What to do? Can't seem to find a concise answer on conroe mobos

[BottomsUp]

I've been searching and reading my arse off for awhile now and the only solid OC'ing boards are the Bad Axe, and it seems the P5W.

I was hoping to spend less then $200 on a board, but even if i buy top dollar for these i'm not sure it's the best choice. Do you think we'll see more site reviews of conroe mobos in the next few weeks?

I don't care about SLI or Crossfire, wifi, good onboard sound, etc.. I just want a very stable and great OC'ing board to push my E6600 to the max on air.

How say you?

[Fred_Pohl]

It's too early to give a recommendation for the Gigabyte GA965P-DS3 but Newegg has it for $150 and someone here posted some very impressive 485fsb OC results with a E6300 ES. It features solid caps but only has one 16x PCIe slot and the non-RAID ICH8 SB. I have it saved to a wishlist but I'm waiting for more results and a Conroe before taking the plunge.

[freecableguy]

me says, "gone are the days of sub-$200 <quality> motherboards"

[BottomsUp]

It's too early to give a recommendation for the Gigabyte GA965P-DS3 but Newegg has it for $150 and someone here posted some very impressive 485fsb OC results with a E6300 ES. It features solid caps but only has one 16x PCIe slot and the non-RAID ICH8 SB. I have it saved to a wishlist but I'm waiting for more results and a Conroe before taking the plunge.

Thanks. I read that DS3 thread and saw that with the E6600 he was only able to get 400FSB? I mean that is still pretty impressive, but i want to make sure i make the best choice. I'm so anxious. How high of FSB do the badaxe boards go stable?

[BottomsUp]

me says, "gone are the days of sub-$200 <quality> motherboards"

You are probably right...let me tell you where i'm coming from. I built my rig allmost 4 years ago and only paid like $120 for my Abit IS7 board. 2.4c @3.2ghz on stock voltage. It was the shiz back then and still holds its own, but i guess i need to get out of the past and expect to pay $250 for quality?

[b0bd0le]

me says, "gone are the days of sub-$200 <quality> motherboards"

fair enough

but where can we find $200 and higher conroe boards?

and speaking of which, can i even buy a conroe right now?

[dum]

You are probably right...let me tell you where i'm coming from. I built my rig allmost 4 years ago and only paid like $120 for my Abit IS7 board. 2.4c @3.2ghz on stock voltage. It was the shiz back then and still holds its own, but i guess i need to get out of the past and expect to pay $250 for quality?

is gas the same price as it was 4 years ago , bread, milk, cars, try to buy a car at the same price you did 4 years ago,

[theteamaqua]

DS3 is ok. i bought cuz my P5W DH is in RMA now

[hookid]

DS3 is ok. i bought cuz my P5W DH is in RMA now

why do you say just ok?

[theteamaqua]

ok cuz some poeple think 975 > 965 i didnt wanna get flame , dont hurt me . I think DS3 is pretty good


for ES chips:
it seems like 965 + E6400, 6300 can achieve the best performance/ price ratio. 500fsb possibly with stock multi so thats like 3.5Ghz

no one has yet to OC E6600 or above to 400+fsb with stock multi ... lowering the multi dont count !

X6800 + 965 is the stupiest combo IMO ( not thats gonna matter if u aint gonna OC, or if u buy Dell )

ok now for retails:
X6800 stable at close to 3.8GHz from andre. subtract 350MHz u get E6700's expected clock. Who knows , maybe E6600,6700 can do better on air

PS: all on tower 120 no WC/phase