Quote Originally Posted by dread77 View Post
That's what X38 & X48 is about!!! Higher fsb and stable o/c. I have tested three X38 boards (Abit IX38 QuadGT, Maximus Extreme, P5E3 WS Pro) and they all went pretty higher than 500 (520-565).
The one and only negative in those chips is the temperature, which is higher than P35. So if you want a highly overclocked system, you have to add a w/c system to your budget
Yes, you see, those X38's that you got that were capable of over 500 Mhz FSB are now the X38 chips that are being picked for X48 boards

The remaining X38's on the market right now recieve chips that arent worthy of going onto an X48, meaning that there must be something wrong with them. Knowing this, I still wouldnt buy an X38, I would rather just spend a little more and buy an X48 knowing that they are recieving the better chips, if I had that much money to spend on a motherboard, or spend less and get a P35. Either way, the X38 isn not an attractive purchase in the current market.

The X38 was a hit or miss for overclocking, and a lot of people with early samples got a miss.

I am eagerly awaiting some overclock reviews for the X48's (and the P45's, but thats another thread :p) to see how they do.