Going to overclock E2160 1.8 GHz Dualcore. Need help choosing MOBO!

kaisellgren · Mar 4, 2008, 09:57 AM

Hello!

I have now E2160, actually my brother does. We need a Mobo for it that can OC it to AT LEAST 3 GHz. I have seen lots of articles of overcloking it to even 3.4 GHz and so on. Our current choice: ASUS P5N-E SLI due to articles I have seen.

***temeteus82*** · Mar 4, 2008, 11:01 AM

any mobo that has intel P35 or newer chipset in it.

kaisellgren · Mar 4, 2008, 11:05 AM

Is 650i or 680i newer than P35?? Can u give me a little list just 5 newer chipsets because I'm unable to find myself at intel's site... =/

Thanks!

Lowfat · Mar 4, 2008, 11:27 AM

Gigabyte P35-DS3L

Cheap as dirt and a very good clocker. Much better than a 650i board.

MatthewC · Apr 26, 2008, 07:01 PM

I tried clocking my one in my pc i got for christmas, it just reset itself and my motherboard told me i had an unsuccesful overclock, and i didn't do it by much.
i think it's oc protected ... :S

**kris23** · Apr 26, 2008, 07:04 PM

dont use a nvidia 6 series chipset for OCing, it will bring you to tears..

a 750i may work but i highly recommend a P35 board

Lowfat · Apr 26, 2008, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

dont use a nvidia 6 series chipset for OCing, it will bring you to tears..

a 750i may work but i highly recommend a P35 board

Well the P5N-E SLI I had last year had no problem doing 525MHz which is higher than all three of the P965 P5B-Deluxes I had.

**kris23** · Apr 26, 2008, 08:04 PM

525 FSB? thats high...... but i never seen a 680i or 780i go that high...

Lowfat · Apr 26, 2008, 10:39 PM

I don't know why, the P5N-E SLI was a good clocking board. I've heard the 750i is also pretty decent.

Mousey · Apr 27, 2008, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaisellgren

Is 650i or 680i newer than P35?? Can u give me a little list just 5 newer chipsets because I'm unable to find myself at intel's site... =/

Thanks!

Nope, P35's newer than both

Kazeko · Apr 27, 2008, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

dont use a nvidia 6 series chipset for OCing, it will bring you to tears..

Especially true with quads, haven't had much experience 6 series boards and C2D's though.

I haven't heard of too many issues clocking up Duo's on 6 series boards, though with my experience on my old 680i... it'll never be truly stable.

Necrosis · Apr 27, 2008, 12:38 PM

Why would you even consider using a Nvidia chipset board if you're not going SLI?

kaisellgren · Apr 27, 2008, 02:16 PM

How do you guys know which chipsets are newest and which are old and which are good etc? You can easily compare CPU lets say at tomshardware cpu charts but where can you find information on chipsets? What other chipset makers there are in addition to Intel & Nvidia?

Lowfat · Apr 27, 2008, 02:36 PM

Newest to oldest.

Intel: X48, X38, P35, P31, G33, P965, 975X.
Nvidia: 790i, 780i, 750i, 680i, 650i

**kris23** · Apr 27, 2008, 02:54 PM

all intel chips are generally better at OCing than any Nvidia chipset. except maybe the P9XX series.... theyre only better than the nforce 6 series

PangingJr · Apr 27, 2008, 10:57 PM

P965 Express Chipset is a golden chipset based board when it comes to overclocking Intel 45-nm C2D's,
it's just unless you already have the board i don't think anyone would buy the board new,
and any decision to buy a new Intel chipset based board at this time would be a P35/31, G35/33 as a starter.

i think, P35, in most cases, is still king when it comes to overclocking Intel 65-nm C2D's processors.

crashuk · Jun 8, 2008, 05:30 PM

Hi all.. I need a good mb + e2160 to overclock but need needs onboard vga or dvi as I dont have the cash for gfx at this time.. when I get a gfx I what to get a fast one. also using parts off my computer now to make media center..

PangingJr · Jun 9, 2008, 02:22 AM

i have seen more than once the E2160 (but not sure which core stepping since this CPU has 3, which are L2, M0 and G0 stepping), and E2180 M0 as well, have very low FSB wall on some certain boards but not the others.

however, what i used to see that the boards did not have an integrated (onboard) graphic chip, as far as i remember.
and since you want a board with the graphic chip, and for an Intel chipset based board you don’t have much choice,
i suggest you check out top motherboard models of Asus G35 and Gigabyte G33 chipset based boards,
then just pick one you like best. Good luck.

crashuk · Jun 9, 2008, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PangingJr

i have seen more than once the E2160 (but not sure which core stepping since this CPU has 3, which are L2, M0 and G0 stepping), and E2180 M0 as well, have very low FSB wall on some certain boards but not the others.

however, what i used to see that the boards did not have an integrated (onboard) graphic chip, as far as i remember.
and since you want a board with the graphic chip, and for an Intel chipset based board you don’t have much choice,
i suggest you check out top motherboard models of Asus G35 and Gigabyte G33 chipset based boards,
then just pick one you like best. Good luck.

Do you think be any good..
Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31

PangingJr · Jun 9, 2008, 06:23 AM

i can't tell whether or not that board (GA-G31M-S2L) has an overclocking features.

check out these Intel G35/G33 + ICH9R boards, and see if you can afford buying one of them...

Asus's G35, "P5E-V HDMI", P5E-VM HDMI and P5E-VM SE, and for what it's worth, they supports Microsoft DirectX 10 - ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification - GA-G33-DS3R
Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R - GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification - GA-G33M-DS2R