Please Help me Choose a motherboard

[recycledphood]

Getting a q9450

Intend to Overclock
Going on Air w/Thermalright True Copper ^_^

Try to keep this under 100 if AT ALL possible, but the overclocking ability takes weight. over price

Oh, and preferably 8 GIG of ddr2 of some sort

SLI not needed. but if by coincidence, then sure.

 

[starams5]

All of the boards on the page below supports the Q9450 and are under $100.00. For more boards see second link but you'll have to do your own homework.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...201070725639&name=ASUS
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/cgi...T=q9450+&ACTION=Search

 

[recycledphood]

Originally posted by: starams5
All of the boards on the page below supports the Q9450 and are under $100.00. For more boards see second link but you'll have to do your own homework.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...201070725639&name=ASUS
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/cgi...T=q9450+&ACTION=Search

Mmmm.. Thanks for the List. However, I ment which of those'' is known to overclock the q9xxx well and time tested.

 

[starams5]

The Core 2 Quad/nVidia chipset are not generally the best combo for OCing, look for an Intel chip board.

 

[recycledphood]

Originally posted by: starams5
The Core 2 Quad/nVidia chipset are not generally the best combo for OCing, look for an Intel chip board.

hmm.. Ok I see on newegg, the popular choice is gigabyte: EP45

Of course there are haters in the review dropping bombs. Soooo.. what ya'll think

 

[starams5]

It has decent specs and a 69% approval rating isn't that bad, I'll let someone who personally own the board do the vouching. Haters......a person may not know what their doing and that can be the reason they're having problems. On the other hand what if they are right.

 

[elconejito]

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R or UD3P (has crossfire) are probably the best in OC'ing C2Qs right now. 500FSB is very common (but not guaranteed!) with this board. The UD3R is around $120, the UD3P is maybe ~$20 more.

I'm currently running 8GB of ram at 450FSB, no sweat.