Budget mobo for C2D??

Newegg.com - JetWay JIN73M2-PHG-VT LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Solid caps around the CPU!!!

I think you should go with Intel DG31PR...really nic mobo..priced around 3.5k after the price cut..GMA 3100 feels nice with vista..and very very stable...

I have both Intel DG33FB and Asus P5K-VM. Both are G33 based boards. But the intel board simply sux. The intel's onboard graphics similar to mine on asus eats dust!!
The overall speed of the intel system is also slow at SAME clock speed and hey, its very much noticeable. Another thing i noticed is that heat generation is more in intel board. Highly advised not to buy Intel Boards.

Dont have up to date information about current boards, so cant suggest, but just wanted to make a point about monkey intel boards.

A friend of mine got this cheap Gigabyte GA-G31MX-S2 motherboard and overclocked his Q6600 from 2.4 to 3 Ghz with stock cooling and artic silver.

I have blogged about it.

VG’s Quadcore overclock « Chronicles of an Overclocked Fragger
Update on VG’s rig « Chronicles of an Overclocked Fragger

before you go for any 630i based board do note that they have a big down side which is lack of Dual Channel support...

How ever recently I tested a XFX 630i nvidia 7150 and found to be a OK over clocker at Rs. 3450/- + TAX (Kolkata street price)

I dont know what the hell nvidia was thinking about not including dual channel memory support to all their intel 7xxx chipsets...on the contrary all nvidia 7xxx chipsets for AMD supports dual channel memory natively... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for bumping an old thread- what's the cheapest C2D mobo with DVI onboard??

The 630i/7150 chipset motherboards usually sport a DVI port; try from eVga/Zotac/XFX;
Should be priced at 4.3~4.5k; Enquire with Phoenix and Rahul @ IT Wares;

EVGA | Products

Zotac - It's time to play - nForce 630i

[The evga has an HDMI port as well; ]

C2D E4600, good for OCing

Onboard graphics??? --- One mobo is there.. XFX 650i or sumthing...

WTF????

Dude, read bikey's post above;

Dont just jump into conclusions..

And wth is a 690i ultima???

Heard of 680i/680i LT for Intel and 690G for AMD and a TR Ultima.. But whats that???

palit n73pv for 3050 from rahul@itwares from his mobo go.

wth is a xfx 690i ultima? inbuilt TR ultima??

Nvidia's MCP7A Chipset for Intel Goes Live this Month. It is GeForce 8200 onboard graphics and equivalent to AMD 780G. Intel is also likely to release
G45 [HD4500] onboard graphics in June. Till then only options for intel available are cheap IGP mobos based on nf 610i/630i [Nv 7XXX series] from Palit, Zotac, and others. AMD & ATI merger have given way to monopoly by NVidia in IGP for intel platform. Intel is so far crapy. Let's wait till G45 to compete with Nvidia.

I saw an MSI P6NGM (nVidia 7150/630i) in nehru place for 4k. It seems to be a decent board with HDMI output.

I bought an Abit IP35P for 5.3k, but the only benefit it provides is a very tweakable bios. It didn't have esata or firewire, which is too bad as the gigabyte 780g board for AMD has all this and costs less

IT was 650i Ultra.. Couldn't remember the name well

what about availability of gigabyte G31 mobos or other G31 mobos except intel Dboard crap

G31 mobo + HD3450 should be a nice config