[Julien]

Please post your votes and reasons on which of these mobo's I should buy

Julien

[namuk]

Gigabyte if your going to overclock, and is a better Bios overall .

[Julien]

Originally Posted by namuk

Gigabyte if your going to overclock, and is a better Bios overall .

I was thinking the Gigabyte anyway as I heard they have less compatibility issues etc

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Julien

I was thinking the Gigabyte anyway as I heard they have less compatibility issues etc

They run very cool also if you do get latest bios.

GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview - GA-EP45-UD3R (rev. 1.0)

[Brad8988]

The gigabyte is a crazy quad core clocker. Im getting one myself due to the popularity.

[Mr Incredible]

I am leaning to the same board as well with a Q6700.

£104 form Scan.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R, iP45 Express, S 775, PCI-E 2.0x16, DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - Scan.co.uk

The Q6700 is also on special at Scan at £135
HH80562PH0678MK - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, Kentsfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, 10x Multiplier, OEM - Scan.co.uk

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Mr Incredible

I am leaning to the same board as well with a Q6700.

£104 form Scan.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R, iP45 Express, S 775, PCI-E 2.0x16, DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - Scan.co.uk

The Q6700 is also on special at Scan at £135
HH80562PH0678MK - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, Kentsfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz 1066MHz 8MB Cache, 10x Multiplier, OEM - Scan.co.uk

What about the DDR3 version as you are going to get mem, at least you no if you upgrade again you can use the DDR3

Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R, Intel P45 Express, S775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1066/1333/2200+, SATA300, ATX - Scan.co.uk

[Mr Incredible]

My budget has crept too high as it is! Besides I'll be installing XP Pro so getting 3 x 2Gb of DDR3 would be a waste. Don't fancy getting 3 x 1GB!

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Mr Incredible

My budget has crept too high as it is! Besides I'll be installing XP Pro so getting 3 x 2Gb of DDR3 would be a waste. Don't fancy getting 3 x 1GB!

yea but look at the price .

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK)

[Mr Incredible]

Stop it you tart!

I've just saved £21 on the graphics card by buying one off the classified section!

Do 3 stick of DDR3 overclock well enough? I saw somoene's comment about not filling all 4 slots on a DDR2 if Overclocking as it doesn't perform as well.

[namuk]

Originally Posted by Mr Incredible

Stop it you tart!

I've just saved £21 on the graphics card by buying one off the classified section!

Do 3 stick of DDR3 overclock well enough? I saw somoene's comment about not filling all 4 slots on a DDR2 if Overclocking as it doesn't perform as well.

spend ,spend , spend

if there matched pairs your fine the filling all 4 mem slots i think you mean there not matched or some boards did not like all 4 filled (nvidia 680 etc) that is old news, also was a while back that, friend had same problem but this was in 2007..
one reason on my build a while back i payed extra for 2x 2GB

[namuk]

That Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R read this also People, will give you info on overclocking etc

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Living Review - Clunk's Forums.