Wich motherboard to go with c2q q6600?
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nemtep




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PostPosted: Mon, 4th Aug 2008 20:31    Post subject: Wich motherboard to go with c2q q6600?
Hey guys,
Im looking to buy a new cpu, motherboard and memory. Im gonna go with the q6600 cpu, but wich motherboard and memory should i get with it?
I was thiknig about getting this: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3208228&csid=_22Thanks in advance
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gingerninjaaaaaa
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PostPosted: Mon, 4th Aug 2008 23:29    Post subject:
200 quid for a mobo, u must be mad?
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NuclearShadow
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 00:18    Post subject:
Are you going or plan to go SLI? If not I would highly advise against a Nvidia chipset. Intel chipsets not only preform better overall but also give better overclocking. Also there is NO point in buying such a expensive board you will see little to no performance increase in the end. Its not worth it.
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shole




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 00:23    Post subject:
i've got q6600 and p5k-e (wifi-ap)
got zero problems so far
just don't update your bios from windows.. bricked a board that way.. use the in-bios usb-stick method
had it for about a year now
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AwE




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 02:00    Post subject:
the asus overvolts.
avoid.

get a p35 board. gigabyte, abit, msi.
to name a few good ones. which particular you buy depends on what gadgets you need.

the abit ip35s are worth a look. they are able to use speedstep and go down with voltage even when overclocked. not many boards do this. good for building a fast, silent pc.
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Phluxed
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 02:10    Post subject:
I also have the P5K-E Wifi/Ap with a Q6600

despite what AwE says (and hes right) its an amazing board. Zero problems with it, and great for overclocking that processor. Make sure you get really good memory as well


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nemtep




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 06:05    Post subject:
I figured i should buy an SLI board, so that later when my 8800gt is too slow i can add another one. But i dont think that ill be getting another one any time soon. And i do want to overclock my cpu right away. Are the nvidia chipsets really that much worse then intel? Should i go for DDR3? I havent been following the hardware scene in like 2 years so i dont really know whats up.
Thanks alot guys
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$en$i
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 07:55    Post subject:
I have bought some Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R mobo with the Q6600 lately, no SLI but ATI CrossFireX, works great. Smile
Took a Corsair Denominator PC8500 2x2GB kit with it.
You may have a look at the GA-EP45T-DS3R or GA-EP45C-DS3R if you want DDR3.

A review of the P45 chipset and the mobo: http://techreport.com/articles.x/14882/1

BTW don't invest too much in a mobo, next intel CPUs will use another socket.
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swingman




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 08:35    Post subject:
AwE wrote:
get a p35 board. gigabyte, abit, msi.
to name a few good ones. which particular you buy depends on what gadgets you need.


+1

Based on your chosen cpu you really don't need a P45 board which only adds compatibility for 45nm cpus and DDR3. You would be paying for features you have no use for until you upgrade your cpu. Your best bet for overclocking would be gigabyte or abit.

As for DDR3, I wouldn't recommend it because the speed at which your cpu (and ultimately motherboard) will be running is well within the range of DDR2 memory. Buying DDR3 ram would be like competing at the 4x100m olympic relay finals with a team made up of Carl Lewis and three cube monkeys . No matter how fast Carl runs the final performance of the team will be determined by the office nerds. Very Happy
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nemtep




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 09:44    Post subject:
OK, so im thinking about getting the Gigabyte EP35-DS3L. Do i even need ddr2 1066 memory or is 800mhz enough?
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$en$i
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 12:19    Post subject:
@ nemtep

800mhz is enough, default Q6600 frequency is 266*9 = 2400Mhz, with your 800Mhz ram you can easily overclock to 400*8 = 3200Mhz. If you wanna go higher or have better timings you will take something else.

@ swingman

The P45 also add PCIe 2.0 lanes, have memory controller improvements, etc.
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swingman




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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 18:21    Post subject:
^^ That could be a reason to go for a P45 board if one wants to have maximum bandwidth available. But the truth is that current games are nowhere close to utilising the entire bandwidth available to them.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-2-0,1915-10.html

Conclusion from same article.

Quote:
But is PCIe 2.0 really necessary yet? As long as a graphics solution can operate with data that is stored within its local video frame buffer memory, both the reasonably mainstream Radeon HD 3850 and the hardcore GeForce 9900 GX2 will operate close to their maximum performance, even if the PCI Express link width is limited to x8 or x4. Once larger textures need to be accessed, as is the case in Crysis or Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X, interface bandwidth becomes a crucial element. Any link width below x16 will noticeably limit these games’ playability.

The answer, thus, has to be "yes": you want maximum bandwidth, and PCI Express 2.0, for all sorts of sophisticated 3D applications. Benchmarks such as Futuremark’s 3DMark06, PCMark Vantage, Prey or Quake provide proof from the other end of the spectrum, though: they can fit all the graphics data into the 512 MB (Radeon HD 3850) or 2x 512 MB (GeForce 9800) frame buffers.


Even for the two games mentioned, performance at 16x is only marginally better than performance at 8x (which would be equivalent to 16x with pci-x 1.1). But I guess one man's 'marginal' is another man's 'like totally awesome, I need to get me that performance boost'. Very Happy
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$en$i
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 22:08    Post subject:
@ swingman

I was just precising what was missing in your description mate. Wink The PCIe 2 bandwidth will start to be relevant if you wanna Crossfire. Actually I have bought 3x Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R (for 3 office PCs) mostly for their TPM chip, direct availability and the negligible difference of price with 1 year older P35 mobos (like my home PC's Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R). Smile
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 22:43    Post subject:
Phluxed wrote:
I also have the P5K-E Wifi/Ap with a Q6600

despite what AwE says (and hes right) its an amazing board. Zero problems with it, and great for overclocking that processor. Make sure you get really good memory as well


Got the same bored and its fucking awful. If you look on the offical asus forums there are hundreds of similar complaints. They revolve around the IDE/SATA controller so if you plan on mixing SATA and IDE drives your going to run into issues. To help show the issues, my IDE dvd driver doesnt work at all, my SATA raid failed and I lost 500gb of data. To install Vista I had to firstly install windows XP and (which worked with the dvd drive) then install Vista within it.

Still, it does have great OC options and provides some great features.
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 22:55    Post subject:
On the topic of ASUS. I bought a Rampage Formula (X48) when it came out. The 1st board had fuked Ram controllers (or something, as channel 1a/1b was dead, I made a thread about it here somewhere).

Anyway that board has been RMA'ed and I am still waiting for a replacement board as the shop I bought it from sent it back to ASUS for testing (will sell it 1st thing when I get it back but).

Anyho...bought the same board from a local shop here in Frankfurt and it just kicks ASS!. It just does whatever I want it to really. OCing is a walk in the park (E8500@4GHz) rock solid and no other probs what so ever. But I will add this, ASUS seem to have some quality issues, and that is based on ppl posting on the official ASUS forums well as my experience (this board in particular).

Some boards just work and some simply are fuked, like in my case. Bottom line is...if it works... it does WORK to the max!.


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$en$i
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 23:13    Post subject:
More Asus bitching. Very Happy I stopped buying them when I had to make a custom bios because of their lack of support, these lazy fucks never implemented Nvidia's updates within their bios, leaving unavailable chipset possible features like RAID5. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue, 5th Aug 2008 23:14    Post subject:
[sYn] wrote:
Phluxed wrote:
I also have the P5K-E Wifi/Ap with a Q6600

despite what AwE says (and hes right) its an amazing board. Zero problems with it, and great for overclocking that processor. Make sure you get really good memory as well


Got the same bored and its fucking awful. If you look on the offical asus forums there are hundreds of similar complaints. They revolve around the IDE/SATA controller so if you plan on mixing SATA and IDE drives your going to run into issues. To help show the issues, my IDE dvd driver doesnt work at all, my SATA raid failed and I lost 500gb of data. To install Vista I had to firstly install windows XP and (which worked with the dvd drive) then install Vista within it.

Still, it does have great OC options and provides some great features.


Don't have any IDE devices so I probably won't ever know if I have that problem.


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nemtep




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PostPosted: Wed, 6th Aug 2008 23:23    Post subject:
Thanks alot guys.
I will be buying the gygabyte EP-35 with 800mhz DDR2, since I am on a budget.
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AwE




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PostPosted: Thu, 7th Aug 2008 14:49    Post subject:
good choice.

edit:
p35 supports 45nm cpus - np. There won`t be a cpu for socket 775 that won`t run on p35.
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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Thu, 7th Aug 2008 15:55    Post subject:
Actually, thanks mostly to this thread and a bit of judicious net-browsing .. I'm going to be buying the "Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R" myself. Living in Norway puts the prices way out of my reach, BUT! I have a good friend in America who is willing to ship it over here .. and it would be HALF the cost, even including postage fees, than it would be to buy in-store here.
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