Best motherboard to overclock a E4300

[brad91]

I need a motherboard that will have excellent overclocking ability. I will be overclocking the E4300 chip so I need a motherboard that can overclock to a high fsb.

I don't need anything that fancy, just something with atleast 1 pci-e slot and 2 pci slots. I don't need any of the bells and whistles of built in wifi ect.

Thanks for help

 

[08nwsula]

ds3

 

[NaDa]

Gigabyte 965-DS3

Try google and look for reviews and overclocks.

 

[mrmez]

See sig

 

[Spanki]

See sig

Not bad - that puts you in about the middle of this list.

 

[03flat4]

trying not to have to create a new thread if I don't have to..my DS3 board with a E4300 is water cooled, so I no longer have a big CPU fan blowing secondarily on the northbridge...so my northbridge heatsink gets hotter than I would like it to...is there a low noise solution (without changing to a bigger heatsink) such as a low speed fan that could attach to gigabyte's heatsink? otherwise I might just mount a spare 120mm fan to the side of the case blowing directly onto the heatsink at low or medium speed.

 

[jay2tall]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128042

Gigabyte DS3 all the way, you won't find anyone that doesn't love theirs. It only has one PCIe slot though if you can live with that.

 

[03flat4]

on the same subject..what is the cheapest board that supports Overclocking? I use the DS3 but I am trying to make my friend a E4300 overclocked with a cheaper mobo...a mild OC at that, probably only 2.4 GHz

 

[cardio]

The easiest, cheapest, fastest and works well is to mount a 40MM fan on the stock heatsing using screws that will fit in to the stock slots atop the stock HS. I used a Zalman speed controller and went from a NB that I could cook on to a cool to the touch that I cannot even hear. Really before it would burn your finger, now cool. Cost about $4 and 10 minutes without removing anything. This is with a Ninja CPU HS that is about as large as they get. pPcture.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/cardio2/Fan2.jpg