Hey all, my current motherboard has been acting skittish and i'm fairly certain its responsible for some of my system instability. I've noticed at idle that the northbridge has crept up from being around mid to high 30's to now approaching high 40's degrees centigrade.
I've checked all the fans, made sure to blow them out of dust, etc, and it hasn't helped.
So, i'm thinking about picking up a new motherboard, specifically the GA-EP45-UD3R
My current components are 4xGB Supertalent DDR2-800, which i believe is 5-5-5-12, in 4x 1gb modules.
CPU is C2D E6600.
The system is assembled in a Coolermaster Praetorian 730.
My goal is 1st and foremost system stability. Secondarily i would like to be able to overclock the processor. When i originally put the system together, i had purchased a Tuniq 120 for the CPU, but found out it was about an inch too tall for the case, due to the removable motherboard tray, which i forgot to account for when i was researching interior dimensions.
Either way, i was hoping for opinions on this motherboard, as i hear its a paragon of stability when overclocking, i also was hoping someone could give reccomendations as to a decent air based CPU cooler that is not very tall that will still produce decent results. If i could get ~3.2 Ghz stable off the CPU i would be very pleased.
As always i appreciate your guys knowledge and willingness to help out ;-). Thanks again.
I've checked all the fans, made sure to blow them out of dust, etc, and it hasn't helped.
So, i'm thinking about picking up a new motherboard, specifically the GA-EP45-UD3R
My current components are 4xGB Supertalent DDR2-800, which i believe is 5-5-5-12, in 4x 1gb modules.
CPU is C2D E6600.
The system is assembled in a Coolermaster Praetorian 730.
My goal is 1st and foremost system stability. Secondarily i would like to be able to overclock the processor. When i originally put the system together, i had purchased a Tuniq 120 for the CPU, but found out it was about an inch too tall for the case, due to the removable motherboard tray, which i forgot to account for when i was researching interior dimensions.
Either way, i was hoping for opinions on this motherboard, as i hear its a paragon of stability when overclocking, i also was hoping someone could give reccomendations as to a decent air based CPU cooler that is not very tall that will still produce decent results. If i could get ~3.2 Ghz stable off the CPU i would be very pleased.
As always i appreciate your guys knowledge and willingness to help out ;-). Thanks again.
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