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Re: Good Quad Core Motherboard?
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:18:34 -0700, DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
: In message <ldc6k3t610qs2prkq8l20b61h0mon4th1q@4ax.com> S. Smith
: <scott.smith@iphouse.com> wrote:
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: >I'm looking for a good Quad Core motherboard to support an Intel
: >Q6600 CPU. Ideally one that is good for overclocking. I prefer Abit
: >boards, but am open to suggestions.
: >
: >I currently have an Abit AW9D-Max board with an Intel E6600
: >overclocked to 3 Ghz and it works flawlessly. Abit claims that
: >board supports Quad Core CPU's, but from what I've been
: >reading on the Abit forums, it's a bit flaky with the Quad Core
: >CPU's and overclocking on that board with the Quad Cores
: >just makes it flakier.
: >
: >Any suggestions or input is welcome.
:
: I've got a couple Asus P5H DH that I'm very happy with, my desktop is
: currently on that same CPU (Although I did replace the stock cooling,
: mostly because I despise the mounting mechanism, plus I wanted control
: over the direction of the fan due to my unusual airflow in my P180)
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: I don't overclock though.
I'll join you in a good word for the P5W DH. The board is like
3-4 generations behind so the pricing should be excellent. I'm below
average OC experience but that board took my old E6600 up to 3.6Ghz
stable...I did have to cook it with 1.5v though.
(B3 stepping, the chip has left this existence to pine in the fjords,
may it RIP)(it wasn't 1.5v that did it, more like the 12V that did it
thanks to naively expecting thermal tape on a BGA heat sink to
actually stick to an FET)
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