StormX2

Robilar, All I ask, should I get this and a Q6600?

Or stick with my thought process of e8400.

i am tossing ideas around in my head for this Mobo and a new build. Not sure if I want to give ATI a go as I have not used since 9800 pro.
Guess would make sence to use ATI Card for possible Xfire in teh future.

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Villainstone

I know that I am not Robilar but IMO it depends on what you are doing with your PC. Games like dual core but there is no telling for how long before they use quads efficiently. Quads obviously multi-task better and can do more at a time. Ask yor self what you are doing and then make an informed decision.

Oops forgot to add.

With the test I will be running... because of the crappy multiplier on my chip I am limited to what I can do. Here is what I have come up with so far:

FSBxMulti - Frequency

333x7.5 - 2.5 STOCK
375x7.5 - 2.8
400x7 - 2.8
400x7.5 - 3.0
429x7 - 3.0
500x6 - 3.0
450x7.5 - 3.3
475x7 - 3.3

Lets take a vote for what will be faster at a given CPU frequency. I am trying to keep the CPU clocks the same and just test the high FSB w/ lower multi VS higher multi w/ lower FSB. Anyone else want to take bets what the results will be when I graph them?

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Ledge68

A over clocked Q6600 does just fine with games and can do more in other programs if needed. The price for a Q6600 is perfect for anyone on a budget and with a good motherboard, ram and heat sink you have a great system for just about anything.

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BlankThis

I wish I had seen this board (Maybe it wasn't out yet) when I was looking at mobo's.

±B±

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kimosabi

Just wanted to say that i have this board in house now. Will be installing next weekend after my exam.
It looks sexeh !

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colin niloc

Nice thread Robilar.
This board is extremely nice for the price.

I finally got a chance to throw my new/old rig together. Here is a couple pics and a screen shot. I'm waiting for my new fan controller and fans to arrive from oxide so I can clean it up. Once everything gets here I will be running 3 yate loon 120's and 1 ultra kaze for cooling.

Time for some tweaking will post my results once I get it dialed in.

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spartan789

This mobo should be getting here tomorrow for me. I'm still not sure about the RAM. it's the only thing I'm missing. Are most of you all using this board using DDR2 800 or 1066? Are there any noticeable differences on this bard?

M4DM4N

I love this board, overclocks smoother than my previous and still good p35-ds3l. Tried 3.7 for half an hour and ran a little hot but on a lower vcore than the other mobo. With my previous setup i had to put 1.5 vcore to boot in windows but now, 1.45vcore(bios) and im good and gone. I cant wait to get my water cooling stuff to max oc this chip.

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hawaiian_geek

Here's my first attempt at overclocking the Q9550. Ran prime95 for a hour. I'll try overclocking it more when I have the time.

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Villainstone

Check out my latest attempt at OCing my CPU more. It is not 100% stable but I can surf and run Vista NP. I haven't tried playing any game but it fails one core in Prime after about a minute. I am still tweaking it and I am pretty confident I can get it stable. I would really like to learn how to use the clock skews and other setting in the Advanced Clock Control option in the BIOS.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=454056

I have not run the test like I have been wanting to because I am just too busy. I am getting a day off soon so keep your eyes out guys.

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