Which is Better, Intel's Bad Axe2 or a Asus P5B Deluxe?

[ionicle]

as the title says, i have the chance of getting either, but...

 

[JN]

as the title says, i have the chance of getting either, but...

Depends what you're looking for really....overclockability or reliability?

 

[ionicle]

somwhere in the middle, i have a E6300 capable of 3.6GHz, and i want to run it at that, or close to it, but want it to be perfectly stable too

 

[JN]

somwhere in the middle, i have a E6300 capable of 3.6GHz, and i want to run it at that, or close to it, but want it to be perfectly stable too

Badaxe2 then tbh

 

[ionicle]

gooooood, cos i saw one for £60, i'll go and get that then

 

[Rastalovich]

I have no idea about u`r poll.

But £50-£60 for a board is a disposable price imo.

 

[FarFarAway]

Reliability - the Bad Axe 2

 

[ionicle]

good, i got a bargin then

my sig will need changing now though

EDIT: sigh, someone beat me to it, by about 2 minutes....

second in line, but prolly wont get it now

looks like it will have to be a p5b deluxe

 

[FragTek]

Bad Axe 2 is definitely the more solid and better performing board.

But, with an E6300 I don't think you would have gotten 3.6ghz out of it on the 975X platform, don't think you coulda got ur FSB high enough. P965 is what you need to unlock the low end C2D's.

Cheers!

 

[ionicle]

so the P5B Deluxe is the way to go to get my 3.6GHz?

 

[FragTek]

so the P5B Deluxe is the way to go to get my 3.6GHz?

It's the only way TBH

 

[FarFarAway]

Bad Axe 2 is definitely the more solid and better performing board.

But, with an E6300 I don't think you would have gotten 3.6ghz out of it on the 975X platform, don't think you coulda got ur FSB high enough. P965 is what you need to unlock the low end C2D's.

Frag's right :wavey:

 

[PapaLaz]

Yep definately right.

I've run both an E6300 and E6600 with a P5B (non deluxe), BadAxe (not rev2) and P5W-DH. The P5B would definately get to higher FSBs with the 6300 (and tbh did as good a job with the 6600 too, which is why it's the board I kept). The 975X boards were nice and fully featured, but tbh they didn't get close with the 6300 chip, and that's about the same story I've heard everywhere too.

Good luck with it

 

[Toxcity]

Im an Asus fan boy sooo.. Asus P5B Deluxe!

 

[ionicle]

i'm not an ASUS fanboy, infact, quite the opersite, usually i avoid them at all costs, but for once, i think there p5b deluxe is the only way to get the full potential out of my 6300 ....

 

[Toxcity]

i'm not an ASUS fanboy, infact, quite the opersite, usually i avoid them at all costs, but for once, i think there p5b deluxe is the only way to get the full potential out of my 6300 ....

I have found Asus's boards to be very very good clockers!

 

[Ham]

i'm not an ASUS fanboy, infact, quite the opersite, usually i avoid them at all costs, but for once, i think there p5b deluxe is the only way to get the full potential out of my 6300 ....

DFI Infinity Dark 965-S then? Only about £110. Disadvantage being you have too buy it from OCUK.

 

[ionicle]

i can get an ASUS P5B for less than that

well, a trade actually

a 380W psu

a gig of generic DDR2 533 ram

a athlon 64 3800+ (DC)

generic acer mobo

and generic acer case

trading for a like-new p5b

I have found Asus's boards to be very very good clockers!

i've found asus boards to break after 5 - 10 minutes of using them

has happened 7 times to me now, but this one is second hand, so its been tested and definatly does work