P5WDH my E6300, will they overclock well together?

[imported_Conrad]

i am looking to get a new board to do some overclocking with my e6300. i would really like to have a board that supports crossfire, the P5WDH seems to be the best, but will it overclock well with my 6300 given the low multi?

 

[hardwareking]

it should overclock well.Most core 2 duo chips have really high FSb walls.

 

[Skott]

I been seeing people hit 450+fsb now on the P5W DH. Latest BIOS (1401) allowed for up to 550 I think. Highest I actually seen so far though is 455. Newest BIOS is 1402 I believe.

 

[Gary Key]

Depending on your other components (memory and cooling being critical, power next) you should see a good 430FSB for 24/7 operation on the board now.

 

[imported_Conrad]

well i have a zalman9500LED cooler, a very good PSU, my ram is some crucial rendition DDRII 533 but runs great at 925mhz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.25v. i also have 3x80mm fans cooling the memory. could prob go higher with more volts but at hose speeds i should hit a 460fsb provided the 975 will let me.

 

[lopri]

I seriously doubt the P5W-DH will let you go anywhere near 450FSB without some sort of hardware mod (or memory running slower than FSB, which is a no-no on Intel chipsets). Unless they've made a drastic change in the new BIOS (1401), the practical limit is 420~430FSB with 1:1 (FSB:Memory) As far as I know, there is no 1333FSB/1600FSB straps on P5W-DH, which means 1066FSB strap only. 420~430FSB is already quite a stress on the MCH.

 

[n7]

Unless you need Crossfire, i'd suggest either Gigabyte's DS3, Asus's P5B, or P5B Deluxe as a mobo for an E6300 overclock as the 965s reach much higher FSBs on average.

Case in point
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1075/e...5ghz7x5001144415superpi1m16297sse7.jpg

 

[imported_Conrad]

if i go with a 965, is there any advantage overclocking wise to the P5B DLX over the regular P5B?

 

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: Conrad
if i go with a 965, is there any advantage overclocking wise to the P5B DLX over the regular P5B?

Wait on the P5B-E if you are going the Asus P965 route, love the P5B-DLX but for the price I would wait.

 

[imported_Conrad]

whats the ETA on the P5-E? and what are the advantages of c2 over c1e?

 

[myocardia]

The P5B-E is supposed to be out in ~2 weeks, IIRC.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: lopri
I seriously doubt the P5W-DH will let you go anywhere near 450FSB without some sort of hardware mod (or memory running slower than FSB, which is a no-no on Intel chipsets). Unless they've made a drastic change in the new BIOS (1401), the practical limit is 420~430FSB with 1:1 (FSB:Memory) As far as I know, there is no 1333FSB/1600FSB straps on P5W-DH, which means 1066FSB strap only. 420~430FSB is already quite a stress on the MCH.

Here's the website where I saw the fsb numbers. I noticed there is a 480 on that list now. Not sure if these are stable overclocks or what. Its a German website btw.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u...=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools