msi X48C Platinum@TigerDirect to replace my old asus commando

[ShiHab]

the only reason i want to have a new board is overclocking

on my asus commando i cant get over 1600fbs on my q9450 c1 stepping

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3747315&CatId=3646

for 100$ wow!! on my research i saw alot of problems in this board...but they say it,s all solved with the new bios

the only thing i want to be sure of

1.will my true fit over that NB heat sink

2. will it get my Q9450 to 3.8GHz or more?

coz if i had my cpu@ 3.8GHz who needs a core i7 :D i can throw two HD5870x2 CF on that 100$ board

:):):):):):)

[ShiHab]

ops!!

this board has unfixable porblems just checked out msi forums

http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=131476.0

like every body is having too many problems with the bord

so what do you think guys ? :D

[Leeghoofd]

I'm pretty sure you can even go higher on ya 965 mobo... 425FSB should be no problem either.... I wouldn't swap it for that MSI board...

[zsamz_]

the black ops was around 70$ lol
msi x48:down:

[ShiHab]

I'm pretty sure you can even go higher on ya 965 mobo... 425FSB should be no problem either.... I wouldn't swap it for that MSI board...

i cant go over 1600FSB ...tried 1.5v 1.6v !!!!

[Leeghoofd]

MCH voltage you are talking about or only Vcore ? I've seen many get 450FSB with a P5B Dlx and quads... would be a bummer if ya Commando can't do that...

[ShiHab]

all voltages...tried every thing

maybe it,s my cpu wont go over 1600FBS....but i,ll need a board anyways in 2010 with the new graphics cards..maybe i,ll go with x48 for cross fire...or 750i for sli

[zanzabar]

dont get an NV chipset they die (if they are ddr2) and dont clock as well as the intel. try to get a dfi LT/UT with ddr2


also never get a board with more than 1 memory standard and never get an msi that dosnt have gd in the name

[unclewebb]

If you want to get the most out of your Quad, why not get a Gigabyte UD3P. They seem to be very popular on XS for a reason like when you bump the FSB up to 500 MHz. :)

$115 after rebates at Newegg is a good price and you could probably sell your old board on EBay and recover most of that cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

Here's a good review over at Anandtech.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3508&p=1

A couple of the new ATI cards in this board combined with your Quad would keep you going for a while.

[zsamz_]

exactly what unclewebb said
get the ur3p its ridiculous cheap and will clock a quad better than any board

[unclewebb]

The UD3R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359) is $10 bucks cheaper and also works very well with Quads but doesn't support CrossFire or Dolby Home Theater.

The guys at XS don't talk about a board for 200 pages unless it's a good one. :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=205132

[ShiHab]

thanks guys

i,m not from US by the way...i,m from kuwait middle east and we have a freakin high prices here..so if i want to buy hardware i order it from amazon and ship it to kuwait by aramex :D

and yea i knew that gigabyte,s new p45 boards are the best with quads....i,m going to get one as soon as i need it when new games come out in 2010

i only thought that stupid msi x48 is a good deal

thanks and have a good day