Best budget C2D OCing mobo?

[cheesehead]

I don't really need the following.

1. SLI/Crossfire.
2. More than 2 SATA ports.
3. Fancy onboard audio.


Can anyone reccomend a motherboard that will let me OC an e6300 to about 2.4 ghz?

 

[spinejam]

gigabyte p965 s3

 

[Sukhoi]

The Biostar TForce965PT or whatever it is, is supposed to OC pretty well and is cheap.

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: spinejam
gigabyte p965 s3

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
The Biostar TForce965PT or whatever it is, is supposed to OC pretty well and is cheap.

Thanks for the help - it's much appreciated.

I'm leaning towards the Biostar - it's $105 at the 'Egg.

Any other thoughts? This board would be for a Linux/Windows dual-boot system, and I'm strongly considering adding a SATA-160 PCI card so I can use cheap 15,000RPM SCSI drives.

 

[Sukhoi]

lol now you're confusing me. You want to save $20 on the motherboard but you're using 15K RPM SCSI hard drives that are probably a couple hundred a piece.

 

[keeleysam]

How do you expect to run SCSI on SATA?

SATA works on SAS, not the other way around.

 

[cheesehead]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
How do you expect to run SCSI on SATA?

SATA works on SAS, not the other way around.

I'm adding a PCI card.

As a side note, 15000rpm drives are now about $20 apiece for 18gb models, if you can get 'em used.

 

[Conky]

Personally, I would go with a Gigabyte board over a Biostar and I would've said the same thing before I went with a DS3. An S3 on an Asus P5 board should be up there too.

 

[cheesehead]

I'll go with a DS3, I guess. I heard that, for a while, Gigabyte boards were absolute garbage - apparently they've returned to their old standards of quality.

 

[Sukhoi]

Wow I had absolutely no idea used 15K SCSI stuff is that cheap.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

WRT to used 15K SCSI, you might want to check what model of drive it is. If it's a 1st gen 15K, most new 7.2K SATA drives will beat it. The only 15K drives that can even beat the 150Gig Raptor (and only by a little bit) are the Fujitsu MAU/MAX and the Maxtor 15KII. Any other model, and the raptor will be faster.

Plus the early gen SCSI drives were louder and hotter then the drives I listed above. Don't think all 15K drives are equal, you wouldn't go by a 5 year old WD caviar drive thinking it would compare to modern drives, would you?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Cheesehead
I'll go with a DS3, I guess. I heard that, for a while, Gigabyte boards were absolute garbage - apparently they've returned to their old standards of quality.

Really? I've never heard that. Always enjoyed using their stuff here. never a problem with a Gigabyte product.

I am sortof a closet Gigabyte fan. I have never owned one myself, but only for work have I used their products. Always a positive experience

 

[yiranhu]

DS3 is a good board cuz you get RAID... I think it's the cheapest board that actually has this feature...

 

[StopSign]

I wouldn't call the DS3 a budget board.

 

[Hajpoj]

Originally posted by: StopSign
I wouldn't call the DS3 a budget board.

It's more of a 2nd class board, not the 3rd class which is ECS

 

[Zinn]

I'm using a gigabyte s3... got it off the forums for $90

right now it's running my e6300 at 3.325 ghz, 475. real stable, not bad!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Cheesehead
Any other thoughts? This board would be for a Linux/Windows dual-boot system, and I'm strongly considering adding a SATA-160 PCI card so I can use cheap 15,000RPM SCSI drives.

If you want to boot Linux, AVOID any of the newer boards that have one of those JMicron IDE port controllers added on. There are many reports of issues with those controllers and Linux. Oh how I wish Intel had not decided to drop IDE support entirely on their chipsets.

 

[wadewood]

I also say the Biostar TForce965PT would be a good choice for your requirements. I have an E6300 with this board stable at 510x7= 3570Mhz on water.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: wadewood
I also say the Biostar TForce965PT would be a good choice for your requirements. I have an E6300 with this board stable at 510x7= 3570Mhz on water.

Yea I'm pretty sure it has VIA IDE too.