P5B, P5B-E, P5B-E Plus or P5B Deluxe?

[1emming]

I have read the forumz and seen many recommendations for various boards when it comes to overclocking. I am not a hardcore overclocker myself, I am simply after a budget C2D computer that I can overclock with the stock cooler. As for the memory I am considering CORSAIR 2GB VS DDR2 PC4200 533MHZ CL4 (2X1GB).
I doubt the stock cooler will allow overclocking to the maximum levels provided by the more expensive boards, so which then would you recommend considering the price?

These are the boards I can choose from:
P5B - $178
P5B-E - $216
P5B Deluxe (No WiFi) - $236
P5B-E Plus - $243

Any recommendations?

 

[Grated]

Don't get the standard P5B. That one doesn't overclock well. I don't know about the P5B-E but looks a lot like the P5B, so I don't really trust the overclocking there either.

P5B Deluxe is a good overclocker, P5B-E Plus is a bit the same board, but with other types of capacitors that are supposed to live longer, however, the capacitor on the P5B Deluxe should live long enough for a lot of years of computing.

 

[1emming]

Thanx for the tip. Seems like the P5B Deluxe is one of if not the most popular boards on the forum.
Btw, do I need faster RAM when overclocking with the stock cooler?
I saw the article where they got it over 3GHz, but they also had faster RAMs.
There's alot of buzz about reducing the multiplier and upping the fsb to get 1:1 timings with cpu and memory. Is this doable with 533MHz corsairs, P5B Deluxe and E6400 with out of box cooler?

 

[Grated]

These RAM modules already run @ 1:1 so you can't change that anymore.

These settings are mostly changed for 2 reasons:
- First is decrease the multipliers to get the ram run slower and in return be able to get the fsb higher (since this increases the ram speed again).
- To give the chipset less work and thus possibly giving higher overclockability (since 1:1 is pretty simple to work with, but with for example 2:3, you have the chipset working much more for buffering and all that stuff).

 

[1emming]

Thanx for your help Grated. Here's what I got:

BENQ FP93GX 19# TFT BLACK/SILVER
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6400 2.13GHZ 2MB 1066MHZ S-775
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950PRO 256MB DVI PCI-E
CORSAIR 2GB VS DDR2 PC4200 533MHZ CL4 (2X1GB)
2 X SAMSUNG SPINPOINT 250GB SATA/300 NCQ 7200RPM 8MB
SAMSUNG DVD±R/RW DL LIGHTSCRIBE 18X INTERN BLACK
COOLER MASTER CENTURION 5 MIDITOWER 380W BLACK
ASUS P5B DELUXE P965 SKT-775 ATX
MAXELL DVD+RW 4.7GB 4X JEWELCASE 5-PACK
VERBATIM DVD+R 4.7GB 16X LIGHTSCRIBE SPINDEL 10-PACK

I hope that will be a decent gaming rig for a while.

 

[Grated]

Nice system

Looks a lot like mine and mine is great .
Yours will be even better with the X1950 Pro instead of mine X1800GTO

 

[bazza]

the E+ version is C2 and seems easier to OC than the P5B/P5B-D