The Best socket 775 mobo for over clocking?????

[Qmotion]

I'm using Winxp 64, two 8800GTX SLI, 8 GB of DDR2 ram, Dual Core 2 E6850 3.0Ghz Intel. My Asus SLI Plus motherboard blew up on me. I had a power failure and I believe a surge spike took it out.

So, I need a new Mobo to go with my system. What's the best board available to overclock for a socket 775 running DDR2?

 

[cubeless]

sli limits your choices... i'm having pretty good luck with a evga 750sli ftw... 450 fsb without too much drama with a q8200... it ran a 6750 at that, too...

 

[Qmotion]

Even if I don't stay with the SLI configuration. I could seperate the cards and put one in another system for the kids.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

ga-ep45-ud3p 500 fsb no problem just couldnt get cpu cool enough.

 

[cubeless]

just built a 9550/p5q pro turbo that went to 4.0 gb with only core and dimm voltage boost... impressive, methinks... but i have a ud3p that works pretty well, too... i think that it's a toss up between the two... heat, memory, cpu will all factor in on what you get from either...

 

[Qmotion]

OK, this is what I decided to do.

It appears my Asus P5N32-E-SLI Plus mobo should still be under 3 year warranty. I'll just replace it and put that configuration in my son's computer.

Since Microcenter has the Intel i7-920 on sale for $199.99 I'm gonna get it along with a GA-EX58-UD5-X58 ATX board wigh 6 GB of DDR3 1600 (PC 12800).

I don't know if I'm gonna keep my two 8800GTX's and SLI them with the i7 os seperate them and just run one in each of the pc's to save some money.

I ended up spending $600 for the i7-920, GA-EX58-UD5 with the 6 GBs of DDR3-1600. I'll be runnignmy two raptor 150's in RAID, and have a 500 and 750 HDD's for storage. If monies permit latter I'll add another 6GB of the ram and take it to 12GB.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: OILFIELDTRASH
ga-ep45-ud3p 500 fsb no problem just couldnt get cpu cool enough.

THEE best 775lga overclocking motherboards on the market are the UD3R & P, P45 boards - HANDS DOWN.

270$ for my old Asus Maximus Formula II (MIIF board) could only do 480fsb with my Q9650. 4Ghz wasn't a problem with a 450fsb, but try hitting 500+ fsb with a quad on any other board. 500fsb x 8 multi on my UD3R Gigabyte board all day long!!! 9 3/4hrs prime95 stable. That's one full cycle. Most P45 boards will do high fsb with a Wolfdale (dual core) e.g. ~ 550-600 with proper cooling but, you wanna upgrade to a quad core ? and we are talking a whole different ballpark. If your plans are to skip the 775 quad then pick a decent board. But wait!!! 114$ for a decent (snickers) UD3R or P board; WOW!!! Yah, I could of saved myself alot of money if I wasn't an Asus Loyalist for 8yrs. There may not be alot of posts in this thread shouting GIGABYTE UD3R or P but you better god damn believe me when I suggest you to get the Gigabyte board.

One small factor... X-fire ONLY - does not support SLI

EDIT: and I don't read entire threads sometimes! LOL - good luck with the i7!

 

[Qmotion]

I hear ya. It looks like I won't have to buy another Socket 775 board. I'll just replace my old one. Since I was all geared up to spend some money I figured I might as well move forward with the i7 stuff. I almost wish I would have got a chance to play with The UD3R to overclock the E6850. Oh wel, Thanks for the help. I heard the X58-UD5 is a nice boared to work with for the i7 stuff.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

You made the right choice I think. I was considering an i7 for some AVCHD video editing with Final Cut Express but it seems the UD3R is a good choice for building a Hackintosh which is where I'm headed now Although I can't wait to get an i7 with maybe an Intel X SSD drive going :thumbsup: