Hi. What are the recommended motherboards to be used with the Q9650 and the E8600 processors?Thanks,Jeff

For E8600, I can highly recommend mine, P5Q Deluxe.Overclocks easily, goes up to 533 on FSB without much fuss, and very stable and fast. I had very much boost from P5B to P5Q (read my other post).

Be VERY careful with the Asus P5...do not o/c or make any BIOS changes (including a flash update) without reading their forums, or you could fry the board...I did.

Hi Jeff,I like the ASUS X38/48 boards. They're an overclockers dream board. I've had excellent results with mine and can recommend it highly. The same thing as Chris pointed out with the P5 board though, if you flash the BIOS improperly, you'll brick your board. Take the time to learn its' features and you'll be very happy.Regards,Jeff

>Hi. What are the recommended motherboards to be used with>the Q9650 and the E8600 processors?>>Thanks,>Jeffhttp://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=45575&page=

Thanks for the tips, guys.Jeff

If you don't care to spend that much, a decent P35/P45 board can be had for far less money, and deliver similar results. I've run my E8400 at 4.2GHz on an Abit IP35E board. I do not recommend Abit boards anymore since they are ceasing motherboard production at the end of this year. Gigabyte and Asus are good options.Also, Biostar's Ipower series, Foxconn's Black series, and DFI's LanParty series are all excellent overclocking boards, but may require a bit more tweaking of BIOS options to achieve stability. IOW: only experienced overclockers or those with lots of time on their hands need apply.

Thanks, Techguy. I don't plan on doing any overclocking so will probably stay away from your last suggestions. I'll probably end up with a Gigabyte or Asus. I've had good luck with Gigabyte.Jeff

>Thanks, Techguy. I don't plan on doing any overclocking so>will probably stay away from your last suggestions. I'll>probably end up with a Gigabyte or Asus. I've had good luck>with Gigabyte.>>>JeffPardon, I misunderstood your intentions and assumed you were planning on overclocking, hence my latter recommendations. In that case there's definitely no need for such a high-end board. A run-of-the-mill P35 or P45 board will do everything you need and give you great performance and stability as well. I'm on a $100 Gigabyte EP35 DS3L right now, runs my E8400 happily @ 3.6GHz (9x400). Just built a P45 DS3L system for a customer of mine (Hi Richard!), hoping to hit 4GHz there.

From the looks of it, people with the Rampage Extreme are getting stabler, higher clocks than people with my P5E3 Premium. Oh well, the FS rig is what it is...for a while anyway.RhettFS box: E8500 (@ 3.80 ghz), AC Freezer 7 Pro, ASUS P5E3 Premium, BFG 8800GTX 756 (nVidia 169 WHQL), 4gb DDR3 1600 Patriot Cas7 7-7-7-20 (2T), PC Power 750, WD 150gb 10000rpm Raptor, Seagate 500gb, Silverstone TJ09 case, Vista Ultimate 64ASX Client: AMD 3700+ (@ 2.6 ghz), 7800GT

>From the looks of it, people with the Rampage Extreme are>getting stabler, higher clocks than people with my P5E3>Premium. Oh well, the FS rig is what it is...for a while>anyway.>>Rhett>>FS box: E8500 (@ 3.80 ghz), AC Freezer 7 Pro, ASUS P5E3>Premium, BFG 8800GTX 756 (nVidia 169 WHQL), 4gb DDR3 1600>Patriot Cas7 7-7-7-20 (2T), PC Power 750, WD 150gb 10000rpm>Raptor, Seagate 500gb, Silverstone TJ09 case, Vista Ultimate>64>ASX Client: AMD 3700+ (@ 2.6 ghz), 7800GTWhat sort of temps do you see with that cooler? I run a Xigmatek 1283 cooler with 2 high-flow 120mm fans in "push/pull" config, and my case fans are setup for a wind tunnel effect to aid heat dissipation from the CPU socket area. I'm sure your case cooling is more than adequate with that Temjin 9 (I should know, I used to run a Temjin 7 - best case ever) but the heatsink/fan itself may not be up to the task.

Another good thing about the Rampage Extreme is that it comes with two BIOS chips. I found this out when I tried to update the BIOS only to find that the thing wouldn't reboot. I just set a switch on the MB to swap to the 2nd BIOS, booted to the BIOS screen and restored the other BIOS. The board would otherwise have been a brick.Tim

>Another good thing about the Rampage Extreme is that it comes>with two BIOS chips. I found this out when I tried to update>the BIOS only to find that the thing wouldn't reboot. I just>set a switch on the MB to swap to the 2nd BIOS, booted to the>BIOS screen and restored the other BIOS. The board would>otherwise have been a brick.>>TimHey TimThat fluf really is worth every penny... huhNot to mention the fact that what one pays for besides that kind of protection on the better boards is much better power regulation and filteringThere is a reason the cheap boards are cheap. It has nothing to do with gouging prices.. Intel does that with their multipler however support components and stable designs which allow those 4GHz+ high speed clocks without a hitch or very little headache in tuning, and, the protection they incorporate are an assest which allows us to access the true ability of our processors and memory.. therefore the boards are worth the price.However if one does not intend to clock.. and they are not on i7 940/965, I would be ready for a FSX dissapointment. Eventually they will want more and on a cheap board they are going no-where ... fastand will be buying again.. and again, and again, and againby the time one is finished, they could have bought the right board, the right processor and the right memory the first time. Even if they dont use it right away... its there and its ready to be accessed

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The ASUS P5Q Pro is a good all around board that can be had fairly cheap.