Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > Motherboards > Motherboards for the Core 2 Duo's

Motherboards for the Core 2 Duo's

Forum Overclocking : Motherboards - Motherboards for the Core 2 Duo's

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
UD69   10-10-2006 at 03:33:55 PM

Hi Guys, I currently deciding on what PC to get. I am a long time AMD fan but in recent news ever since the Core 2 came out and killed the AMD so badly I'm leaning more to the E6400.

I wanted to know what MB to for if using the E6400. I know my AMD stuff but when it comes to Intel I'm completely lost. I have access to the Gigabyte and Intel boards. Not sure what to go for. I know I should go for a board that can use DDR2 800 but other than that...

Please can I get some suggestions. Oh yes. I'm also interested in overclocking. So the board has to be pretty decent at overclocking also.

Thanks

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
rwpritchett   10-10-2006 at 04:26:07 PM
- 0 +

Could you please provide a budget as well as what you would like to get out of the motherboard? For example, if you just surf the net, a cheap mATX board with onboard graphics might be in order. Do you need firewire? Are you really limited to Gigabyte and Intel brands?

Just to throw out a suggestion, here ya go:

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $225

Reply to rwpritchett
UD69   10-10-2006 at 04:55:12 PM
- 0 +

Howzit...Buget is not really an issue...due to the fact that 'm buying everything piece by piece and also i'm in South Africa so the pricing structure here is a little bit different to you guys. I already have an Nvidia 6600GT PCI-e. Looking to get bout a 2.8Ghz clock out of the chip. Unfortunately I am currently limited to Gigabyte and Intel cos I buy directly from the dealers.

Reply to UD69
purdueguy   10-10-2006 at 04:58:15 PM
- 0 +

ABIT AB9 Pro - $157. Tom's Hardware used it to OC an E6400 to 3.34 GHz (here).

ASUS P5B-E - $165. Anandtech used it to OC an E6300 to 3.6 GHz (here).

Reply to purdueguy
purdueguy   10-10-2006 at 04:59:57 PM
- 0 +

I guess that pretty much negates my suggestions above if you can only get Gibabyte or Intel. I'll see if I can dig up a review on a board from them.

Reply to purdueguy
sillywabbit   10-10-2006 at 05:03:49 PM
- 0 +

Here's a review of the Gigabyte 965P DS3 board

http://www.pcstats.com/artvnl.cfm?articleID=2007

cost about $150

Here's a review of the 965P DQ6

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articl [...] =1&id=1956

Reply to sillywabbit
purdueguy   10-10-2006 at 05:11:13 PM
- 0 +

I was just going to recommend the same board.

Gigabyte GA-965P-S3

From what I've seen, I would not recommend an Intel board at the moment. There might be one, I'm just not aware of it.

I'd stick with the Gigabyte above or if you can get one of the boards I mentioned, one of those would be the way to go.

Reply to purdueguy
sillywabbit   10-10-2006 at 05:18:07 PM
- 0 +

I quoted the DS3, you said the S3. S3 is a little cheaper(117 vs 143) and only difference i can see is that it doesn't have a RAID controller. If you see any other difference that I may have missed, post for the OP.

Reply to sillywabbit
rwpritchett   10-10-2006 at 06:02:28 PM
- 0 +

I think I read somewhere that the DS3 has the solid state? capacitors while the S3 has the older style. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Reply to rwpritchett
PSYCHoHoLiC   10-10-2006 at 06:10:47 PM
- 0 +

Correct about the Solid Caps,


I Love my DS3, Never had a Problem, Im limited to around 465FSB Due to my memory topping out at around 930mhz..

Nice board, and nice price :)

Reply to PSYCHoHoLiC
Falcorn   10-10-2006 at 09:50:17 PM
- 0 +

Check out: Gigabyte G1975X (Socket 775)
It was in the Tom's review: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/0 [...] g_for_720/
or google it. GL!

Reply to Falcorn
UD69   10-11-2006 at 07:58:18 AM
- 0 +

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll have a look at all the boards suggested.

Also...what is the difference between solid state caps and normal caps? Is there really a difference?

Reply to UD69
BUFF   10-11-2006 at 04:41:47 PM
- 0 +

Quote :


Also...what is the difference between solid state caps and normal caps? Is there really a difference?


supposedly only in durability.
Conventional cap mobos are expected to last 3-4 years & the solid ones add 1-2 years to that.

Btw nobody has mentioned the Gigabyte DS4 which is probably the 1 that I would opt for if going 965 (it & the Biostar Tforce 965sare not available in the US cyrrently) - I'm probably going 975 & a 6600 though.

Reply to BUFF
rwpritchett   10-11-2006 at 06:31:26 PM
- 0 +

I was going to get a DS4 before I ended up with the P5B-Deluxe. But, yeah, I found out then that it's not available yet in USA.

Reply to rwpritchett
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > Motherboards > Motherboards for the Core 2 Duo's
Go to:

There are 522 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.417 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them