So i want to give dry ice a try....

Bob
Edited by K404 - 12/8/12 at 6:37am

I agree this is the best possible way to go about it. 775 boards and chips are very cheap and getting cheaper, and there are tons of them out there and I've yet to find a cold boot bug at dry ice temps with a 775 chip so they are great to learn on. You will need a pot but don't get too exotic, the one listed by Slaughter in the less than $200 subzero thread would work very well. Look at the insulation guides you see there and get some dry ice. And then enjoy!

Hey!

As Rasparthe mentioned, I did post a link to a used pot in the "Start Subzero Cooling for Under $200" that I would highly recommend. I currently use a Duniek full aluminum pot and have had great results with s775.

As far as memory goes, I guess that depends on what your overall goal is. As I have intentions on trying to push everything (cpu, gpu, memory, etc) to the max, I picked up some of the highest spec'd ram I could in my price range. I picked up some 2133mhz DDR3 to ensure memory won't be an issue and I would have the ability to squeeze out as many points as I can out of benchmarks. I also went the DDR3 route as I didn't have any decent DDR2 and finding some is hard unless you are willing to spend a pretty penny on it. DDR3 is just more economical if you have to buy memory.

I would recommend picking up a bigger PSU as you will be putting a lot of stress on it. I had asked the same question and it was recommended that I pick up something in the 500-600w range especially if I was planning on incorporating a GPU as well.

Some decent boards to consider if you are going DDR3 are the Asus Rampage Extreme, Asus P5E3 Deluxe, Asus P5E3 WS Pro, and other variations. These are DDR3 boards. If you are looking at DDR2, then boards like the Asus P5K Pro or P5Q Pro or the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P are all solid performers. There are several other boards that are well suited for overclocking but from my research, these are the boards I went after.

Hopefully this helps a bit?!
Edited by Slaughter - 9/20/12 at 7:56pm

The majority of the 775 boards are going to be ddr2. There are a few ddr3 boards that are really good boards too.

If you just want something decent just look for a higher model of these chipsets

P35
p45
X38
X48

Boards that you can find easily would be a Giga EP45-ud3p. Someone is always selling one of those. It will be good for any c2d or c2q. It's no good for P4 or celerons. If you go with a ddr2 board, you want to find yourself some memory that uses D9's. Look here to help you find what you need. http://ramlist.i4memory.com/ddr2/

For a DDR3 board, once again, D9 will work or hypers.

DDR3 boards are much more rare. Anything asus that ends in 3, such as P5E3 Premium, P5Q3, P5K3, will all be DDr3. Giga boards are EP45T, the T denotes DDr3.

I'd also suggest a better psu.

Finding a DDR3 board is more difficult than finding a good ddr2 board. Finding DDR3 that goes well with one of those boards is no easier than finding some good ddr2.

Any and all core 2 chips will be good. Quads comes down to the board. Some boards work better with quads or are just much easier. Namely the ep45-ud3p. That is a good all around board. I'd say to just find one of those. It's the most common board that I see on the forums.

You don't need a bench. A motherboard box will be good enough.

Bob
Edited by K404 - 12/8/12 at 6:37am