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Im looking for a good and cheap mobo that will work with the e5200. If it could support ddr2 800 and easy over clocking that would be great.

thanks in advance

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Newegg had one msi p35 atx board for $49.99, but I don't know if they have any left. Otherwise, checkout some g31 boards by downloading the manual before ordering. Check the bios for voltage and memory adjustments.

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If you can find it now: The P45-DS3L or the P35-DS3L were good for OCing that chip. They don't make the P35 any more, but you may be able to find it online for ~$50-55.

 

If budget isn't that big this is what I would get:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128357
It's got a good basic set of OCing options (manual CPU/RAM voltage, manual FSB,etc) and it's only $53

 

Note: I didn't read through the entire manual, I just skipped ahead to the MIT section where the OCing options are listed, and it didn't display RAM timing functions, how ever, I believe these are available by pressing <F1> like on most Gigabyte boards. Linky to manual: http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList [...] s2c)_e.pdf

 

If you need OCing help, check out the P35-DS3L OCing guide available on the forum here.
Only glaring limitation I see is that it only has 2 slots for RAM. Then again, 4GB (2*2GB) is enough for an average user.


Message edited by Shadow703793 on 06-15-2009 at 01:59:42 AM
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wait so the e5200 has 800 fsb does it matter if the board has fsb of 1066 or 1333?

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And i was planning on getting an antec 300 and having all five fans on it. Would it be possible with this mobo? and thanks for responding so quickly


Message edited by lumberjack4567 on 06-15-2009 at 05:32:11 PM
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^Wich motherboard? The G31M-ES2L?

You can use it with the Antec 300, BUT you will need to move the stand off screws and/or you will not be able to putt all stand offs in.

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GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L that one. but will it be able to power five fans?

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^No. It only has 2 fan headers on the board. However, you can get a fan controller to fir the other fans in,BUT 3+ fan controllers are pretty expensive (~$30 for a good one) in this case you might as well get a better board. Or you can get a splitter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] to%20molex
$4

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so if i got 2 of these i could have 4 fans?

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^Yes, in theory.

Note: I have never used anything like that before, so I can't really comment on how it'll work out.

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ah... thanks for answering all of my noobie questions

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