what chipset for conroe?

[pirush]

iv'e decided my next pc will be based on intel conroe e3300 cpu.
iv'e noticed two major chipsets compatible with this cpu:
intel 945 and 965. boards based on 945 appear in manufacturers conroe compabilty list, and they are much chipper than 965 bords.
will a 945 board downscale the conroe, and the pc overall performance, in comparecnt to 965 or any other platform?

i'm not much of an overclocker or gamer, but i would like my machine to be able to encode files fast and allow me to play when i wish.
so feel free toss other options in.

thank you all

pirush

 

[pirush]

any ideas anyone??

 

[dasickninja]

P965 and P975 are the best so far especailly when it comes to OCing. But you can also use P945. Do you need links to motherboards with these sets?
EDIT: I forgot to ask what price range are you looking at and what features do you want?

 

[Doughbuy]

It seems to me your on a budget, which would make me assume that a decent P5B mobo would be fine. If you wanted even cheaper, you could consider the Asrock 775-VSTA mobo, which had some decent performance for the price. Otherwise, 965 wise, P5B, AB9 Pro, or DS3 are your best bets.

 

[KOne]

for the e6300. i've heard the 965 chipset works good with that processor.

 

[chrone]

the best budget-performance you can get is a combine of e6300 & gigabyte-965p-ds3 (around $140-60). but if you are really on a budget, you can scale down your motherboard to asrock conroe945g-dvi just below $100.

here's the asrock review:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2826

i was using e6300 and asrock775dual-vsta (via chipset) and running fine for two weeks then i upgrade to e6600 and still running fine. if you're not go into any overclocking, all chipset that support core 2 duo processor should be fine, but first check the reviews on some sites and compared to real life performance from people using the chipset, afterward decide what to purchase. 😛

hope this may help you out. goodluck..