Hi!
I just got my E7200, but since the "old" GA-P35-DS3L was out of stock, I borrowed a cheap board from a friend to play with in the meantime. Now, I see that the DS3L is somewhat replaced by the newer EP35-DS3L, that has this power management thing, DES.
I intend to overclock, not to extremes, but to get around 3.2GHz out of this CPU.
Is this mobo an OCing sweetie just as its "predecessor"? Does this power saving feature get in the way when OCing? I'm guessing it does, and that it's kind of unlikely that using it WHILE overclocking is a good idea. Then can you disable it and have a "normal" P35-DS3L for OCing?
Thanks!
EDIT: Oh in case it matters... the RAM would be a 2GB kit of OCZ Plat Rev. 2 DDR2-800.
I just got my E7200, but since the "old" GA-P35-DS3L was out of stock, I borrowed a cheap board from a friend to play with in the meantime. Now, I see that the DS3L is somewhat replaced by the newer EP35-DS3L, that has this power management thing, DES.
I intend to overclock, not to extremes, but to get around 3.2GHz out of this CPU.
Is this mobo an OCing sweetie just as its "predecessor"? Does this power saving feature get in the way when OCing? I'm guessing it does, and that it's kind of unlikely that using it WHILE overclocking is a good idea. Then can you disable it and have a "normal" P35-DS3L for OCing?
Thanks!
EDIT: Oh in case it matters... the RAM would be a 2GB kit of OCZ Plat Rev. 2 DDR2-800.