Selecting a motherboard for boosting the Q6600's performance
Selecting a motherboard for boosting the Q6600's performance
The second MB works well for overclocking. Make sure to flash the newest BIOS, which introduces support for CPUs and bus speeds that weren’t available when the MB was first released. Likely faster DDR2 too. It can handle up to QX9770 with 1600 FSB and 135W. Running the Q6600 at 400FSB gives you about 3.6 Ghz, requiring around 1.5V. A decent heatpipe cooler is recommended, like the Coolermaster 212, which is affordable. This old MB is similar to the one in my collection—it supports P4 and PDNDM, so it should handle an OC Q6600 without issues.
I believe there might be some misunderstanding. None of the two motherboards are compatible with the QX9770. The NForce model cannot exceed 310fps overclocking, and I recently tried the 946GZ but it didn’t run the Q6600 stable enough to boot Windows. Both have the most recent BIOS updates.
I received that information from the details you shared about the second board under CPU support. GA-946GMX-S2
http://ee.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/...upport-cpu
Examine all the capacitors on that board. That was during a time when there was a major issue with faulty capacitors. Not the aluminum ones near the CPU socket, but the labeled ones with an X or K written on top. The markings were there to allow for pressure relief if they failed. Faulty capacitors tend to swell and release brown tar through the connections. These parts are inexpensive, and a TV repair technician can replace them easily.
yeah i think you made a mistake. the faster cpu that the board supports is the QX6800. which is a 1066fsb chip.
there is no point. as i said i tried the motherboard(which as i said, has the latest bios installed, and is in pretty good condition), and its not even stable enough to boot into windows.
Other websites sometimes fail to refresh their CPU information or memory capabilities. Dell tends to have issues with this. Even with a 32-bit operating system, it's recommended to look for more RAM. The graphics card needs addresses starting from the top down to save textures. A 2GB GPU would only leave 2GB for the operating system. You might want to consider 6GB instead. With an 8GB system and a 64-bit OS, that works. The 4GB rule was accurate when GPUs were much smaller.