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How do I find some of the cheapest motherboards that'll work with a q6600 or q9300?

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Theoretically for now.

I want to find pretty much as cheap a motherboard as possible for (either) the q6600 or q9300/9400. How do I go about doing so? Many LGA775 motherboards will support only certain series of CPUs (only C2D & Pentium4/D support as an example).

Is there a letter/number combo I should be looking for (like how newer motherboards work, how z/h97 will work for haswell and haswell refresh but z/h/q87 will only work with haswell CPUs without updates)?

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5800x | Asus x570 Pro Wifi (barely enough for 64GB apparently given it's 2133 and still crashes sometimes) | 64GB DDR4 | 3070 Ti 8GB | Love that whole weeb shit

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Used Intel Desktop boards on Amazon and EBay are your best bet, if you want to go new then check out NewEgg but those board go for around 60-70 USD

 

Here are boards I personally recommend and have used before:

 

I was actually about to buy this one but ended up not needing to get it http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00JDM5FHO/ref=sr_1_19_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1451786269&sr=8-19&keywords=lga+775+motherboard&condition=used

 

(For the price it is a great board, great to see your getting more life out of your Q6600 :P)

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/518160-how-to-buy-775771/

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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Used Intel Desktop boards on Amazon and EBay are your best bet, if you want to go new then check out NewEgg but those board go for around 60-70 USD

 

Here are boards I personally recommend and have used before:

 

I was actually about to buy this one but ended up not needing to get it http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00JDM5FHO/ref=sr_1_19_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1451786269&sr=8-19&keywords=lga+775+motherboard&condition=used

 

(For the price it is a great board, great to see your getting more life out of your Q6600 :P)

G41 chipset sounds ideal for you.

Wow, that was quicker than I expected. Thanks for the responses. This'll definitely make me do a lot of research. :)

Previously Trogdor8freebird

5800x | Asus x570 Pro Wifi (barely enough for 64GB apparently given it's 2133 and still crashes sometimes) | 64GB DDR4 | 3070 Ti 8GB | Love that whole weeb shit

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Wow, that was quicker than I expected. Thanks for the responses. This'll definitely make me do a lot of research. :)

Haha np, LGA 775 is my favorite Intel platform so when people are using it or need help with it I jump on it like @Jumper118 (no pun intended) and a few others here who are familiar with the 775 and 771 platform :)

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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