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  1. 02-12-2007, 08:42 PM #1
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    The Ultimate Core 2 Duo Guide: Chipsets, Guides, Links, and more!

    Intel P35 Chipset
    • Great overclocker. 500-600MHz FSB easy on a good board w/Dual, mid-high 400's with quad. I think I saw one 500FSB shot on a quad with a DFI board a while back.
    • Supports Crossfire
    • PCI-E 1.1
    • Clocks RAM well if you have the high FSB to back it up.
    • Runs warm!
    • Generally a prime choice for any CPU/RAM/GPU combo. Great bang for buck performance.
    • Get P35 over X38 if you don't plan on going Crossfire.
    • Has extremely fast Matrix RAID
    • Supports DDR3
    • Good performance clock-for-clock - close to X38, better than 680/780i
    • The best boards to get now are the Foxconn Mars, DFI P35 Lanparty series, Abit IP35 series, MSI P35 Neo2-FR or Platinum.
    Intel X38/48 Chipset
    • Great Overclocker: 500-600FSB usually, on dual core. Expect 400-480 on quad, maybe a bit more if you got a really good board/CPU.
    • Ability to run Crossfire w/full bandwidth slots.
    • PCI-E 2.0
    • Runs very warm, TDP is high.
    • Best for benching with Crossfire, Pi, etc.
    • Best clock-for-clock performance.
    • Has extremely fast Matrix RAID
    • The two boards to get on this chipset are the Intel BadAxe2 (XBX2) and the Abit AW9D-Max. They both do the highest FSB out of all of them, out of the box and usually provide the most stable computing environment with the best OC.
    • Supports DDR3.
    • Best boards seem to be the ASUS Maximus Formula, Abit X38 QuadGT
    NVIDIA 780/790i Chipset
    • Good overclocker, seen 550+ MHz FSB out of it so far on a dual. Seems to top around mid-high 400's for quads still. Not much info as of yet.
    • Runs very warm. (Hottest out of these four chipsets)
    • Good for all chips generally.
    • Your only choice for NVIDIA SLI.
    • PCI-E 2.0
    • Supports 3x SLI aka Tri-SLI.
    • [Slow RAID.
    • Ability to run memory @ any speed you want.
    • Takes a considerable amount of tweaking for it to be even be considered usable for competitive benchmarking (CPU wise)
    • Supports DDR3 (790i)
    • Not much info on these boards yet, but more will be added. As of now though, they do seem pretty buggy from what I've read. More so than 680i in most cases.
    Temp Threads: Threads that contain useful info that pertains to the "now," and will be outdated quickly (such as a batch of new BIOS' or something.)For more information, these threads may be of assistance..
    Motherboard Specific Threads
    ....ASUS Threads
    ....Giga-Byte Threads
    ....Abit Threads
    ....DFI Threads....680i Threads
    ....780i Threads
    ....MSI Board Threads
    ....Misc Board Threads
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    I hope you all like this little guide, feel free to post input to add for the chipsets! I'm open to it! I'll try and edit+add daily.
    Last edited by NickS; 03-08-2008 at 11:40 AM.
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