Good cheap motherboard
- Thread starter Brooksie
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Rastalovich
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U gonna be seeking some performance from this mobo and do u have any 3rd party cooler.
Smidge over your max, but the Gigabyte P43 board is ment to be a good board.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...CI-E-20-(x16)-DDR2-1200-1066-667-SATA-300-ATX
Failing that, teh G31 boards are going for about £40 these days, though past their prime they are still good
Like this one for £45
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/MSI-Neo2-FR-Intel-P31-Sok-775-PCI-E-(x16)-DDR2-667-800-SATA-3Gb-s-ATX
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...CI-E-20-(x16)-DDR2-1200-1066-667-SATA-300-ATX
Failing that, teh G31 boards are going for about £40 these days, though past their prime they are still good
Like this one for £45
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/MSI-Neo2-FR-Intel-P31-Sok-775-PCI-E-(x16)-DDR2-667-800-SATA-3Gb-s-ATX
Brooksie
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well sorta 
specialtech wont take it back because it has 'physical damage' to it and i can't make a technical support page on asus because the serial number is on the box which i threw away years ago.
edit: that msi motherboard, is there anyway to recieve a email to say when its in stock?
specialtech wont take it back because it has 'physical damage' to it and i can't make a technical support page on asus because the serial number is on the box which i threw away years ago.edit: that msi motherboard, is there anyway to recieve a email to say when its in stock?
Rastalovich
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Was one of the reasons I was asking if u were gonna push it, cos those pwm without spreaders would bother me.
In my gaming rig I used an Asus P5Q-E. Not exactly the cheapest, but far from expensive and pretty good board. Very good slot positioning, even if at first it looks awkward. It has so many OC options that sometimes I get lost.
Even so, I got my Q9450 @ 3.2 only by increasing the FSB to 1600, not touching anything else, no voltages, no dividers.
Even so, I got my Q9450 @ 3.2 only by increasing the FSB to 1600, not touching anything else, no voltages, no dividers.
°TheMadDutchDude°
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I'd be worried with those power regulators not being cooled either. With a TR120X you should be hitting 3.4 at least with your chip, someone on another forum has run his Q6600 @3.8GHz on a TR120X without any problems for over a year now.
However, make sure you can get a nice board with MOSFET cooling. It is a real pain as they get VERY hot and could burn out with stress from the Q6600 on there.
If I was you, I'd complain to Specialtech and claim your 3 year warranty, a motherboard I purchased a while ago from Novatech was one and a half (maybe older) years old and they took it back without problems. That put Asus right on the top of my list of future components. However I have always liked MSI as well, haven't experienced their customer service yet, but I'm sure it is good!
However, make sure you can get a nice board with MOSFET cooling. It is a real pain as they get VERY hot and could burn out with stress from the Q6600 on there.
If I was you, I'd complain to Specialtech and claim your 3 year warranty, a motherboard I purchased a while ago from Novatech was one and a half (maybe older) years old and they took it back without problems. That put Asus right on the top of my list of future components. However I have always liked MSI as well, haven't experienced their customer service yet, but I'm sure it is good!
Ok, Scan is out of stock, but if you prefere red, well, you are in for a treat
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4RB4
As far as I can tell, same board, but RED!
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4RB4
As far as I can tell, same board, but RED!
but i have got red fans etc, and no window yet on my 300 xDname='Brooksie' said:well sorta
Check the motherboard a bit more. The serial# is also stuck on there. Checking through my old pictures my P5K-E had the sticker on the underside of the PCI slot. Same thing with my MFII. Could save you a bit of money if you manage to find it and get an RMA sorted.
