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April 2nd, 2008
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| Sent from the skies.
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London England UK/GB Europe Earth Universe
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|  Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? I have heard that some mobo have some problems when paired with the Q6600, even though they are supposed to be supported. I think a particular chipset is having trouble. I read something about it, but havent been able to find the info again. | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| Stig's American Cousin
 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY
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| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? nvidia's chipset is pretty notorious for problems with the Quad, especially the 680i chipset. You cant' go wrong with the intel P35 chipset for quad support.    Cosmos 1000 Asus P5Q Deluxe Q9450 TRUE 120 Extreme Black Edition W/ Yate Loon Fans 4GB G.Skills PC8500 2x2gb Seagate HD x 3 (2 7200.10 (320gb, 500gb), 1 7200.11 (1TB) Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 2 Visiontek HD4850 in Crossfire Acer P241W Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| "the piano playin Gimp"
 | Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? Welcome to HL!!!  I believe it was the nVidia chipsets that sometimes don't like the Q6600. (edit: darnit azianai, beat me to it....) But this is fixed by updating the BIOS, so you should be fine with whatever mobo you choose. Whats your budget for a mobo? Are you going to run SLI/CrossFire? What are the complete system spec's?  | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| The Final Word
 | Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? Yes, the NVIDIA 680i and 780i boards had a lot of trouble with Quads, the 790i is a much better board, but when you have developed a reputation, sometimes its hard to shed it. I am a big fan of the INTEL chipsets, the P35/X38/X48 are all very good options. For a budget to mainstream board, check out Gigabyte's P35 boards, which are very good. For high end enthusiast builds, the ASUS P5E3 Premium or ASUS Maximus Extreme are awesome boards. INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity
 | Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? it all depends on what you want from it.... If you plan on SLI then go for 790i when it comes available If you plan on ATI Crossfire or a single card then the X48 or P35 would be your best bet. If you want to save a few dollars then look for the Gigabyte EP35-DS3P (or DS3R).  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  Last edited by screwballl; April 2nd, 2008 at 15:33. | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| The Final Word
| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? I won't recommend a 780i board to anyone, especially those using a Quad Core processor....too many issues. The 790i boards are a completely different story. INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| Sent from the skies.
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London England UK/GB Europe Earth Universe
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| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo?  Hi,Well ATM I am running a E4300, but have a Q6600 g0 coming friday. My mobo is a Intel DP965LT that cant be overclocked, so I will be upgrading soon(ish). Got 2x1gb Kingston RAM and a MSI 8600GT (Silent edition) GPU, that I will be up-grading once I get a new mobo and PSU, Antec TruePower 430 Seagate 150gb (need another) Antec P182 (Also coming friday) Big Typhoon VX (coming tomorrow) I feel that about £100 would be the right price to spend on a new mobo considering my spec. | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| The Final Word
| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? I'd recommend checking out the Gigabyte P35 boards....we should have a review of their new energy efficient P35 board posted someday, hopefully soon.. INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| Sent from the skies.
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London England UK/GB Europe Earth Universe
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| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? Nice 1. Is there a Asus alternative. I have heard good things about them! BTW, thanx for all your input guys. Last edited by MontanaFX; April 2nd, 2008 at 15:51. | ||||||||||||||
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| The Sweaty Lefty
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: Q6600 Pairing! What MoBo? Quote:
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