best motherboard for...?

[igotrice424]

hey i couldnt exactly find what i was looking for in the threads...so can someone tell me the best or a really good motherboard that can support a dualcore cpu, is good and stable for overclocking....and hopefully cheap? as in a great bang for the buck, im on a tight budget lol...oh and with a LGA775 socket..... thanks.

edit: actually screw everything else lol i just want the cheapest stable motherboard that can handle dual cpu, pentium d processor in particular, and an nvidia graphics card lol...

 

[yap2much]

NEWEGG.com or ZipZoomfly.com

 

[g-paw]

Biostar makes decent inexpensive boards

 

[chookman]

Id still stick with a cheap Gigabyte or ASUS, probably the P965 range as its a little older now (hence cheaper)

 

[cb62fcni]

Id still stick with a cheap Gigabyte or ASUS, probably the P965 range as its a little older now (hence cheaper)

Sure, P965 is cheaper, but only a few dollars. Just get a good P35 board such as one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128057

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130095

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127031

Or something similar. That last one is a great buy right now! Overall, there's absolutely no reason to buy a 965 right now. The P35's are extremely close in price (in some cases less!), overclock better, and have slightly better performance because of the updated DDR2 controller. Plus they're a bit more future-proof. Good luck!

 

[g-paw]

Agree ASUS or Gigabyte would be better but the OP did emphasize cheap, which is why I suggested Biostar.

Bostar 945 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138034 $70 after rebate
Biostar 965 $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138055

 

[cb62fcni]

Agree ASUS or Gigabyte would be better but the OP did emphasize cheap, which is why I suggested Biostar.

Bostar 945 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138034 $70 after rebate
Biostar 965 $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138055

Ye a, but what's the point in a 945 that can't overclock AT ALL and doesn't support newer processors when for 10 bucks more you can get an ABIT IP35 that'll hit 500FSB???

 

[aevm]

Sure, P965 is cheaper, but only a few dollars. Just get a good P35 board such as one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128057

Another vote for GA-P35-S3L. As long as you can live with only 4 SATA devices this is a great option. If you need more than 4 I'd pick GA-P35-DS3R.

 

[igotrice424]

thanks guys...im pretty sure ive settled on the GIGABYTE GA-P35-S3L it is more expensive than the biostar one but the reviews and its overclocking capacity, has won me over lol. ill throw in the extra cash ahah thanks again for all ur help.

 

[igotrice424]

however i was looking at the gigabyte website...and under the compatible list of cpu's for some reason i didnt see pentium d processors...only pentium 4, and the newer dual/quad cores.... the processor i ordered was a pentium d 805, 2.66 gHz.... it does support it right?

edit: actually nvm lol my bad. it does.