Intel Core 2 Duo Processors

[AdamJ1984]

Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster. I have been away from the PC scene for a little while and the Core 2 Duo Processors have really caught my eye in terms of stock and especially overclocked performance. Now from what I understand, the E6300 and above all have a 1066MHz front side bus. The question that I have searched for on this site and Intel's site as well is what is the mainstream MB for this processor, is it the P965? And here is my major question, what is the stock memory for these processors that is recommended by Intel and the MB manufacturers? I see the boards accept DDR2 533/667/800 and does the 1066MHz front side bus come from the effective memory rate x 2? So a 533MHz DD2 module would equal the 1066MHz front side bus and anything higher would allow for O/C abilities? So is the effective FSB 266MHz and is Intel still using the quad pumped thing? I am sorry for these question but they have been urking the crap out of me and I was sure you would all know the answers.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: AdamJ1984
So a 533MHz DD2 module would equal the 1066MHz front side bus and anything higher would allow for O/C abilities? So is the effective FSB 266MHz and is Intel still using the quad pumped thing?

The answer to both of these questions is yes. And nearly everyone is buying motherboards with the i965 chipset for C2D's. It overclocks better than the 975x, and costs less.

 

[AdamJ1984]

Oh and sorry for this double post, I did the same in General Hardware, I just thought the question was more geared for this category.