Recommendation for MOBO to replace Gigabyte 965P-DS3

[1ManArmY]

I've had problems with the DS inability to hold any OC after a shutdown or restart period. I was running my E6600 @ 3.060 (9 X 340) 4-4-4-12 core temp 36 39 idle
core temp 52 53 load CPU Vcore 1.375
DDR2 = 2.1, PCI-E = 102, Mem mult = 2, +0.1v to MCH,FSB, PCI-E
I ran orthos with these settings for 8 hours the highest the temps got with full load was 54,
should be stable right? After trying to devise a strategy to acheive a 3.2 OC after I come home boot up the system and it's back at default 9 X 266. I ended up flashing the MOBO to F11, disconnect my IDE devices and check the rails on my PSU and everything checked out.
I then replaced the battery with my 4 year battery from my ASUS P$ board and the OC held for 6 hours until the board drained that battery too.
any suggestions on a new board?? Just looking for board that will do a mild OC and that is compatible with Geil DD2 800 memory.


Thanks:beer:

 

[PCTC2]

The new Gigabyte P35 DS3R? VR-Zone hit 575FSB out of the box.

EDIT:: My bad.

 

[1ManArmY]

Well since I would be overclocking an E6600 I thought I could get some good advice from all of the subject matter experts found in this section.

 

[Zardnok]

I am trading out my DS3 for the new Asus P5k Deluxe.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
The new Gigabyte P35 DS3R? VR-Zone hit 575FSB out of the box.

BTW, wrong forum. Motherboard.

It's not the wrong forum. You should contact Gigabyte, 1ManArmy. They may just cross-ship you a DS3, since that one obviously needs to be RMA'd.

 

[Cheex]

I have the same problem but it is that the mobo is in fact defective?

I would hate to think that because I have no problems running it stock.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: PCTC2
The new Gigabyte P35 DS3R? VR-Zone hit 575FSB out of the box.

BTW, wrong forum. Motherboard.

It's not the wrong forum. You should contact Gigabyte, 1ManArmy. They may just cross-ship you a DS3, since that one obviously needs to be RMA'd.

Agreed.

 

[1ManArmY]

how is the ASUS P5W DH DLX?

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
how is the ASUS P5W DH DLX?

It's a good motherboard, if you don't mind paying >$200 for it.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
Well since I would be overclocking an E6600 I thought I could get some good advice from all of the subject matter experts found in this section.

what is your budget?

are you a noobie overclocker? can you handle a real overclockers board is what im asking.



If its around 200ish, and you arent a noob to overclocking. So you know its really your board and not the chip:

EVGA 680i A1
Asus P5B Deluxe.

Or even try to hold out for the Asus P35 bearlake boards.

These will probably be the best upgrade boards you can buy. There currently the most quad core friendly. P35 is on pure assumption tho, so dont hold me on it. But from inital tests over at XS forums, its looking fairly good.


If your a noob overclocker, then im thinking overheating north bridge/south bridge. And you need to get it on active cooling of some sort. Replace the NB sink with a thermalright HR-05. Your gigabyte is probably one of the most overclocking friendly boards you can buy. 1000000000000000x more then my EVGA.

And i dont recomend you getting either of those boards. If you dont know what your doing, the EVGA will be even more of a PITA for you.

Almost forgot my qualifications:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/FinalTemp.jpg

3.75
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/3-1.jpg

 

[1ManArmY]

I've been looking at the ASUS P5B and the new ASUS P5K, I have some over clocking experience and if it gets complicated my IT friends take care of me.

 

[five4o]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
Well since I would be overclocking an E6600 I thought I could get some good advice from all of the subject matter experts found in this section.

what is your budget?

are you a noobie overclocker? can you handle a real overclockers board is what im asking.



If its around 200ish, and you arent a noob to overclocking. So you know its really your board and not the chip:

EVGA 680i A1
Asus P5B Deluxe.

Or even try to hold out for the Asus P35 bearlake boards.

These will probably be the best upgrade boards you can buy. There currently the most quad core friendly. P35 is on pure assumption tho, so dont hold me on it. But from inital tests over at XS forums, its looking fairly good.


If your a noob overclocker, then im thinking overheating north bridge/south bridge. And you need to get it on active cooling of some sort. Replace the NB sink with a thermalright HR-05. Your gigabyte is probably one of the most overclocking friendly boards you can buy. 1000000000000000x more then my EVGA.

And i dont recomend you getting either of those boards. If you dont know what your doing, the EVGA will be even more of a PITA for you.

Almost forgot my qualifications:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/FinalTemp.jpg

3.75
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/3-1.jpg

Noob here.
Just wondering what makes them so different from the gigabyte?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: five4o

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
Well since I would be overclocking an E6600 I thought I could get some good advice from all of the subject matter experts found in this section.

what is your budget?

are you a noobie overclocker? can you handle a real overclockers board is what im asking.



If its around 200ish, and you arent a noob to overclocking. So you know its really your board and not the chip:

EVGA 680i A1
Asus P5B Deluxe.

Or even try to hold out for the Asus P35 bearlake boards.

These will probably be the best upgrade boards you can buy. There currently the most quad core friendly. P35 is on pure assumption tho, so dont hold me on it. But from inital tests over at XS forums, its looking fairly good.


If your a noob overclocker, then im thinking overheating north bridge/south bridge. And you need to get it on active cooling of some sort. Replace the NB sink with a thermalright HR-05. Your gigabyte is probably one of the most overclocking friendly boards you can buy. 1000000000000000x more then my EVGA.

And i dont recomend you getting either of those boards. If you dont know what your doing, the EVGA will be even more of a PITA for you.

Almost forgot my qualifications:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/FinalTemp.jpg

3.75
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/3-1.jpg

Noob here.
Just wondering what makes them so different from the gigabyte?

The fact that my evga loves to place random walls on different chips. And yes its truely the board.

Example would be on this quad core.

i cant boot with any voltage from 376-399 FSB. @ 400 fsb she boots up again @ 1.5Vcore real.

@ 1.5Vcore real on a quad, quad owners know how quickly there temps will sky rocket.


The DS3 from my experience, since igot one on thursday and have had time to play with it, You need to get the right board for the ram.

If your DS3 isnt a rev. 3.3, it has problems with micron D9GMH sticks. This is why i asked if you had overclocking experience. Because some boards have parts compatability. And honestly micron D9GMH are the best ram you can currently get.

Gigabyte fixed this with the 3.3 and so far its far easier to play with then my evga.


Im not trying to be mean here, but i dont think the boards and chips are to blame for the poor overclocking. Unless you were a advant overclocker back in the AMD64 days, most of the time for poor overclocks, its user related.

Also, since u are a noob overclocker.... sorry for that word, i should use beginner, i would suggest you replace your NB cooler for now, and see how that goes. 21.95 vs 239.99 is a big difference.

Just drop a Thermalright HR-05 on the NB. And see if that fixes the stability issue. You'll be amazed at how much more stable your system becomes when proper NB overclocking cooling is provided.

 

[1ManArmY]

Well my budget is 200 - 250, I was happy to find the DS3 for 129 but I budgeted more for the MOBO. I ended up adding a SATA DVD burner with the extra cash but now I will RMA the DS3 and look for other alternatives. I still don't know what my E6600 will do as I only had it to 3.2 on orthos stable for 8 hrs before the shutdown/power down/restart issues.

 

[JohnDoe2]

At this point, if you want overclocking performance, you would be silly not to get a P35 board. P35 simply performs better than previous chipsets, without any tradeoffs. Why would you not want to get one? They're already on sale at a few stores.

If you want low cost, that's another story. p965 is still a good <$150 option. 680i, and overpriced, fancy-named p965 boards (Commandos, Quads, etc) are going to have to drop in price to compete with P35.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: JohnDoe2
At this point, if you want overclocking performance, you would be silly not to get a P35 board. P35 simply performs better than previous chipsets, without any tradeoffs. Why would you not want to get one? They're already on sale at a few stores.

If you want low cost, that's another story. p965 is still a good <$150 option. 680i, and overpriced, fancy-named p965 boards (Commandos, Quads, etc) are going to have to drop in price to compete with P35.

Ditto...


Hey op, by any chance do you know your bin of your cpu? i can probably guessamate where its cap is at. If you look at the chip or box you'll see a series of letters and numbers that look like this:

Mine was:

L631B120 <- E6600
L641F031 <- X3220


That middle letter makes a hugh difference. So far F's can only do around 3.2-3.5
B's on the other hand... 3.5-4.0

So maybe its your chip? And also, you never tried an aftermarket cooling method on your north bridge.

Also im going to start pointing fingers at your power supply. I realzed those FSP Group, the blue ones, arent so great. I had to replace 2 of them this year.

 

[1ManArmY]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: JohnDoe2
At this point, if you want overclocking performance, you would be silly not to get a P35 board. P35 simply performs better than previous chipsets, without any tradeoffs. Why would you not want to get one? They're already on sale at a few stores.

If you want low cost, that's another story. p965 is still a good <$150 option. 680i, and overpriced, fancy-named p965 boards (Commandos, Quads, etc) are going to have to drop in price to compete with P35.

Ditto...


Hey op, by any chance do you know your bin of your cpu? i can probably guessamate where its cap is at. If you look at the chip or box you'll see a series of letters and numbers that look like this:

Mine was:

L631B120 <- E6600
L641F031 <- X3220


That middle letter makes a hugh difference. So far F's can only do around 3.2-3.5
B's on the other hand... 3.5-4.0

So maybe its your chip? And also, you never tried an aftermarket cooling method on your north bridge.

Also im going to start pointing fingers at your power supply. I realzed those FSP Group, the blue ones, arent so great. I had to replace 2 of them this year.

It's in my sig at the bottom L706A499 Batch "A" 2nd week Feb 07, I have high hopes for it.
My deadline for my RMA with newegg is May 24th I found an ASUS P5K for 235, I plan on ordering it today I just trying to hold out until next week to see if newegg got some in.

I checked the power supply and everything was fine running just as advertised.

 

[1ManArmY]

decided on ASUS P5K Deluxe, should be here Wednesday or Thursday, will report back with results after testing.