Lowest price lga 775 over clocker?

[moneer]

Hello everyone. I'm looking for a budget motherboard capable of overclocking my q6700. So far looking at old forum posts, mobos from that era are costing $100+. Anyone know of a mobo that's around 50 dollars?

Any help or guidance will be appreciated
Thank you

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, look for a used but working P35 board on ebay. You'll need DDR2 RAM, which may also be somewhat pricy.

Edit: Is there a reason that you're not just scrapping or selling off your old CPU, and buying a newer-gen Skylake G4400 Pentium or i3-6100? (I believe that the i3-6100 is clearly faster, both in single-threaded and multi-threaded, than your Q6700.)

 

[Sheep221]

Lowest price overclocking board is not really good for overclocking I guess, and so is not your CPU, if you look at the nasty combo of TDP 105W and T-case of 62.6C you definitely along side buying overpriced old mobo and RAM will invest another dozen for beefy cooling. Just throw it to some DG35 Intel board you have lying around in your basement and donate it to your local elementary school or retirement home(wait they upgraded to i5s just over a year ago, nevermind then).

 

[legolas_tk]

ASUS is always good at overclocking.
P5Q Pro Turbo for overclocking.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-P5Q-Pr...insAAOSwGIRXXv1V&_trksid=p2349526.m3874.l7936

 

[moneer]

Yeah, look for a used but working P35 board on ebay. You'll need DDR2 RAM, which may also be somewhat pricy.

Edit: Is there a reason that you're not just scrapping or selling off your old CPU, and buying a newer-gen Skylake G4400 Pentium or i3-6100? (I believe that the i3-6100 is clearly faster, both in single-threaded and multi-threaded, than your Q6700.)

I already have ddr2 ram so I won't be buying much. But the reason is it's a decent cpu, and I'm on a budget. I can't spend upwards of $200 just for a cpu and compatible mobo. I'd much rather spend extra money on getting a better gpu.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I have an EP45-DS3R board, which is a good overclocker, but it's in great condition, and I wouldn't let it go for your price range.

 

[Sheep221]

I already have ddr2 ram so I won't be buying much. But the reason is it's a decent cpu, and I'm on a budget. I can't spend upwards of $200 just for a cpu and compatible mobo. I'd much rather spend extra money on getting a better gpu.

Sell that CPU for $40 and RAM for $5, buy cheap combo of i5-2300 with B75 board for $110, $15 for 4 gig DDR3 stick and you have it. Total Investment ~$80
With Q6700 and DDR2 RAM
You still would have to buy overclocking board alone for $70 and cooler for $30. Which require you to pay around $100 just to get working something that was very much outdated by the fall of 2008. Total is ~$100+

The basic arithmetic does say that for slightly less price you get triple the performance on stock with lower TDP and much newer and better platform, with no need to invest additionally in aftermarket cooling and overclocking anything, just plug & play. It's your call.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Agree about what Sheep221 has said so far.

I would suggest selling the Q6700, get a new i3-6100/B150/DDR4 combo or a used Sandy/Ivy Bridge equivalent that draws far less power draw at load and idle, with far better chipsets, without the need for aftermarket HSFs and without gambling the reliability of your entire PC built around a dying 8-year old P35 board.

BTW just in single-threaded performance alone the i3-6100 is almost 3x faster than the Q6700.

 

[VirtualLarry]

BTW just in single-threaded performance alone the i3-6100 is almost 3x faster than the Q6700.

I know it's more money, in absolute terms, but it gets you SO much better performance, too, and the parts are new, which means that you can get another 10 years out of them, instead of an additional 2-3 years out of "a dying P35 board".

 

[StrangerGuy]

I know it's more money, in absolute terms, but it gets you SO much better performance, too, and the parts are new, which means that you can get another 10 years out of them, instead of an additional 2-3 years out of "a dying P35 board".

Not only that:

Lets add 50W for 180W on an overclocked Q6700 on idle, since it won't have any CPU power management when OCed, versus a stock Skylake/Haswell system at just 40W: (courtesy Guru3d)

140W power savings for a year: Assuming 8 hours/day for 365 days at avg US rate of $0.12/KWh = ~$50 a year, for just idling.

2 years of that will pay off Skylake i3/mobo upfront cost by itself while getting vastly better performance this whole time than paying $100 to stick with an ancient slow space heater.

If the PC is going be running on significant load, 24/7, in an airconditioned room where extra energy is needed to get rid of 140W more heat or places with expensive electricity the $$$ savings is going to be even more dramatic.

 

[jana519]

Just sell that old Q6700 and get a Sandy Bridge i5. They are selling for $80 these days, and you don't need to overclock them. Heck, get an i3-2100. Think of it like this: Sandy Bridge has 20-30% performance over Core 2. So for a Q6700 to just break even, you'd need to overclock it to:

- 4Ghz to match the i3-2100
- 4.4Ghz to match the i5-2400/2500

To achieve that you need a rare P35/45 775 motherboard in good condition, AND an aftermarket cooler, AND DDR2 memory, AND a beefier PSU.

Now for LGA 1155, you only need a cheap motherboard, DDR3, and the stock cooler. Compare the two options and seriously ask yourself is this worth it.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Just sell that old Q6700 and get a Sandy Bridge i5. They are selling for $80 these days, and you don't need to overclock them. Heck, get an i3-2100. Think of it like this: Sandy Bridge has 20-30% performance over Core 2. So for a Q6700 to just break even, you'd need to overclock it to:

- 4Ghz to match the i3-2100
- 4.4Ghz to match the i5-2400/2500

To achieve that you need a rare P35/45 775 motherboard in good condition, AND an aftermarket cooler, AND DDR2 memory, AND a beefier PSU.

Now for LGA 1155, you only need a cheap motherboard, DDR3, and the stock cooler. Compare the two options and seriously ask yourself is this worth it.

He'll be lucky to even hit 3.6GHz, most Kentsfields realistically topped out at 3.2-3.4GHz. Even the latter would be a stretch to achieve on 8 to 9 year old boards.