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Whatever you do for these new quads get the noctua 120mm cooler. In my tests when running 1600 fsb 1:1 ratio 800 low latency ddrII vs slightly higher latency ddrII 1066 in a project measuring cpu load etc, the difference was about 0.5 of a %.
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Then we look at the board out of that lineup which has the best overclocking features:)Īnything from 965 on supports 8gb so that wont be a problem (some new boards only have 2 pci slots though as you know)īy the way the the performance increase in real world from ddr2 800 to 1066 is not earth shattering. Why don't you do some research on UAD forums first and foremost about a motherboard/current/near current that is KNOWN to work well with multiple UAD.
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I have NEVER used a uad, so can't help you there. Secondly, note, besides x38 none of the chipsets officially support 1066 ddrII it is an overclock feature (you will see a * at the motherboards specifications to indicate this) P35 chipset was only officially designed by intel for 1066 fsb and now abit even offers one for 1600!īasically what I am saying is, whatever you are doing is overclocking the fsb anyway, so what it boils down to, is you need a board that will happily overclock a quad to 425 fsb. Several mobo manufacturers officially support higher fsb, even my ancient previous p5w-dh deluxe now officially supports yorkfield etc with a bios update. according to intel, only x48 chipset officially adds 1600fsb support. Thing is even on an x38 chipset 1600fsb is overclocking because 1333 is the maximum "intel official" fsb for that chipset. I honestly think even the 965 asus chipsets could do that, like the commando for example. The Q9450 is 333 x 8 right? so basically since you cant up the multi on that one i presume you want to do a 425 fsb x 8 overclock? Thanks so much for the time and knowledge. They do, however, appear to all use DDR2 800, but I would rather use DDR2 1066. Gigabyte has gotten good reviews over at Newegg and a few of their boards offer the specs I am looking for, but I don't really have any confidence in them after many of the well known posts here recently about DPC Latency spiking.ĭFI looks like a very good manufacterer of enthusiast boards and I would love to hear opinions on them.
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Perhaps new BIOS or drivers have remedied its issues with the UAD-1. If anyone has experience to the contrary please let me know. However, further research on the UAD-1 forum indicates that MoBo does not work well with UAD-1 cards (cpu munching, etc.).
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I've been doing as much reading and research as possible on this and other forums and on Newegg and I thought I had found a winner in the Abit IP35 Pro XE. 3 PCI slots (although I could use a Magma chassis if the board only has 2 PCI slots)
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(I want to push the Q9450 to at least 3.4ghz via air cooling) Overclockability/ solid state capacitors, etc. Compatability with multiple UAD-1 cards (either via PCI, PCIe, or a PCI Magma chassis) Solid reputation as a DAW MoBo (low dpc latency etc.) There are a few other specs which I am a bit looser about, although I would prefer the MoBo meets them. I need a motherboard which meets a few strict specifications. I am planning to build a new DAW around an Intel Q9450 Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield) cpu and either 4 or 8 gigs of RAM. Intel Quad-Core + UAD-1 Compatible MoBo Needed.