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no way i'd take a q6600 heater over a 45nm quad. unless it was a q8200. then the q6600 looks good.
Best Mobo for Q9300
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Hey guys, I went for the Q9300 with the Biostar TPower I45. Thoughts on the I45?
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I've heard the I45 is a good mobo, but the one that was linked earlier is 50 bucks cheaper and all you're really getting with the TPower is 2 more audio channels, e-sata, and a slightly higher RAM support, which you probably won't use anyway.
If he can grab a 9300 for cheaper than the 6600 on newegg, then I say it's a great deal.
If he can grab a 9300 for cheaper than the 6600 on newegg, then I say it's a great deal.
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The i45 is a great motherboard. It's good for a 600mhz fsb on air and holds the World record for the highest fsb at ~725mhz with extreme cooling.
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With extreme cooling though. Do you think it would really be worth spending the extra 50 bucks on if it's not going to be used to fullest potential?
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It depends. If the extra cost of the i45 isn't a problem and you plan on pushing the limits overclocking you might as well get it since t may allow you to get a little more from your cpu. If your on a budget than get the tp45hp since it will give you nearly as high of fsb's but it's cheaper.
I think 2.4Ghz to 3.5GHz is a good overclock, assuming that it it gets 3.5 as you say
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Yeah, since when is a ~50% overclock bad?
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the G0 i had wouldn't do 3.6 without super voltage, even then it wasn't stable.
3.2 was do-able, but still need way more voltage than i thought should be neccessary.
maybe i just got a lemon.
i think a 50% OC is pretty good.
3.2 was do-able, but still need way more voltage than i thought should be neccessary.
maybe i just got a lemon.
i think a 50% OC is pretty good.
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