LGA775 Dual Core board?

[Kriztoffer]

Need help with LGA775 Motherboard for extreme overclocking.

I'm getting my replacement Intel Core 2 Duo E8700 back tomorrow. I already have a volt modded Asus Commando, but overclocking dual cores on that board will require some hilarious fast DDR2, since you can't change ratios.

I can get Asus Rampage x48 for 225$ New. They are normally 308$ in Norway.
I doubt my core i7 DDR3 stick will do any good on it, so then I will need some new DDR3, which can be expensive.

So going with a good LGA 775 board which supports DDR2 and good overclockability would be perfect.

Since I started overclocking around 7 months ago, I was never on the 775 platform, I jumped straight to 1366. So I can't say which boards are good and not. I've only been playing with my Asus Commando and Celerons.

But I've seen Gigabyte and Asus have had a lot of good LGA775 boards.

I need a list what to look for, I want some good boards, cause 10.5 x MP will require pretty high FSB.http://www.overclock.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

*PS: Don't link me some Nvidia chipset boardhttp://www.overclock.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Best Regards Kriztoffer

[Splave]

Best 775 board Ive ever had was the ep45c-ud3r 650fsb on stock northbrige cooler, takes ddr2 or ddr3 and loved my 2x1gb kit of hypers. This ud3lr is looking to be a good one though as well. Nice and cheap!

All stock MB voltages, put chip to 1.25vcore (no reason just though 1.1v was incredibly low lol)
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1085156

Has yet to fail

[Kriztoffer]

Sounds nice! how low VID does your E8700 got?

[Kriztoffer]

One of our internetstores in norway got Demo used hardware: the site is mainly in Norwegian, but specs and names are in English.
http://www.komplett.no/k/kl.aspx?mfr=&bn=10071&sortBy=p&zbo2=true

This is what I can choose from today, I don't really want to spend a lot on a 775 board.

Anything looking good there?

[Splave]

VID was like 1.1378

http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=433162
http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=344300
http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=387020

[Kriztoffer]

I've been looking at that x38 board for a while, it seems decent. and got a good price:)

[Gunslinger]

X48 Rampage Extreme FTW.

[Kriztoffer]

I'm worried about DDR3, will my GT's run it?

[Gunslinger]

Yes GT's will be awesome in it. 6-7-6 or even 6-6-6

[Kriztoffer]

So I can run them at rated speeds? 2000mhz @ 1.65v?

[Gunslinger]

You should be able to run them at rated speeds easily.

[HITandRUN]

I would not spend too much cash on this! Like I said before if you can find the giga EP45T-UD3P than go for it. Its a monster FSB board ans also clocks ram like mad. I had my GTs running at 6-6-6-18 @ 920MHZ in this thing.

[Kriztoffer]

Seems like I can't get EP45T-UD3p in norway:(

Thanks for clearing this up! think I'll go with the Asus Rampage Extreme x48:)

[HITandRUN]

Seems like I can't get EP45T-UD3p in norway:(

Thanks for clearing this up! think I'll go with the Asus Rampage Extreme x48:)

Well if you can get any of the EP45T boards (DDR3) you should be all set. P45 beats X48 anytime in FSB.

[Kriztoffer]

Nah, there are no internet stores that are selling EP45T boards.:(

[Splave]

or ep45c thats their ddr3/ddr2 board

[Chuchnit]

REX is by far the best 775 board. The question you have to ask yourself is if its worth the money for the few benches it benefits.