Best motherboard for e6600?

[lee2007]

so far ill prob go for the gigabye 1 i found, or the evga one. but im still gonna have a good look around

[Yellowhello]

By the EVGA one do you mean this one: EVGA 680i SE? It's cheaper at resellers.

[lee2007]

I was talking about the EVGA 650i Ultra but if i can get the 680i from some where cheap in the uk then i will get that, but i can only find it on a us site at the moment

[Dread]

Originally Posted by Computer-Ed

The good old Gigabyte 965P-DS3 is one of the best bang for the buck. It only has a single PCIE slot but then again we concluded here that crossfire/sli is in most cases a waste of money. It has full uspport for the new generation of Core2 and Quad core.

For Quad-Core support, you need to get a version 1.3 or higher.

[KillingField]

A good quality 650I chipset board will work great for your needs........... I've used the 680i LT boards (Nvidia Reff) and 650i SLi MSI boards and the MSI boards beat them in features as well as OC'ing options in the bios. Only draw back to the 650i SLi boards is the 8x SLI setup, but for single video cards they work fantastic. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the price is great as well, here in the US it was at $110 last time I looked.

[lee2007]

Hi, i got all my parts now.

i decided to go for the gigabyte GA-P35C-D3SR and the e6600

2GB ocz ddr2 800 ram

geforce 8800gts 640mb

Every thing is running faster than before i cant believe how much faster it is compared to my amd 4800 2.4ghz.

I have one question though, i noticed when i put cpu-z on it shows as 1.6ghz and 6x multiplier, but when i put a bit of load on the cpu, it goes up to 2.4ghz and 9x multiplier automatically. how can i turn this feature off in the bios?

thanks , lee.

[lee2007]

also, i have been looking for a cooler, is the freezer 7 pro any good?

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by lee2007

also, i have been looking for a cooler, is the freezer 7 pro any good?

I have heard good things, but I can't say so myself...............

My GeminII hates me now, so I'd look at the Zalman 9700NT, Thermaltake BigTyphoon and V1, Thermalright 120 Ultra, and others........................

Good luck!!

[othman11]

You may have to go into the BIOS and set the stock speeds manually. I've noticed this on the 650 and 680 boards.

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by lee2007

I have one question though, i noticed when i put cpu-z on it shows as 1.6ghz and 6x multiplier, but when i put a bit of load on the cpu, it goes up to 2.4ghz and 9x multiplier automatically. how can i turn this feature off in the bios?

thanks , lee.

Yep, I believe the feature is called Intel SpeedStep, and can be turned off in the BIOS.