Which motherboard-Intel Core 2 Duo

[Ocsic9]

Hey all.

I am building (or trying to build) up a pc. I wanted to get an Intel motherboard to go with the chip but I read in this forum that they dont advise Intel boards? Any reason for this and if true, which motherboard should I go for?

Thanks

 

[boramk]

Which RAM are you going to use?
Which Core 2 Duo?

 

[Glordit]

Could get a MSI G31M2 V2 It Support's Core 2 Duo/Quad/Pentium D/E/Celerons and the New 45Nm Yorkfield & Wolfdale CPU's

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?...o=1294&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170&cat3_no=#menu

Oh they said don't get "Intel Branded" boards cause they suck when it comes to overclocking, basicaly it's a Intel made board like a "Intel G31 pearl creek" motherboard. it's better to get Gigsbyte/MSI/Asus/XFX lol wich ever you like they all the same

 

[Ocsic9]

Which RAM are you going to use?
Which Core 2 Duo?

This is what I got planned so far:

1 x Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E4500 Processor - 2.20GHz Dual Core, Socket
775, 2MB, 800MHz FSB, 65nm, 64-Bit Ready, 3 Year

2 x Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR2-800 240-Pin Module :
CL5, 4-Layer PC Board, Life-Time Warranty

1 x GIGABYTE® "NVIDIA Geforce 7100 / nForce 630i Chipset - Socket LGA775
@ FSB1333 - For Celeron™D / Pentium® DC/ Core™2 Duo
2x DDR2 800 (Dual), 3x SATAII RAID + 1 x ESATA + 1x ATA100 , 2x PCI,
8x USB 2.0 (4 By Cable), NVIDIA integrated graphics, 2 x 1394A
1x PCI Express x16 Slot, 1x PCI Express x1 Slot, Realtek Gigabit Ethernet
controller, Realtek 8ch HD Audio, HDMI Port, MicroATX

 

[CodeMaster]

Looks fine, as long as you aren't a gamer. If you are, then you wont be using the on-board graphics.

 

[Ocsic9]

Looks fine, as long as you aren't a gamer. If you are, then you wont be using the on-board graphics.

Will not be using it for gaming! *got XBOX 360 -I love my wife* Mainly for internet, maybe some graphic work (autocad lt, photoshop), office etc. Planning to get the Samsung 22' LCD to go with it!

 

[CodeMaster]

Well, I work with AutoCAD as well, and I would SERIOUSLY consider going for a PCI-E GPU with atleast 256MB dedicated RAM. I have a 7600GS, E6600 C2D @2.4Ghz and 2GB RAM with Visata x64, and AutoCAD runs nicely. I have a Samsung 22", and it is amazing for CAD work

 

[PostmanPot]

...but I read in this forum that they dont advise Intel boards?

They're saying don't buy motherboards that are made by Intel (mainly because you can't/it's hard to overclock on Intel boards). Rather buy another brand of board that runs Intel CPUs. Most people here are advocates of current Intel CPUs.

 

[MrE]

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L or Asus P5K

 

[The_Techie]

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L or Asus P5K

Agreed, two nice boards

 

[Ocsic9]

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L or Asus P5K

Just a quick question. Does any of these boards have on board VGA?

 

[MrE]

Just a quick question. Does any of these boards have on board VGA?

Nope sorry, missed that req.

 

[SanchoP]

But as was mentioned above, if you're going to be using AutoCAD, a dedicated graphics card is recommended. Look around for a second hand 6600GT, which should be perfect. Or a second hand 7600GT silent pipe, if you're sensitive to noise...