I was quite happy to see that my P5W-DH Deluxe can run a E5450 (it had an X3220)
It only gives the uCode error but I need to assemble the PC to check if it runs without a problem.
My retro collection: too much...
I would add P965 based boards to list as well (based on price/perf, since P45/P35 are usually premium).
I managed 520MHz on 65nm quad core on my X48 board 😉
Nvidia nForce Intel chipset have one HUGE advantage over Intel stuff : FSB/DRAM can go beyond 1:1 mark (ie. DRAM real clock can be lower than real FSB clock).
Can help if you have crappy DDR2 memory that isn't capable of high speeds.
Otherwise, Intel chipset will clock CPUs higher/easier. On top of that, in nForce you get Hyper Transport to worry about (the between bridges communication lane, it's linked to FSB speed).
That Striker is the OG one (680i, ie. this : LINK) ?
wrote:I would add P965 based boards to list as well (based on price/perf, since P45/P35 are usually premium). I managed 520MHz on 65nm […]
I would add P965 based boards to list as well (based on price/perf, since P45/P35 are usually premium).
I managed 520MHz on 65nm quad core on my X48 board 😉Nvidia nForce Intel chipset have one HUGE advantage over Intel stuff : FSB/DRAM can go beyond 1:1 mark (ie. DRAM real clock can be lower than real FSB clock).
Can help if you have crappy DDR2 memory that isn't capable of high speeds.
Otherwise, Intel chipset will clock CPUs higher/easier. On top of that, in nForce you get Hyper Transport to worry about (the between bridges communication lane, it's linked to FSB speed).That Striker is the OG one (680i, ie. this : LINK) ?
The one I picked up was the mark II Formula variant with the 780i chipset. I'm not sure yet but I'm thinking of pairing this up with a modded 771 Xeon in the future if the chipset and BIOS supports it, I can't really make a good educated guess until it arrives. This is probably unlikely considering I don't even know if the nforce chipset supports the Xeons.
The 780i based Striker is compatible with all moded Xeons : LINK
Awesome, well at least I know that's a good path to go down in the future if I decide to head that way. It looks like the board will be able to handle the top end ones too which I'm actually quite impressed about
best board I ever had for 775 was honestly a Gigabyte P965 DQ6, it pushed my first Q6600 GO to 3.8 pretty happily, granted the 965 chipset lacks alot of nice stuff later chipsets brought though
