- Apr 18, 2013
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First off, JS I am going to upgrade my whole system next year, so inb4 "get a new pc".
UPDATE:
Noob overclocker question: If the max FSB for the motherboard is stated at 1600, does this mean that it is a concrete limit, or can it be pushed further? I ask because I have had mine set to 48 past it's limit before, and I am not sure whether the reason it failed to post beyond that was my RAM or my Mobo. The motherboard operates at fine heats at everything I've tried it.
As I said, getting a whole new pc later this year when funds permit, but for now I'm just trying to max out my current set up. I have one of the later Core 2 Duos, a 3.0GHz E8400.
The problem is that my motherboard (P5QL-E) doesn't support DDR3 RAM, so the max FSB speed I can go to is 400. I'm not too sure about this to be honest, as I'm very new to the field, so do correct me if there's something else I could do to get my processor beyond 3.6GHz (it's locked at x6-9). The motherboard itself actually says it has a limit of 1600MHz to fsb, but in the bios it isn't locked, and it stays very cool at higher fsb speeds.
Anyway, I'm after a mobo on which I can OC my 3.0GHz E8400 LGA775 to as high as possible. What's my best bet? Some of the prices I've seen are obscene, so I'll say I have a budget of £100, though post higher if you find one in case I can find a deal on eBay or somewhere.
It'd also be very nice for the board to be standard atx, and possibly be SLI compatible.
UPDATE:
Noob overclocker question: If the max FSB for the motherboard is stated at 1600, does this mean that it is a concrete limit, or can it be pushed further? I ask because I have had mine set to 48 past it's limit before, and I am not sure whether the reason it failed to post beyond that was my RAM or my Mobo. The motherboard operates at fine heats at everything I've tried it.
As I said, getting a whole new pc later this year when funds permit, but for now I'm just trying to max out my current set up. I have one of the later Core 2 Duos, a 3.0GHz E8400.
The problem is that my motherboard (P5QL-E) doesn't support DDR3 RAM, so the max FSB speed I can go to is 400. I'm not too sure about this to be honest, as I'm very new to the field, so do correct me if there's something else I could do to get my processor beyond 3.6GHz (it's locked at x6-9). The motherboard itself actually says it has a limit of 1600MHz to fsb, but in the bios it isn't locked, and it stays very cool at higher fsb speeds.
Anyway, I'm after a mobo on which I can OC my 3.0GHz E8400 LGA775 to as high as possible. What's my best bet? Some of the prices I've seen are obscene, so I'll say I have a budget of £100, though post higher if you find one in case I can find a deal on eBay or somewhere.
It'd also be very nice for the board to be standard atx, and possibly be SLI compatible.
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