Overclocking Choice for Q6600

[Collider]

Looking to build a new rig. Been reading up, seems theres lots of good boards around for Q6600. What would you guys recommend for a good oc board with lots of bios options and bang for the buck in mind?

 

[Sylvanas]

I assume as a bang for buck rig you will not be using Crossfire or SLI- in that case I would suggest the P35 chipset. Boards to consider are the MSI Neo2 FR, Abit IP35-E and various Asus/Giga variants, however I would give the former the nod from my own experience.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

If you want lots of BIOS options for tweaking, go with DFI.....but they aren't the cheapest boards.

 

[Collider]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
I assume as a bang for buck rig you will not be using Crossfire or SLI- in that case I would suggest the P35 chipset. Boards to consider are the MSI Neo2 FR, Abit IP35-E and various Asus/Giga variants, however I would give the former the nod from my own experience.

Lets say I wanna keep my options open as far as SLI goes what boards should I consider then?

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: avp2306

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
I assume as a bang for buck rig you will not be using Crossfire or SLI- in that case I would suggest the P35 chipset. Boards to consider are the MSI Neo2 FR, Abit IP35-E and various Asus/Giga variants, however I would give the former the nod from my own experience.

Lets say I wanna keep my options open as far as SLI goes what boards should I consider then?

I'd recommend the MSI P7N 750i chipset....solid board, good support, SLI support and doesn't break the bank.

 

[Bob151]

I wouldn't recommend the Asus P5B Deluxe. Mine will not go over 300Mhz with either an E4500 or a recently purchased Q6600. I have tried two different memory manufacturers PC2 6400 Cas 4 DRAM (seperately), but the result was the same. This and this, yet nothing over 300. I've tried another power supply and unplugged the other HD and the DVD (in case 500 watts wasn't enough), results the same. No SLI, just one video card.

For about 9 months I had the ratios with the memory twisted such that the memory was running at 450 (3:2 with the bus at 300 IIRC), never had a problem. I doubt it was bum memory.

There was a well composed OC guide arround here which the author used a P5B and the author apparently had an easy time of it. I followed the same guidelines, my board will not boot over 300Mhz.

Good luck.