What is the best overclocking mobo for a e8400?

carguy83

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I have a P35-DS3L and it worked great with my e2160, but with my e8400 I can only get it stable at 3.6. I have tried many different ram configurations, but no luck. I was think about getting a 680i board for the SLI support since I have a 8800GT. But the P45 chipset looks good too. I have a headache from trying to decide:D


 

Hauk

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I ramped my E8400 up to 3.8 with zero issues and was able to clock my memory better than with two previous boards (x38, 780i): Asus Rampage Formula X48. I love this board.

I haven't researched P45 but it seems the good boards are going to be nealry as expensive. Here's a Fud link with the model numbers for Asus anyway: Asus P45 boards due out