Intel P965 motherboard

[droncula]

Hey

Anyone know of the Intel DP965LTCK iP965 is a good motherboard for a Core 2 6400?

I haven't found any reviews off it.

 

[rwaritsdario]

Could you point me to a link in newegg or something because I couldnt find it.

 

[cptblackeye]

Hey

Anyone know of the Intel DP965LTCK iP965 is a good motherboard for a Core 2 6400?

I haven't found any reviews off it.

I have that board with e6600. Had it about a month now with no problems. Just get 1.8v ram (others will tell you you can run higher voltage ram but this board only supplies 1.8v and the higher ram will run at a lower voltage and not at the spec you bought it for) and get the latest drivers. Great board for the price.

 

[rwaritsdario]

this board only supplies 1.8v

So it doesnt allow any vDIMM changes whatsoever?? 8O

 

[cptblackeye]

So it doesnt allow any vDIMM changes whatsoever??

None that I've been able to find though I have no experience at OCing. The only thing the BIOS will let me change in ram is the speed and timings. Out of curiosity I would like to change those parameters but with my lack of knowledge/experience with OCing, I'm afraid I might damage something and can't really afford to replace any compontents that I botch. I'm open for suggestions on how to do it safely. Wusy has a great OCing guide but because i don't have one of his recommeneded mobos I left well enough alone. For me personally I went with the Patriot 667 because it was the best priced ($179 for 2 X 1GB) quality 1.8v ram at the time and whenever I do upgrade my cpu the FSB will probably be 1333 by then and I will be running 1:1.

 

[rwaritsdario]

wow that really sucks for OCing, even though if itll support quad-cores maybe you can take it up to 333Mhz FSB at 1:1 ratio with the E6600. Maybe go up to 300Mhz and move from there.
If you cant change the voltages at all its practically impossible tha youll damage your hardware, in any case it wouldnt boot but thats it.

 

[Doughbuy]

Well, seems to me it's a decent board, but has very minimal overclocking potential. Depends on what you want though, if you just want a board that works, then it should be fine. Pair it up with DDR2-533 memory though since you won't benefit from anything faster.

 

[rwaritsdario]

It pisses me off when we hear nothing from the OP

 

[cptblackeye]

Amen brother!