FOXCONN Launches BLACKOPS Intel X48 Enthusiast Motherboard

[Mungri]

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.

[Lu(ky]

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.

When you say great OCers you mean QX9650 chips or e8400 dual cores or both?

[Donnie27]

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.

But in many cases you defeat the reason for overclocking in the first place. If you spend all that money to get a higher overclock, you could have just bought a more expensive processor and overclocked it a little LOL! j/k

Unless you're working at the Intel Chip Set foundry, I want some proof=P

I chat with at least 5 people using 4 different X38's and all of them are at 4.1GHz or better for 24/7 overclocks. I see many here doing the same. Two of these guys bought them when they were NEW, sfirst shipments and fresh from the factory. One has a suicide shot of 4.6GHz LOL! The last are brand new on Gigabyte and One DFI. Chip set heat and RAM seem to be the biggest hold back and that has nothing to with the rest of the Board. I wished they'd build a Socket mountable chip set mount and cooler

I saw a Newbi overclocker running a 3GHz Wolfie at 3.6GHz and he was happy as a Monkey with a Peanut machine to quote George Clinton. His rig costs him less than half of what he paid for an Athlon X2-4600+ just 2.5 short years ago. He didn't overclock because he didn't know how, he didn't because his WOULDn't overclock more than 66MHz LOL!

Again, there are budget boards not meant to be overclocked and not beefed up like OC-able ones are. AFAIK, there aren't any Dud X38's sold on boards meant for overclockers. I've NOT seen any.

[Lu(ky]

But in many cases you defeat the reason for overclocking in the first place. If you spend all that money to get a higher overclock, you could have just bought a more expensive processor and overclocked it a little LOL!

Not true because I just just bought a New QX9650 when I already had a Q6600 thinking I would be able to OC like mad on my new Asus Striker II Extreme. So far it is easier to OC my Q6600 rather then my QX9650 chip... My QX9650 requires more Vcore to get stable at 4.0GHz... Everything all depends on stepping, cooling etc.