Motherboard for Pentium D 830?

[vlads stuff]

I was thinking about an athlon x2, but they are so damned expensive, so I'm considering the Pentium D 830 for a new system build.

Would I be better off with the NF4 chipset for Intel or 955x? I want SLI but not sure about compatability with NF4 for intel?

PS: I am looking to do some serious overclocking.

 

[CheesePoofs]

I don't know of any good PD motherboards, but I do know that they are all very expensive. You can get a very good overclocking X2 motherboard and a 4200 for only a bit more than a very good overclocking PD motherboard and a PD.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

X2 is expensive, but even the highest end PD is slower than slowest A64. Besidse multitasking, a single core 3500+ should be able to beat the 830.

There's some ASUS P5ADG-W2 PREMIUM or something like that, and it accepts DDR2-1066. In the end though the intel route'll be more expensive:
-Need a stronger power supply
-NEED Low Latency, High Bandwidth RAM (P4's/PD's are bandwidth starved) or you'll lose performance
-Motherboards are pretty expensive.
-DDR2 itself is pretty expensive and latencies are high.
-You'll need much better cooling. If a singlecore prescott isn't hot enough, squsih 2 of them together and what do you got? Bibbity bobbity boo (or howevre the hell that goes).
-Haha: Digital Rights Management built into the 945/955 chipset = bad .

-The Pentium Guy

 

[Capt Caveman]

OP, if you're set on Intel, you're better off posting in ocforums for assistance. This site is not Intel friendly.

In regards to your question, I had an Intel 640 earlier in the year paired up with the Asus P5WD2-Premium (955x chipset) board and it rocked. At the time, the nf4 SLI Intel boards were not prime-time but that may have changed. If you really want to seriously oc a D 830, you'll probably have to invest in a water-cooling set-up b/c they do get hot.

Good luck!