hazkid Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I recently built a computer using an E6300 and Asus motherboard. Unfortunately (or fortunately, from my POV), the motherboard and CPU were fried in an "Electricity Flicker". Intel is sending a replacement 6300, but Asus actually refunded the motherboard. I'd like to overclock my E6300 (because people are saying that it works well) but I need some advice on which motherboard to get. The Asus board I had allowed virtually no overclocking and had what looked like a medieval BIOS. Thanks in advance. (PS: Don't you love parentheses?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Somekind of P5B or P5K should work wonders! Tried a E6300 with a P5B "vanilla" and it went to 3GHz stable, the chip could do more but the PSU was too weak. Just stay away from mATX boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTeeFa Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 So Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 is a good choice, and can be made 100% compatible (sata dvd-burner helps) as is the asus p5-b. If you wanna spend more, the P5K! There are m-atx g33 based boards that overclock very nicely now, such as the gigabyte G33M-D2SR, and asus make one too. But stay away from 945 based boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Thanks! It's interesting that you recommended the P5B/X, because I used the Asus P5-L. The P5B seems like a nice option, but unfortunately it has only one IDE port, and I have two IDE drives. I suppose I can live with one. Also: is there anything in the Overclocking process that differs with this motherboard than in the "usual" online instructions? Thanks a lot (again). I'll be comparing the different recommendations to see which is the best for me. when i have time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velayo Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Got mine up to 2.4 with stock fan and no noticeable change in temperature. My motherboard is an asus p5ld2-vm or something like that. I'm glad i bought this cheap dualcore cpu!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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