Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R or ASUS P5K/P5K-E for OCing q6600

[dignatec]

Hi Everyone,
Quick vote here, what do you guys think of these two boards? They seem to be the most popular...I want to hit 3.6 on my q6600, both of these boards are affordable as well <$150 which is good for me.

So let's have it, Gigabyte or Asus (either p5k or p5k-e, both are simlarly priced)? Which is most likely to hit 3.6 on the q6600 (24/7 stable, not just for benchmarks).

Thanks again, this board is awesome.

Digs.

 

[clarkz]

I have the Gigabyte board you mentioned. I have had it for one month and love it. No Issues. I have overclocked to 3.0 using the Q6600. I could go higher but don't want to overstress the CPU.

 

[Andrius]

These two boards have quite some Vdrop running a Q6600 @ 3.0GHz - 3.2GHz.

For 3.6GHz or more you might want to check out a premium board with an 8 or more phase power system (something like the ASUS P5K Premium, Blitz Formula/Extreme, Gigabyte P35-DQ6).

I have
0.01-0.03 Vdrop @ 3.0GHz (Vcore = 1.24375V, reported as 1.23 under idle, 1.20 under full load)
0.03-0.05 Vdrop @ 3.2GHz (Vcore = 1.26750V, reported as 1.26 under idle, 1.22 under full load)
on a GA-P35-DS3P (3 phase power system) 24/7 stable (VID = 1.30V).

Good luck anyway.

 

[dignatec]

Just googled it, the p5k premium isn't too bad, $180... Does it really make that big of a diff for OCING?

 

[dignatec]

What is the vdrop everyone keeps talking about? Why is this important? Can you please explain? THanks!

 

[Zorg]

It's Vdroop not Vdrop. asus vdroop

 

[Andrius]

Someone should hire an English computer science professor to revise/confirm these names and BIOS help files on ASUS boards. GIGABYTE is even worse at it. Nextgen boards will probably have Vdrool.
Both terms are covered by wikipedia.
The "droop" article looks quite technical there's even a white paper from Maxim-IC linked (maybe they got it right).
The "drop" article covers distribution of voltage. Maybe I got it all wrong .