Good Mobo

[Froboy7391_99]

What's a good mobo for an E6400 that is also good for overclocking. 150 ish at most.

 

[Ben]

I got 2 boards for you, reviews say that they're both great for overclocking. I'd recommend the abit board, but it's your choice.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127005


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138037

 

[Froboy7391_99]

I Like the abit but I heard the Gigabyte GA 965P DS-3(is that the one with the solid capicators?) is also good for overclocking. Which one is better in your opinion.

Gigabyte:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128012

 

[StrangleHold]

I would go for the Gigabyte, had to many problems with Abits

 

[Froboy7391_99]

Is it better or worse for overclocking?

 

[Ben]

I would go for the Gigabyte, had to many problems with Abits

You saw problems with that board? Or you've had problems with Abit yourself...

Is it better or worse for overclocking?

I'd say the Abit is better, but just my opinion, because I haven't had any problems overclocking and I've had 3 of there boards. So that's what I would recommend.

 

[StrangleHold]

You saw problems with that board? Or you've had problems with Abit yourself...

I use to use them but after having to RMA 3 out of 10 for some problem I just quite using them in builds, to much trouble, All of my builds I use either Gigabyte-DFI or Asus

 

[Ben]

I use to use them but after having to RMA 3 out of 10 for some problem I just quite using them in builds, to much trouble, All of my builds I use either Gigabyte-DFI or Asus

Interesting, I've never had any problems with Abit, and I've had 3 of there boards.

 

[Saurian]

In general, that Gigabyte series - the S3, DS3, and DQ6 - has been the golden boy of the P965 world, along with the Asus boards. The S3 can do serious overclocking for cheap, and has decent features at a great price. However, I would pitch in the couple extra bucks to get the DS3. For a mainstream, high-performance board on a budget, it really does hit an attractive cost/performance ratio point.

That said, I would LOVE to give the Abit boards a try. In fact, I probably will. With the [relative] maturation of the platform, it could do no worse then acceptable, and has a good features list and, more importantly to me - an AWESOME layout. I remember thinking "man...I would love to stick that thing in my case. I'd actually bother with cable management!".