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4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

What in the name signifies a board being oc capable with old LGA 775 boards?

The chipset denotes the abilities really. Most of the 775 boards had at least basic controls but only the more advanced chipsets had everything available.

High end chipsets were P35; P45; X38; X48; nForce 650i/680i and nForce 750i/780i/790i. Most boards built using those chipsets were designed with moderate to extreme overclocking in mind. Keep in mind P35, X38 and 650i/680i boards were predominantly DDR2 while the later model P45, X48 and nForce 700 series were usually DDR3.

 

Q series and G series boards were budget based and while you could do some overclocking on them it was never a sure thing. A board with the ability to run a 1600MHz or higher Front Side Bus is desirable overclocker, especially if you're using a Q6600 or similar as a base CPU since it's stock FSB is 1066MHz. The higher the FSB you can hit the less you need to tweak the CPU multiplier to get a high overclock.

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1 minute ago, ApolloX75 said:

The chipset denotes the abilities really. Most of the 775 boards had at least basic controls but only the more advanced chipsets had everything available.

High end chipsets were P35; P45; X38; X48; nForce 650i/680i and nForce 750i/780i/790i. Most boards built using those chipsets were designed with moderate to extreme overclocking in mind. Keep in mind P35, X38 and 650i/680i boards were predominantly DDR2 while the later model P45, X48 and nForce 700 series were usually DDR3.

 

Q series and G series boards were budget based and while you could do some overclocking on them it was never a sure thing. A board with the ability to run a 1600MHz or higher Front Side Bus is desirable overclocker, especially if you're using a Q6600 or similar as a base CPU since it's stock FSB is 1066MHz. The higher the FSB you can hit the less you need to tweak the CPU multiplier to get a high overclock.

K, thanks for the info.

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