good overclocker

[skidro892007]

I head that the EVGA 680i boards are eally great overclockers, but I was wondering if there were any others out there that had 2 IDE ports. I love the EVGA boards, but they only have 1 IDE and I have a couple of old harddrives that I want to use and need more than 1. I was looking at the MSI P6N SLI Platinum 650i, but I heard it wasn't great for OCing. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[PabloTeK]

You could get the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 and get an IDE PCI card, the DS3 is a fantastic overclocker.

 

[skidro892007]

The only thing is that I need SLI and would like 2 PATA connections. This board has neither. It looks like a good board overall, but I would like those features. Any other suggestions?

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Then get the DQ6 or DS4 and as GCR mentioned the IDE Controller card.

 

[skidro892007]

sorry, but what's an IDE controller card do? does it just add IDE ports to a board that lacks them?

 

[CryptWizard]

does it just add IDE ports to a board that lacks them?

Spot on, and they're very cheap as well.

Not sure what country you're from, but this is a guide to the price:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ultra-ATA-13...41QQihZ011QQcategoryZ3753QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[PabloTeK]

Oh and the DS4 & DQ6 have Crossfire, which is ATi's version of SLi.

 

[skidro892007]

I'm from US, by the way
But I need SLI though. Crossfire doesn't work with Nvidia, does it? Just checking. I think I am just going to get the card for my hard drives though, because they are really cheap, even brand new. Newegg has em for like 15 bucks or so, so it is easily attainable.

 

[madtownidiot]

There's also a dq6 680i sli board if you want to try that