Cheapest board that will hit +400FSB?

[Star Fox]

I'm looking for a new core 2 duo mobo, and I all I really need it to do is at least 400FSB, have a PCI-E x16 slot, and be able to do sata raid 0...


So what's cheap?

 

[mrjminer]

Gigabyte 965P-S3 (note: not ds3)

 

[BUFF]

the Gigabyte (JMicron) RAID isn't great though - if you can afford a mobo with ICH8R I would.

 

[JBavousett]

I have that gigabyte, and it will NOT go above 350Mhz. I'm looking to upgrade from it.

 

[Riddlinkidstoner]

I have that gigabyte, and it will NOT go above 350Mhz. I'm looking to upgrade from it.

Try pushing the PCI-E frequency to 120, that should help your FSB along. Don't forget to cool your NB as well.

 

[o0akoni0o]

Try pushing the PCI-E frequency to 120, that should help your FSB along. Don't forget to cool your NB as well.

on a ds3, at what fsb should you start to worry about cooling the nb?

anyways, definitely try upping the pci-e frequency. in my last couple builds, i've noticed that intel chipsets don't overclock that well until you bump up the pci-e frequency.

 

[Riddlinkidstoner]

on a ds3, at what fsb should you start to worry about cooling the nb?

anyways, definitely try upping the pci-e frequency. in my last couple builds, i've noticed that intel chipsets don't overclock that well until you bump up the pci-e frequency.

Cool your NB at any fsb, especially when you start pushing 450+. I never had good luck with my DS3 though...but I'm pushing 3.7ghz on air with my P5B Deluxe.

 

[Fanofou]

MSI 650i board goes for just a dollar or 5 more than the S3, it hits 400fsb.

 

[Spanki]

MSI 650i board goes for just a dollar or 5 more than the S3, it hits 400fsb.

Taiwan site is now hitting FSB 533x7 = 3.73GHz with a E6850 ES on the MSI SLI Fi board - not bad for a $108 motherboard .

 

[Prof. Frink]

I'm running 444 on a DS3 rock solid, I've had it up to 472 on air but it was only stable enough to take a screen cap in cpuz