helios Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Im reading loads of threads and getting more and more . Some say that 965 boards doesnt work with a SATA DVD and some does, some say that you need to have a PATA DVD with a SATA converter. I also need a board that can overclock my Pentium D 805 processor, PSU is a 580W Hiper and a Skythe Ninja cooler. One more thing is that I want QE/CI so I'm thinking about getting a Radeon X1600Pro or XT. Motherboard: Abit AB9 or Asus P5B or Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 or DS3 Graphic: Sapphire Radeon X1600PRO 256MB DDR2 or Sapphire Radeon X1600XT 256MB GDDR3 Memory: Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 1024MB Kit w/two matched Value Select 512MB or something else? Wifi: Linksys Wireless-G PCI 54 Mbps 802.11g , WPA/AES <- this one should would work as an airport right? DVD-RW: Samsung SH-W163A SATA Black OEM <- if it works together with OS X and a 965 mobo. Hope that I'm on the right track here... I look forward to any suggestions and tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thade Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 since you are not using a conroe, 965 is not worth the hassle IMO. A 945/955 will have roughly the same peformance with a Pentium D and much better compatability. I have a Conroe chip sitting on the shelf and the main thing that's holding me back is the choice of MB. In the meantime, my lowly Pentium D system (see sig) will give a Conroe a serious run. I'm running this MB also with a Pentium D with excellent results: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 As a user that have tried two Asus P5P800-SE motherboards with bad results (the boards got overheated due to the current required by an overclocked Pentium D) I'm a bit scared of Asus. I hope that the Asus P5LD2/C,I945P will be a better overclocker and it also supports conroe if I'm feeling for it later on. I'm aiming för atleast 3,8GHz with the 805 so I really hope that you have gotten a good overclock with that mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I have the GA-965-S3. Pretty nice board but expect some work getting Mac OS working on it. Note that the '965-S3 and '965-DS3 have completely identical hardware, EXCEPT the 'DS3 has solid-state caps. So if you don't mind taking the chance that maybe you'll need to recap in 4 or 5 years, you'll save $30 by going with the S3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I use an ASUS P5LD2-VM SE and it works beautifully with my 820. Overclocks to 3.2 without any problem at all using the Auto OC feature. SATA2 works perfect. It also has core2duo support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukelee Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 One more thing is that I want QE/CI so I'm thinking about getting a Radeon X1600Pro or XT. I'd say go Nvidia because it seems to be a lot more working GeForce cards than working ATI cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog43 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Try an Abit AW8D. I booted at 4.2g, and ran fine at 4.1, full OSX compatibility. I also got an Nforce4 (ECS C19-a) to hit 3.77, but I did not have the ram to go higher but I know it could have. Almost any newer chipset (965/975) board will get you up there. Make sure it is Conroe ready, which neither of the 2 above are, but just shows board quality and cost is not really as much of a factor with a 805 like people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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