andper10
11-24-2007, 08:05 PM
@ Mods, this is a repost from here: http://www.forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=189691 , if you want to close a thread, clost that one, I only had one person helping me out, so I brought it here.
I bought a Q6600 (SLACR) on Black Friday for $211 :cool: . I also bought 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 Cas 4-5-5-15 for $60 -$40 MIR = $20 (Link (https://shop3.outpost.com/product/5436039?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG)). Now I need a motherboard. FYI, this upgrade is going to be for the computer in my sig. I am planning to overclock.
I have been looking around and the P5K SE looks good to me: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131189 (buying from buy.com because it is cheaper than newegg)
However, I have a overclocking question that I can't find the answer to. Can I set the ram (DDR2 800) to DDR2 533 so that I can overclock the CPU a lot without actually overclocking my ram? The P5K SE supports DDR2 667 "minimum" but do any of you know if there is a way to force it to DDR2 533? If that isn't possible, do you know of any good motherboards in the ~$105 shipped range that will let me do that?
Thanks!
I bought a Q6600 (SLACR) on Black Friday for $211 :cool: . I also bought 2GB OCZ DDR2 800 Cas 4-5-5-15 for $60 -$40 MIR = $20 (Link (https://shop3.outpost.com/product/5436039?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG)). Now I need a motherboard. FYI, this upgrade is going to be for the computer in my sig. I am planning to overclock.
I have been looking around and the P5K SE looks good to me: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131189 (buying from buy.com because it is cheaper than newegg)
However, I have a overclocking question that I can't find the answer to. Can I set the ram (DDR2 800) to DDR2 533 so that I can overclock the CPU a lot without actually overclocking my ram? The P5K SE supports DDR2 667 "minimum" but do any of you know if there is a way to force it to DDR2 533? If that isn't possible, do you know of any good motherboards in the ~$105 shipped range that will let me do that?
Thanks!