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DS3 + e6600 questions

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my rig budget recently increased by quite a bit....i went from e6420 to e6600, cheap $100 or less video card to sapphire x1950gt and from pc2 6400 5-5-5-xx to 4-4-4-xx.

now i'm trying to figure out if there's a better mobo i could be using for $200 or less, and yes i'm OC'ing, aiming for 3.4ghz. if this seems like a dumb question...it just might be since this is my first OC in a long time.
 
I have went through two motherboards so far for my core 2 duo build: the Biostar Tforce P965PT and now I have the DS3 rev. 3.3. I have to say that for overclocking, I liked my tforce a lot better. My DS3 has a horrible vdroop and it is getting in the way of a really good overclock on my e6600. 3.42 is the highest I can get stable on it since even on the 1.60v option in the bios, my volts are only 1.52.

On my Biostar, I was able to get 3.7 stable and 3.84 to post without much tweaking at all on just an e6400. The only problem is that I started getting Bios checksum errors after about 2 months and now need to get around to rma'ing it. I couldn't find other people who had that problem so I think I just had bad luck.

I am sure that this processor can pull off at least 3.6 stable. Since I am running in under the Swiftech Storm, temps are not a problem. I just need a better mobo (Like my Biostar).

So I recommend the Biostar Tforce P965PT on a budget (Its only $105 on the egg).
 
DS3 is still one of the best overclocking boards out there. My DS3 does at least 505MHz on the front side bus which would allow an e6600 to overclock to 4.545GHz if you could hit that high. Before i removed the northbridge and reapplied some arctic ceramique I could only get around 485 MHz but that is still enough for a really great overclock. I don't see any reason for spending more than you need to.

Plus there is so much information out there about the DS3 and the P5B that these two boards seem like the obvious choices.
 
jakegub said:
DS3 is still one of the best overclocking boards out there. My DS3 does at least 505MHz on the front side bus which would allow an e6600 to overclock to 4.545GHz if you could hit that high. Before i removed the northbridge and reapplied some arctic ceramique I could only get around 485 MHz but that is still enough for a really great overclock. I don't see any reason for spending more than you need to.

Plus there is so much information out there about the DS3 and the P5B that these two boards seem like the obvious choices.
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yeah, after looking at quite a few other oc'ing boards i was kind of thinking along those lines already. 3/4 of the information i read on oc'ing C2Ds is based off of the DS3.

the only advantage i found was better stock northbridge cooling, though i found a 40mm NB cooler on the egg for around $5.
 
I had a DS3/E6600 combo and when I switched out to a P5W DH, I was able to get another 100-200mhz out of it than I could with my DS3 rev.1.0. All the other components remained the same. Not telling you to get something other than the DS3, but it was just my experience. I still have the DS3 in my brother's computer and it's been running fine for 8 months with no problems.
 
kirbyrj said:
I had a DS3/E6600 combo and when I switched out to a P5W DH, I was able to get another 100-200mhz out of it than I could with my DS3 rev.1.0. All the other components remained the same. Not telling you to get something other than the DS3, but it was just my experience. I still have the DS3 in my brother's computer and it's been running fine for 8 months with no problems.
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thanks for the input :)

i think i've decided to stick with the DS3, just gonna steer clear of the rev 1.3 available for $30 less on the egg.
 
I have a rev 1 DS3 and have been very happy with it. Everything on it works, which is more than I can say for my last two ASUS boards.
 
I'm going to add my vote for the DS3. I'm probably the world's worst overclocker -- the only decent overclock I've done before is a Celery 2.0 -> 3.0 ghz ... my celeron 433 I couldn't get above 475, my P3 750 I couldn't get above 825, my Athlon XP 64 3500+ I managed a modest 10% overclock ... but I just put together my e4300 with the DS3 (3.3), and I'm at 2.93 with absolutely zero problems, and I'm sure there's more headroom if I want to push it, since I haven't touched the voltages at all.

Since it sounds like you were in the same boat that I was, not having done much overclocking recently, I'd recommend the DS3 whole-heartedly. I can't imagine a board making overclocking any more idiot-proof then this one does.
 
mmm-sandwich said:
thanks for the input :)

i think i've decided to stick with the DS3, just gonna steer clear of the rev 1.3 available for $30 less on the egg.
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The 1.3 is essentially a 1.0 board with the 3.3 chipset revision on it for 1333mhz fsb support.
 
I saw the 3.3 at ClubIT for $115. I'd probably get that one :D.
 
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