Which Motherboard would be best?

[mars633]

I have an E6700 processor. I want to overclock it. I have two mobos...the Gigabyte G1975X (Socket 775) and the Gigabyte 965P-DQ6. Which mobo would you pick to squeeze the most out of the 6700?

 

[dougie_boy]

neither. try an abit AB9 or a pw5 DH deluxe

 

[rwaritsdario]

neither. try an abit AB9 or a pw5 DH deluxe

-_- the DQ6 will overclock farther...
Im not sure if the Gigabyte G1975X supports C2Ds.

 

[sruane]

The DQ6. No doubt about it.

 

[Doughbuy]

P5B-E is a monster OC'er, you might want to look into that...

DQ6 is also nice, but depends if you want XFire and all the added functionality, your call on that...

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2860

Some review on 965 mobo's, check it out, especially how far they OC'ed the P5B-E...

Lastly, for an SLI mobo with good OC'ing potential, the AW9-MAX is the only choice...

 

[rwaritsdario]

for an SLI mobo with good OC'ing potential, the AW9-MAX is the only choice...

Forceware drivers, Doughbuy, dont forget.

 

[rwaritsdario]

//double post, thank you very much.

 

[Doughbuy]

yeah yeah, modded forceware drivers... I should start including the AW9D-MAX comes with the SLI bridge so its probably a better choice... meh

Edit: Changed this to D also before Fish guy gets on my case again

 

[mars633]

the Gigabyte G1975X (Socket 775) was the mobo that TH used to overclock the D805 to 4.2. I does support 775 chip.

 

[sruane]

the Gigabyte G1975X (Socket 775) was the mobo that TH used to overclock the D805 to 4.2. I does support 775 chip.

775 refers to the socket. There are several, incompatible processors which use this socket. its the chipset which determines which socket 775 chip will work. If you want a core 2 duo - you need the 965 or 975 chipset. the 945 and 955 will support the D805, but not the core 2 duo. The G1975X happens to have the 975 chipset.

 

[jitpublisher]

Sounds like a recent conversation with my wife.
Me:
"I have a red tie and black tie, which looks better with this shirt?"
Wife:
"The yellow one"
:?

 

[Talon]

As others have stated, the DQ6 will OC further than the 975. If the difference in features doesn't sway you one way or the other and OC is your only goal go DQ6 out of those two.

There are arguably better boards for that purpose but the way you stated your post makes it sound like you already have the 2 boards?

 

[mars633]

Talon, you say "There are arguably better boards for that purpose (OCing)". In your experience, what would they be?

Thanks.

 

[Doughbuy]

Like I said above, the P5B-E is probably the best board right now... anyone feel free to correct me since that was only a couple days ago which means that board is probably obsolete again... (Half joking, half being truthful)

 

[rwaritsdario]

P965 = obsolete
RD600 = best mobo for C2D

If you can find the right revision for the P5B-E, go for it. If not, the P5B Deluxe currently holds the world record in FSB.

 

[Doughbuy]

Is that even out yet?

I'm going to wait on reviews before I pass judgement, but I will say that will probably be a hell of a chipset. I'm expecting great things on it.

 

[rwaritsdario]

In 5 days.
Reviews are a bunch load of crap, barely ever useful. Wait for OCing reports

 

[Doughbuy]

Eh, I usually only peruse them to see connector placement and whatnot, For me, OC'ing is definitly number one importance, but the number of SATA connectors and sound since I'm planning on using on-board also have to be factored into the choice...

But especially the number of SATA connections (check sig and you know what I mean)

 

[rwaritsdario]

Haha youll love this board then. DFI places the SATA connector (8 of them) 90 degress from the board so theyre all accesible. And this board will use the Karajan audio modules wich is aseparate PCB with the audio chip.
Now youve got to tell me, what model are allthose HDDs and do you use a card for some of them?

 

[Doughbuy]

Hell... I forgot most of them, lets see...

4 of them should be Seagate, the 250 gig is a Maxtor (was a 200 gig, but died on me, RMA'ed and a 250 gig showed up)... prolly a WD in there too...

Thing is, they're all hooked up to my laptop in 6 external enclosures (400 gig is sitting in my brother's computer, Imma yank it out when I get mine done)

With my new computer next year, I was planning on getting another 2 320 gig Seagate HDD's... but whats really getting me excited is Black Friday, which generally has the best HDD deals of the year. I'll probably come back with 1 more HDD of at least 400 GIGS or greater...

Usually prefer Seagate, just for the 5 year warranty...

 

[rwaritsdario]

To think im sitting on a 80GB right now...
What do you use them for? (personal videos is not a valid answer )