Looking for new Motherboard and cpu

[geoffdavison]

I have a great tower case that i have an older motherboard with an Intel HT processor .. want to upgrade to something newer... any suggestions on a good dual/quad core board and motherboard combo out there?

thanks

[Djarid]

I just ordered

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2400)
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

I will let you know what I think of them once they are installed ;)

[Anozireth]

My Q6600 and Asus P5N-D are coming today, I'll be sure to post how it works out.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I'm running a Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 board + Q6600 overclocked to 3.0GHz here. Serious potential and very tweakable. But if you get it, you MUST buy memory that has manufacturer datasheets available (like crucial, corsair, Kingston, etc.) so you know what to set the voltages and timings to, or you'll have a hell of a time getting it working properly. Once you do, though, wow does it perform. And the dual BIOS backup is awesome just in case something freaky happens.

[Anozireth]

Got mine up and running with only one unexpected issue. My second monitor for some reason decided not to work after I reinstalled Vista, which I had to do since I run a RAID setup which is managed by the motherboard. It was quite a baffling problem since I had it running before and all I changed was the CPU, MB and RAM. Turned out that it is an issue with the monitor itself; unplugging it completely for a minute and plugging it back in fixed it. Just a coincidence that it happened tonight I guess. All the new stuff worked on the first try.

I'm quite happy to be able to walk around Shattrath at 30 FPS now. :) I haven't even tried over clocking yet, but I think I might. The Q6600 runs about 10-15 degrees C cooler than my old P4 Prescott 3.0 Ghz, so it should be able to take it.

[Chorizotarian]

Get a nVidia 7 series mobo. The 6's can't use the latest and greatest 45nm Yorkfield (quad core) CPUs, which sound like they kick major ass and will someday soon be more reasonably priced.

[Tdog]

Complete noob question here...I'm looking into buying a quad-core processor but I need to know how do I know which motherboards support quad-cores? I'm looking in newegg.com but I can't for the life of me figure out which boards support them... :(

[Chorizotarian]

Look at the specs listing on newegg. It will tell you if it supports quad core.

[Tdog]

Look at the specs listing on newegg. It will tell you if it supports quad core.I was looking for something that mentioned anything about quad core support in the specs but I didn't see a single thing. Maybe I'm just not looking in the correct spot. I'll try checking again.

[kermitforney]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188012

Click on the link>
to the right of the PRICE there will be two tabs>
CLICK on the right of the two tabs labeled "SPECIFICATIONS">
Under Specifications you will find a listing of various technical details>
Under SUPPORTED CPU there is a subcategory for CPU TYPE>

This is where it tells you what processors this board supports. This specific board supports,
Quad-core , Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium. So, yes this board supports both Dual Core,
Quad Core and some others. If you have any questions about the specifics of the certain processors
just search Intel's site.

Ex. www.intel.com>Enter "Core 2 Extreme" into the search box>INFORMATION OBTAINED!!!!! :thumbsup:

[Chorizotarian]

*But* that mobo will not support the latest 45 nm quad core chips, which is why I say to get a 7 series, not a 680i like I have.
http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=167016

[kermitforney]

*But* that mobo will not support the latest 45 nm quad core chips, which is why I say to get a 7 series, not a 680i like I have.
http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=167016

I was just trying to help him find the Specs Tab, not recommend a mobo. :thumbup:

[Gallo]

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=790660

Intel Q6600 Quad Core - $190

[Ughmahedhurtz]

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=790660

Intel Q6600 Quad Core - $190This does appear to be the G0 stepping but I'd recommend any buyers check to be doubly sure first. Nothing technically wrong with the earlier steppings but you'll get better heat results when O/C'ing with this one.

[Gallo]

Indeed... I went for a G0 stepping. OC'ed to 3.0ghz no problem.