I currently have an ASRock mobo that I bought at the time because it let me upgrade to a Q6600 but still keep my old AGP 7800 card. I have since upgraded to an BFG 8800 GTS OC (which is tits tbh, it runs at 755 core/1040(2080?) mem with no problems, and stays in the 50 degree range with air cooling and fan speed only at 50%....), and all the games I play run great...
But on this mobo I am limited to 2gb RAM, and I essentially can't overclock the Q6600 at all...the settings are there to be tweaked, but it is unstable with any significant OC at all, and reviews I've read of the board say the same thing.
I know that the Q6600 can easily hit 3 ghz with simple air-cooling, and I have a Zalman on it, so even though things run nice as is, it would be great to have it going even faster.
Also, I am finally looking at getting Vista sometime in the near future, simply for DX10 support, and I know that once I do that, I'm going to want 4 gb RAM and the extra processing power so my games still run great.
I don't need/want SLI, so I'm simply interested in a good, reliable mobo for overclocking my CPU, that also will let me have at least 4 gb of RAM.
A friend recommended the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L, which is $85 on Newegg.
Anyone want to offer up some other affordable options? I ask because I know a lot of you guys can do this off the top of your head...
But on this mobo I am limited to 2gb RAM, and I essentially can't overclock the Q6600 at all...the settings are there to be tweaked, but it is unstable with any significant OC at all, and reviews I've read of the board say the same thing.
I know that the Q6600 can easily hit 3 ghz with simple air-cooling, and I have a Zalman on it, so even though things run nice as is, it would be great to have it going even faster.
Also, I am finally looking at getting Vista sometime in the near future, simply for DX10 support, and I know that once I do that, I'm going to want 4 gb RAM and the extra processing power so my games still run great.
I don't need/want SLI, so I'm simply interested in a good, reliable mobo for overclocking my CPU, that also will let me have at least 4 gb of RAM.
A friend recommended the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L, which is $85 on Newegg.
Anyone want to offer up some other affordable options? I ask because I know a lot of you guys can do this off the top of your head...
