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So with the recent acquirement of a job I am looking to build a new system to use as my main rig.

I am currently using a Core 2 Quad Q6600 with a Dell Vostro 400 Motherboard and 8gb of DDR2 ram (800 something Mhz).

I was planning on going full out on LGA 1150 with a Xeon or waiting for Skylake but my mind changed and I realized I am not ready to let go of LGA 775 for a while.

I wanted to know if anyone could recommend some LGA 775 boards New from amazon? I plan on keeping the Q6600 but want to overclock it.

Also if there is any ram that will work with the boards because from what I have seen they get picky on what type of DDR3 they use.

Thanks!

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If you chose to stick with 775 there it will be quite bad in most modern games, BF4 GTA V.

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So with the recent acquirement of a job I am looking to build a new system to use as my main rig.

I am currently using a Core 2 Quad Q6600 with a Dell Vostro 400 Motherboard and 8gb of DDR2 ram (800 something Mhz).

I was planning on going full out on LGA 1150 with a Xeon or waiting for Skylake but my mind changed and I realized I am not ready to let go of LGA 775 for a while.

I wanted to know if anyone could recommend some LGA 775 boards New from amazon? I plan on keeping the Q6600 but want to overclock it.

Also if there is any ram that will work with the boards because from what I have seen they get picky on what type of DDR3 they use.

Thanks!

Looks like you are from the US or not in my country since I don't have Amazon but otherwise I would have a nice board for you laying around :)

A msi Socket 775 that takes ddr3 max 16gb and PCI-E v2.0





 
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If you chose to stick with 775 there it will be quite bad in most modern games, BF4 GTA V.

I have a 650 ti Boost and I have actually been running GTA V perfectly fine, I am also not a big gamer and GTA V is probably the most intensive game I play.

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Well the higher end Q9xxx series and Xeons (may require some modding) can run BF4 pretty well.

If I where the op I would stick with 775 for now and then when skylake gets released pick up some cheap lga 1150 stuff.

 

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Looks like you are from the US or not in my country since I don't have Amazon but otherwise I would have a nice board for you laying around :)

A msi Socket 775 that takes ddr3 max 16gb and PCI-E v2.0

Sounds like a sexy motherboard, but yes I am an american :)

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If I where the op I would stick with 775 for now and then when skylake gets released pick up some cheap lga 1150 stuff.

 

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I would do the same and yeah these Xeons go for dirt cheap like 20/30 bucks but you need a 771/775 sticker and possibly a newer BIOS.





 
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I would do the same and yeah these Xeons go for dirt cheap like 20/30 bucks but you need a 771/775 sticker and possibly a newer BIOS.

Can't you just do a bios update on it though?

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Can't you just do a bios update on it though?

Well you have socket 775 Xeons but the 771 give you even more performance and 8/10 times they work on regular 775 boards but you will need to do the following:

http://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/





 
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Well you have socket 775 Xeons but the 771 give you even more performance and 8/10 times they work on regular 775 boards but you will need to do the following:

http://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/

Seems like quite a lot of hassle but if it's what the op wants to do then it's his choice.

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I might do an lga 775 to 771 mod if I pick up more than one of the 775 boards. I love the Xeon line so it would be my dream system.

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Dude that's like 10 minutes of work.

Life's to short.

I don't see any reason why he shouldn't do it, I personally wouldn't do it but it doesn't look to hard.

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Life's to short.

I don't see any reason why he shouldn't do it, I personally wouldn't do it but it doesn't look to hard.

 But since he has a Dell motherboard it most likely won't work due to their crappy BIOS.

And I personally wouldn't invest in a new board.





 
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 But since he has a Dell motherboard it most likely won't work due to their crappy BIOS.

And I personally wouldn't invest in a new board.

If he dosen't mind running the risk then I don't see why he shouldn't try it.

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 But since he has a Dell motherboard it most likely won't work due to their crappy BIOS.

And I personally wouldn't invest in a new board.

From what I can see the boards are only around $60-$70, I have so many socket 775 possessors but no motherboard to overclock them on so personally it would be a great investment for me. I will go for the latest and greatest down the road once needed but I am already far behind in everything so...  :D

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From what I can see the boards are only around $60-$70, I have so many socket 775 possessors but no motherboard to overclock them on so personally it would be a great investment for me. I will go for the latest and greatest down the road once needed but I am already far behind in everything so...  :D

it still isn't worth it imo but yeah it's your money.





 
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I have the Core 2 Quad Q6600 to overclock and 2 Pentium E2160s (I heard these things overclock like a bat out of hell) 

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it still isn't worth it imo but yeah it's your money.

I am a crazy person and most people think I came straight out of the 80s but I do get your point ;)

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I have the Core 2 Quad Q6600 to overclock and 2 Pentium E2160s (I heard these things overclock like a bat out of hell) 

Mine didn't. I didn't get anywhere near a 1600MHz FSB from mine :(

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Mine didn't. I didn't get anywhere near a 1600MHz FSB from mine :(

The E2160 or Q6600? And what motherboard?

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