Originally posted by: lopri
Originally posted by: BlitzAceYuna
Heh.. One more question.. Why exactly is the 975X chipset still appealing?
I mean.. It doesn't overclock nearly as well as the P965 and Nforce6 chipsets.. And the newer chipsets have newer memory controllers and southbridges to boot..
Stable. No BIOS fuss such as FSB holes, etc. Faster than anything out there clock-for-clock. If your CPU has a >9 multiplier, you don't need a sky-high FSB for maximum OC. And these days lots of 975X boards seem to be good beyond the usual 420FSB boundary. (up to 440~450FSB)
Granted it's probably the most boring chipset to play with, but if you're not much into tweaking but more about easy and stable operation, 975X can't be beat.