Xmas PC Upgrade

[Roguestar]

???

Plently of people on the forums have taken an E6300 to ~3Ghz with the DS3, and like I said earlier duvie and markffw have got 5 S3s between them, all overclocking C2Ds to over 3Ghz.

 

[w00t]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051

I would add that to your list at least to consider

Edit: I've heard about the DS3 being off and on about overclocking, The Asus is pretty good but it's also based of the 965P chipset. I would seriously recommend you looking at the motherboard I've linked.

975X > 965P

 

[slatr]

I have only owned Asus/Asrock and Abit boards until I got my DS3.


My overclocking experience has been good with the Gigabyte board. I have a 6400 running at 3ghz with 1.3v.

As far as cooling, I do have a fan aimed at the nb. I had read so much about it getting hot I went ahead and set up a fan.

I would buy the board that has the features you want. I don't think you can go wrong with either. However, some claim you can get a bit more of an overclock out of the Asus.

 

[xtknight]

I placed an order for the E6300, DS3, and Patriot eXtreme (also a $33 18X Samsung DVD burner [a steal]). Thanks for all the help.

w00t: I didn't get the MSI since I've gathered MSI's rep has gone downhill lately. Plus I have loved (or liked) all my previously-owned Gigabyte and ASUS boards.