Motherboards that will support q9450?

[rkowalk]

I am going to be building a q9450 computer and am wondering what motherboards will support it right off the bat, being that i won't have any other 775 processors.
Also does anyone know if there are significant performance boosts with ddr3 memory over ddr2??

 

[roadrunner197069]

Grab a P5Q series from Asus. AKA P45.

 

[shadowthor]

Mobos that support q9450 natively, would be the X48 and P45.

 

[axlrose]

what about a 790i ultra? that's what i was planning to match it with in a few days.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

 

[shadowthor]

Unless you are going to use sli, there's no point in going with a nvidia chipset, lots of headaches and doesn't overclock as well as an intel chipset.

 

[halcyon]

X38 & X48...Asus P5e, Maximus Formula, & Rampage Formula

 

[Granite3]

790i is running my Q9450 at 3.4 on stock auto voltages (did bump the NB up a fraction and unlink the ram) right now.

Did 3.6 stable, but temps started creeping up after 30 minutes of prime 95, so backed her down a tad.

DDR3 is faster, but not a noticeable difference in most apps, BadDad linked a really good article a month or so ago extolling all the virtues of the DDR3 vs the 2, one reason (and the new NB) that I moved to the 790i from my 680i. Hard to justify the same 4 gigs I got would buy 16-24 gigs of ddr2.

Just be sure to update to the P5 bios before overclocking, and as I said- unlink the fsb/ram, bump NB to 1.4, adequately cool the cpu and BAM! It does support the Q right out of the box, but my board came with the P3 installed which was less stable than the P5. Almost a month and not one BSOD yet.

Only thing wrong with the board is the NB fan sounds like a chainsaw, cut it to 40% in the bios, and blessed silence returns.

I am on water for the cpu and my 2 vid cards sli'd, so the NB was the only noticeable noise coming from it.

 

[axlrose]

no intentions to over clock as i've never tried before, but i'd like the option to upgrade to better ddr3 in the future and i'd like the option to add a second gtx 280 in the future.

 

[shadowthor]

That means you probably want a hybrid mobo that supports both ddr2 and ddr3. I think there is one by MSI with the x48 chipset.

 

[axlrose]

sorry i wasn't clear. i have 4 gigs of ddr3 12800 picked out already, but know that in two or three years, the ddr3 will kick the ddr2 around and then i'll probably be ready to throw more at ram if it's worth it.

 

[halcyon]

What is your budget?

 

[rkowalk]

Well I want to spend 1000 MAX on this system.
With a good case like NZXT tempest or such.

 

[axlrose]

about $2800 for me. starting from scratch, even the new htpc case.

 

[jaguarskx]

My Abit IP35 Pro supports it w/o a BIOS update.