Good OCing motherboard q6600

[mitch0508]

Hi

Could someone please recomend a good Overclocking micro ATX motherboard that will work with a core 2 quad q6600?

PS. My computer is a Packard bell IMEDIA 2414

Thanks

 

[Spartan109]

ugh, has to be a micro?

in the US or Canada? and budget

 

[wol-va-rine]

plus what stepping is it...? my B3 stepping is limited to about 3.00GHz at 375x8 with 1.350v (pencil modded), I just can't get it any higher ATM, but God knows I'm trying...

 

[mitch0508]

Hi

I think i have found a good board it is a ASUS P5Q-EM iG45 Socket 775

Is this board any good and also what is a stepping?

Thanks

 

[wol-va-rine]

Hi

I think i have found a good board it is a ASUS P5Q-EM iG45 Socket 775

Is this board any good and also what is a stepping?

Thanks

,,

it's a decent HTPC board with onboard DVI, and it should overclock to over 1600MHz FSB, but that's not all that great, mATX boards usually aren't great overclockers...

the stepping I referred to is the stepping of your cpu, it determines how well it will overclock, my cpu is a Q6600 Be stepping, which doesn't over clock as well as the older G0 stepping chips, the newer G0 stepping Q6600s also don't clock as well as the older version, but still better than the B3...

 

[mitch0508]

So what speed do you think i could overclock my cpu to with that motherboard? And i think it is the older GO version!

 

[worshipme]

Here: DFI P45 uATX.