I'm looking for a motherboard
Allo Icrontic
My budget is about $200, cheaper the better but I am looking for stability, performance and reliability (unlike everyone else, right ).
I've currently got a broken ASUS P5N-E SLi board and need a replacement.
Requirements:
Intel 775 socket ('bout 1333Mhz bus)
DDR2 RAM slots (800Mhz minimum support. 3-4 slots)
SLi/Crossftire not needed (I have an nVidia card)
SATA II
Space enough for an Arctic 7 pro
Good for overclocking
I think that's everything I need, but I'm a tad clueless when it comes to motherboards and dont know what's good, in, reliable, whatever any more
Any help, suggestions, previous experiences appreciated. Rest of my specs (If relevant) are in my signature below
Thanks!
My budget is about $200, cheaper the better but I am looking for stability, performance and reliability (unlike everyone else, right ).
I've currently got a broken ASUS P5N-E SLi board and need a replacement.
Requirements:
Intel 775 socket ('bout 1333Mhz bus)
DDR2 RAM slots (800Mhz minimum support. 3-4 slots)
SLi/Crossftire not needed (I have an nVidia card)
SATA II
Space enough for an Arctic 7 pro
Good for overclocking
I think that's everything I need, but I'm a tad clueless when it comes to motherboards and dont know what's good, in, reliable, whatever any more
Any help, suggestions, previous experiences appreciated. Rest of my specs (If relevant) are in my signature below
Thanks!
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I'll be ordering this board as soon as the money is sent. Thanks guys
I'll do some benchmarks when Im not EMOMODE
Actually I have no idea what went wrong Things weren't working all over the place, drivers going nuts, things not being detected, [strike]idiot between the chair and screen[/strike], USB mouse and keyboard not working and then taking about an hour to realise PS2 mice etc would still work.
At least now I can experience overclocking in a way other than, as you put it Thrax: PRESS BUTTUN, RECEEV OVERCLOCKZ. Or to that effect, anyway.
Finally sorted the [strike]mysterious[/strike] [strike]elusive[/strike] really stupid shifting CPU multiplier problem that was keeping me between (Every 1-2 seconds) 2GHz and 2.3GHz, even though my stock speed is 2.6 *headdesk* I've not tried up from 3GHz yet, as Im still trying to figure out how to raise the Vcore Bets on how long before I fry the mobo?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191950
I did a quick test, CPU's at 3.5Ghz and not showing signs of wanting to choke yet. Super Pi's showing 1M Digits in 15.485s.
I'll do more this evening. it's 02:34 at the moment
What is a sensible voltage for DRAM at 1066?
My PC wouldn't boot if my RAM went over like 900MHz, just figured out why. My RAM isn't Dual Channel compatible with this board, now that it's in single channel I can (According to the board ) Go up to 1200MHz. Is there much of a performance difference between single and dual channel? I never really looked into it as my last board couldn't do it either.
Single channel will rape your bandwidth.