Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated

E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated

Forum Motherboards & Memory : General Motherboard - E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

I have a decent system, but unfortunately my mobo sux. Its an Intel, so I cannot OC the bios at all. When my last PC died I was in a pickle and needed to get it up and running that day, so I went with what the local PC shop had on the shelves.

Im going to be purchasing a new mobo soon and a decent cooler (air) so I can get a hefty OC on the proc.

Im looking for advice, mobo brand / after market cooler. (nothing too crazy I dont feel like spending as much on a mobo as I did my GTX285)

But info is much appreciated. Also whats a realistic goal for OC'ing an E8400 for daily gaming and use?

Thank you kindly~ my system is below:

E8400 C2D 3.0Ghz
DDR2 800Mhz RAM
GTX285
OCZ600SXS PSU

Add a reply

Gigabyte makes the EP45 UD3L atx board which is highly recommended by several posters. MSI makes the G45M-FD if you need a micro atx board for your case. Both are $94.99 with free shipping at newegg. I use an asrock p45 ts-r which is about $20 cheaper but doesn't overclock as well.

Reply to o1die

I've used this board with an E and a Q. It has gotten excellent reviews (check Anandtech eg), OC's well. While use of OC software isn't recommended, ET6 (included software) gave me a 1-click OC from 3.0 to 3.6GHz if I recall correctly.

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $115 after $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128358

Not SLI compatible, Crossfire only.

Message edited by Twoboxer on 09-16-2009 at 04:16:28 AM

Reply to Twoboxer

3L - 6 SATA ports, 1 PCI-e X16 socket - $95
3P - 8 SATA sockets, 2 PCI-e X16 sockets (physical) that change to 2 X8 sockets when both are used - normally $135.

I have one of each. Both good motherboards.

Reply to jsc

Im eyenig the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

What a realistic OC on a E8400 with this mobo.

How does it fair with a STOCK cooler and an Aftermarket?

Appreciate the responses very much!!

Reply to Triton05

Also, hows this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134

Would that be a good combo?

Reply to Triton05

*bump* :hello:

Reply to Triton05

OC = It would be unusual not to get at least 3.6GHz from an E8400.

Cooler: Take advantage of the identical discussion here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] w=0&nojs=0

Reply to Twoboxer

Thank you kindly for the response, and link.

Reply to Triton05

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 1018 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.440 seconds

Focus On

E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated

Forum Motherboards & Memory : General Motherboard - E8400 need a new mobo, advice much appreciated