CPU/Mobo please suggest a motherboard for i7-2600

[iamrahul]

sorry for not using the template...to cut long story short need advice on mobo for intel 2600 chip for intense number crunching

i have a sapphire ati 5450

ABSOLUTELY NO overclocking

ABSOLUTELY NO Gaming whatsoever.

z68 or P67 or H67 ?

if so which model do you propose?

budget 10-10.5k max but lower the better ...budget is tight

thanks

 

[ALPHA17]

^^ Intel DH67-BL ~5800/- OR ASUS P8H67-M PRO ~8500/-.

The Intel motherboard should be more than enough for most scenarios, but if you like the best feature set with a very easy to manipulate UEFInterface, go for the ASUS model.

To know more about UEFI --> http://www.neoseeker...asus_uefi_bios/ / http://benchmarkrevi...=1&limitstart=4 / http://www.overclock.net/t/1095939/asus-motherboard-vs-gigabyte-motherboard.

Hope this helps #iamrahul and happy Republic day to all on this thread. Cheers!!

 

[iamrahul]

hey thanx a lot....sure about the intel board ? need very good stability...heard a few rumors about it...

 

[ALPHA17]

#iamrahul it is a well received motherboard, here on TE and plenty of members will vouch for it.

Also the after sales network of Intel is superior to ASUS [here is a case of the worst scenario in ASUS sales support -- http://www.techenclave.com/topic/509172-prevent-asus-cheap-quality-too-high-price-for-exterior-damage/].

Hope this helps, Cheers!!

 

[XplosiveR]

Hi i recently purchased a intel i7 2600 and i am also looking for a cheap motherboard. I already have 3x2gb chaintech apogee blazer gt ddr3 2000 ram and would like to know if it's posible to run the ram at 2000 mhz on a motherboard without overclocking since you cant overclock this cpu, or is it possible to just overclock the ram? I have the ECS P67H2 - A3 in mind, witch support memory speeds of 1866MHz(PC3-15000) and only 2133MHz(PC3-17000) oc.

 

[ALPHA17]

^^ I don't think you'll need to over-clock RAM to such an extent #XplosiveR, much better you use only 2 memory modules [out of the total three you have], as Sandy-Bridge doesn't support tri-channel memory.

And no you can't over-clock a locked H67 based motherboard to that level [~2000MHz] for the RAM, I suspect you had a Generation 1 Core i7 OR similar processor as you have tri-channel memory modules that are clocked so high.

Sandy-Bridge's memory controller maxes out value / performance ~1600MHz -- http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] think we confirmed what we pretty much knew all along: Sandy Bridge's improved memory controller has all but eliminated the need for extreme memory bandwidth, at least for this architecture. It's only when you get down to DDR3-1333 that you see a minor performance penalty. The sweet spot appears to be at DDR3-1600, where you will see a minor performance increase over DDR3-1333 with only a slight increase in cost. The performance increase gained by going up to DDR3-1866 or DDR3-2133 isn't nearly as pronounced.[/font]

 

[rite]

Nope, most p67 motherboards support 2133 or 2200. Z68 support 2200 2400. On my p67a I run 1866 16gb dual ch.

H67 only supports 1333. But good p67 motherboards can be over locked to 2000+ levels.

 

[ALPHA17]

Nope, most p67 motherboards support 2133 or 2200. Z68 support 2200 2400. On my p67a I run 1866 16gb dual ch.

H67 only supports 1333. But good p67 motherboards can be over locked to 2000+ levels.

#rite read the post by XplosiveR, now I'm not a over-clocker of your stature but I think 2000+ is stretching it on a H67 chipset.

Also all Intel Sandy-Bridge chipsets support DDR 3 upto 1333MHz only [third part vendors claim nos. achieved with over-clocking] --

I have the ECS P67H2 - A3 in mind, which support memory speeds of 1866MHz(PC3-15000) and only 2133MHz(PC3-17000) oc.

 

[rite]

H67 doesn't. But P67 can be manually set to 2000+ and works just fine. Though that isn't native support but doesn't matter, it still works.