E6750 or E8400

[PC N3WB]

I know this chocie would be a no brainer but if i get the Gigabyte DS3R P35 and pair it with the E8400 would i have to flash the BIOS therefore also needing to buy a celeron 800mhz FSB but if i get the E6750 i wont need to flash the BIOS which save me money in the long-run and i could overclock it to the E8400's Clock speed.
Any suggestions???

 

[tiraides]

The E6750 and E8400 both run at a 1333MHz quad-pumped FSB (the actual FSB speed is 333MHz). If you can run the E6750 off the Gigabyte DS3R -- and let me put it this way: I was able to run the E6850 (same specs as the E6750, but only 233MHz faster) off of my GA-G33M-DS2R right out of the box -- then you should have no problem running the E8400, regardless of the BIOS version.

 

[PC N3WB]

but i am still worried that the BIOS revision is not up to scratch then the E8400 wont boot and make the board apear to be dead so should i check gigabytes website to check this before purchasing this

 

[tiraides]

If you want to flash the BIOS before using the E8400, go the the Gigabyte USA site and follow the instructions there. Make sure that you have a floppy drive and a floppy that's bootable upon start-up, because you'll need both.