Vista on the Intel DP35DPM board. Maybe I'm just lazy- but when I do get ready for Vista it will be another hassle to dump XP and install vista After Vista SP-1.
 
Originally posted by: jimmyj68
Thanks for the suggestions fellas - but now I have a new quandary that I should have mentioned in my original post - - cost! With the ASUS I am probably paying a premium for the overclocking engineering that went into the board - and I don't want to use. The ABIT is a little costly too compared to Intels undeniably excellent basic P35 board (vista board). Where would you say the best price point is for a board like the ASUS and ABIT boards that I won't be paying too much for capabilities I don't intend to use. Are the boards suggested at a good price point when all board capabilities (WiFi etc) are taken into account (I won't use Wi-Fi either)?

I'm not ready for Vista yet and don't want to go through the shenanigans needed to load Vista on the Intel DP35DPM board. Maybe I'm just lazy- but when I do get ready for Vista it will be another hassle to dump XP and install vista After Vista SP-1.
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What else are you looking for in a board? The best p35 value/cost board is the ip35-e, which according to SerpentRoyal's thread is $71AR. Not only do you get an excellent board at an old school motherboard price, you get one of the largest and best supported motherboard threads that this forum has seen in quite a while should you have any issues you want to discuss with it. 🙂
 
I want stability - stability - stability. I no longer have the patience or feel the challenge of making a quirky motherboard work as it should. It needs to work right out of the box - no questions asked. My 965 Intel board had a bad rep when first on the market because myself and others hadn't done our research and knew that intel wanted 1.8V memory only on the board. Now, most of the new boards out there are very memory sensitive. I can transfer my 1.8V Kingston memory to the DP35DPM Intel without a whimper (800 not 667).

Intel made a perfect Vista board with the DP35DPM. I could transfer my entire computer to the new board with no problem - unless I want to transfer winXP also (am I getting hung up on the raid issue? -the inclusion of raid drivers on a floppy for a motherboard with no floppy driver or connector?)

What I should do is just wait until I'm ready for Vista - can buy a 45 nanometer processor - and make a complete transition then - why am I sweating this now - there is no hurry and to use the vernacular - my Intel 965 board rocks.

I have the DP965LT board, the 6600 CPU, 2gigs of Kingston 800 memory, EVGA 8800gts video card, ONKYO stereo sound card, two Samsung 500 gig hard drives (no raid on the DP965LT). Antec Solocase and everything works like a champ with WINXP Pro.
 
Originally posted by: jimmyj68Now, most of the new boards out there are very memory sensitive.
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only if they require higher voltage for rated operation & you are trying to run rated speed/timing at lower voltage.

 
I 've been building system since the first Athon and Pentium III, I know the motherboard brand, and I strongly assume those Asus, Abit mobos are a little overprice for the ovecloking features. I will go for Foxconn , biostar and Gigabyte with a good chipset.
 
Hi

Usually, the boards that are great overclockers are also very stable at stock speeds. I suggest you take a look at the Gigabyte P35 DS3L, a cheap but incredibly well built mobo.

Cheers
 
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