Need A Core 2 Duo Mobo That Oc An E6300 To 3ghz!!!
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Geoff
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A certain motherboard and CPU combo doesnt mean you can OC that high. For instance, you may buy the same parts I have, but you may have a different rev., stepping, or the other parts such as RAM may be slightly different.
However generally speaking, the Gigabyte DS3 has been known to OC pretty high.
Also, it takes knowledge to overclock. You dont just go in the BIOS and raise the speed to 3Ghz.
However generally speaking, the Gigabyte DS3 has been known to OC pretty high.
Also, it takes knowledge to overclock. You dont just go in the BIOS and raise the speed to 3Ghz.
Jet
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I would recommend either the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 or the ASUS P5B. Both would do the trick, as long as you know what you are doing
. Also, some good DDR2-800 ram would help as well.
ADE
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hay would this be a good one?
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247117&prodlist=froogle
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247117&prodlist=froogle
Geoff
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This board is known to be a great OCer, and is pretty cheap: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322342-OP
Jet
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There's also the P5B: In Tomshardware's tests, they got the ASUS P5B up to 500FSB, while the DS3 had issues with Micron memory chips (most high quality memory uses these chips) and only went up to around 450FSB. I don't know, though, if Gigabyte has come out with another BIOS update to fix this. Of course, even 450FSB would get you up to 3.15Ghz.
ASUS P5B:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247083
ASUS P5B:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247083
ADE
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Will these work with it?
http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=8&pn=OCZ2G8002GK
http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=8&pn=OCZ2G8002GK
Jet
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No, because they require more than 1.9v of power to run. They will work if you buy a cheapo stick of DDR2, boot to the BIOS with it, and then change the RAM voltage to 2.0. Then, swap out the RAM, and power on.
Did you have to do this with your setup? I thought that most memory is supposed to loosen the timings and boot at lower voltages, when you have the latest BIOS. There is plenty of memory that requires more than 1.8V to run at their specified timings, but somehow people still keep buying them and giving them great reviews
ADE
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Yeah. In was reading that someone had that problum but just went into BIOS and added more power to it so I actually was expecting this before RAMBO even said anything so yeah I knew ahead of time that I'd need to do this and from what the review said I should be able to do this quite nicilly.
penguinrusty
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Geoff
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haha, I agree, one of the ugliest looking boards.
bball4life
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Yes it should, my sticks are rated to run at 2.8V (ddrDid you have to do this with your setup? I thought that most memory is supposed to loosen the timings and boot at lower voltages, when you have the latest BIOS. There is plenty of memory that requires more than 1.8V to run at their specified timings, but somehow people still keep buying them and giving them great reviews
), but my mobo only puts out 2.6 just dropped the speeds and loosened the timings a bit till I got the chance to change it.
fade2green514
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for the record, the motherboard is EVERYTHING when it comes to overclock an e6300. the major limiting factor is the front side bus, which the motherboard badly limits. good ram is a plus, but if the motherboard has some nice divider options then you're good to go, now how well the northbridge has been manufactured and cooled is one of the bigger issues with intel since they dont integrate the memory controller or anything onto the cpu the way AMD does.
i can't wait until AMD comes out with something better because their procs are so much easier to o/c... as far as motherboards go at least, you can just use a lower hypertransport multiplier.
i can't wait until AMD comes out with something better because their procs are so much easier to o/c... as far as motherboards go at least, you can just use a lower hypertransport multiplier.