Good mobo for C2D · DIGIT-ARC

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Is there any good mobo for Intel Core 2 Duo with decent onboard graphics? I'll get a graphics later when prices drop, so temporarily I'm planning to use onboard graphics. My budget is around 5k.

weftr100 said:
Is there any good mobo for Intel Core 2 Duo with decent onboard graphics? I'll get a graphics later when prices drop, so temporarily I'm planning to use onboard graphics. My budget is around 5k.

Your only option is Intel G965 based mobos.

Intel 965RY seems to be in your budget and has onboard graphics

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Thanks, but are you sure that the model is 965RY? I google and found only DG965RY.

Both are the same. He simply didn't prefix DG

Certanly i would suggset not to go for D965RY, the board doesnt worth to be with C2D

if one has to buy a D965 based board it has to be either D965WH or ASUS P5B-V

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if one has to buy a D965 based board it has to be either D965WH or ASUS P5B-V

But I'm not sure whether D965WH or ASUS P5B-V will fit into my 5k budget.
Acording to ITWares D965WH costs 7.6K

Certanly i would suggset not to go for D965RY, the board doesnt worth to be with C2D

Is D965RY not a good board?

965RY has ram compatibility issues.either increase ur budget or buy a AMD X2 based system.its better to buy X2 when ur a bit tight on budget.

assasin said:
965RY has ram compatibility issues.either increase ur budget or buy a AMD X2 based system.its better to buy X2 when ur a bit tight on budget.

All Intel Boards have issue with RAM at 800MHZ and BIOS locket at 1.8v. But 80% people would be getting 667MHZ ram so it wont be of much problem.

I have DG965WH and my friend has DG965RY not much issues till now

@weftr100

if u have a budget problem then C2D isnt for u, how ever saing that I support sukhdeepsinghkohli that, buy 667MHz RAM then D965RY wont be such bad buy !!!

but once again, as assasin said, think of X2 for a Value for money system !!!

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Thanks for your replies. So is there a good mobo for AMD with decent onboard graphics? I have decided to go for AMD X2 4800+.

asus m2a-vm @ rs. 4000 (more than decent gfx)...loook no further

intel 965 mobo is a strict no no for a C2D processor,
it will bottleneck your PC's performance for sure,

u can go for ASUS 650i ultra which costs around 5.5K,
but hey no onboard gfx with this mobo ,
but performance is good,
get a ceap gfx card like 6200 for temporary soultions , will cost you 1800-2000Rs,

plz don't go for the intelD965RY or D965WH also P5B VM,
don't think about these 3 mobos,

about AMD,
there are lots of mobo's with better onboard gfx than intel onboard,

in AMD you have

ASUs M2N Mx with 6100 onboard costs 3800Rs,
then ASUS M2N Pv Mx 6150 onboard 4000Rs,

then u have ASUS M2A VM (ATI 1250 onboard) 4500Rs,
& ASUS M2A VM HDMI (ATi 1250 onboard)with HDMI support 5000Rs,

another option gigabyte mobo with geforce 7050 around 5-5.5K,

another cheap option jeyway 690G chipset (same as ASUS M2A VM) 3800Rs,

^care to explain how/why it would bottleneck his processor? I own a DG965RY myself & don't seem to find any sort of issues with it nor any issues of the processor being bottlenecked.Also AFAIK many of my friend who own a 965 boards with a medium/high end DX10 cards on it aint complaining of any sort of "bottleneck" issues.

plz don't go for the intelD965RY or D965WH also P5B VM,
don't think about these 3 mobos,

Again WHY?

allwyndlima said:
^care to explain how/why it would bottleneck his processor? I own a DG965RY myself & don't seem to find any sort of issues with it nor any issues of the processor being bottlenecked.Also AFAIK many of my friend who own a 965 boards with a medium/high end DX10 cards on it aint complaining of any sort of "bottleneck" issues.

Again WHY?

Yeah i wanna know too... :lol:

If you wanna say that there is no overcloking...then we know

i haven't said all the 965 mobo's

i have specified the ones which are useless,

see the intel onboard gfx sux totally,
also there is no overclocking options available in those mobos
(excluding P5B VM which has limited overclocking capability)

features are absent which are on the chipset based mobo's from ASUS ,
an A I overcloking would have been better for that mobo,

saggygenius said:
i haven't said all the 965 mobo's

i have specified the ones which are useless,

see the intel onboard gfx sux totally,
also there is no overclocking options available in those mobos
(excluding P5B VM which has limited overclocking capability)

features are absent which are on the chipset based mobo's from ASUS ,
an A I overcloking would have been better for that mobo,

LOL, Most of the average user is looking for Onboard graphics so he doent need to spend few more thousands just to surf websites and make documents.
Plus the onborard GFX is capable of most games if not in Eye candy
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60232

Offcourse, there is no overclocking in Intel but just remember...not all people are gamers

What important feature is absent ??

Dont mislead people with useless comments

ha ha.. .
then why to buy a C2D,
C2D's are meant for overclocking,

if anybody dont want to overclock then AM2 is the way to go,
why to waste money

saggygenius said:
ha ha.. .
then why to buy a C2D,
C2D's are meant for overclocking,

if anybody dont want to overclock then AM2 is the way to go,
why to waste money

WOW, and intel who made that processor didnt knew that their procesoor was only for overclocking. Amazing isnt it :lol:

Very very good bolbachan.Try TV....they need tons of em

ha ha
intel is not making the overcloking supported mobo's cause they are not giving any warrenty after overclocking,
thats common sense , not bol bachchan giri

saggygenius said:
ha ha
intel is not making the overcloking supported mobo's cause they are not giving any warrenty after overclocking,
thats common sense , not bol bachchan giri

Really OMG :lol:

Sachi Muchi ...

yeah my boy
thats the naked truth of intel

saggygenius said:
yeah my boy
thats the naked truth of intel

Thats the naked truth how people love to post toally useless comments and misguide people :lol:

i m not misguiding anybody here,
if anybody dont wanna listen ,then thats their choice,
anyways , anydays the other mobos are better,

saggygenius said:
i m not misguiding anybody here,
if anybody dont wanna listen ,then thats their choice,
anyways , anydays the other mobos are better,

Then what were you doing when you said,

Intel has Totally crap onboard GFX ->> it is able to play most games if not in full eye candy. You really cant compare it with 8800GTX,, can you ?

Then another one, Intel board only work on 500W PSU - Crap again. Works fine on my 450W and my friends 400W

Intel MOBO's are missing important features ->> and you didnt mention they Important features.

Overclocking- yes, agree.....but everyone know Intel MOBO are not overclockers.

Dont trash something for you ignorance

The guy who started the thread forgot to mention what his exact needs are. The DG965RY is decent enough for medium end gaming(after the install of the beta drivers) I vote for this mobo

saggygenius said:
intel 965 mobo is a strict no no for a C2D processor,
it will bottleneck your PC's performance for sure,

965 mobo is a bottleneck in C2D rigs?? :shock:

wake up dood!!where hav u been in all these days??wat got u to make a comment like that??r u intoxicated??

P965 chipset based mobos r one of the best mobos for C2D proccies.most ppl using C2Ds use mobos based on this chipset.the P965 chipset is better than the nVidia 650 chipset.

assasin said:
965 mobo is a bottleneck in C2D rigs??

wake up dood!!where hav u been in all these days??wat got u to make a comment like that??r u intoxicated??

P965 chipset based mobos r one of the best mobos for C2D proccies.most ppl using C2Ds use mobos based on this chipset.the P965 chipset is better than the nVidia 650 chipset.

Already told him that

I just Now purchased a New PC

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.80Ghz
Motherboard: Intel DG965RY

I got a Transcend 1GB DDR2(667MHz) RAM...Does 965RY have Ram compatibility issues? Can I over clock with this configuration and If so How?

All Intel Boards have issue with RAM at 800MHZ and BIOS locket at 1.8v. But 80% people would be getting 667MHZ ram so it wont be of much problem.

Pheww...I just didn't know about this at all..!!! Luckily I got a Transcend 1GB DDR2(667MHz) RAM.

I really need to start learning About Hardware which i have kept on ignoring right from the Beginning

rakeshishere said:
Can I over clock with this configuration and If so How?

with ClockGen u can but its not at all recommended.ur mobo doesnt support oc thru BIOS.

yet another sufferer of the intel 965 i need to overclock ,
thats clockgen overclocking is the crazyest thing to do in life,
no overclocking is as safe as BIOS,

guys i was telling bout the intel mobo's not the other mobo's ,
all other mobo's are good(except p5B vm) ,
& come on guys, are u living in the past , nvidia & ATi chipsets are way better in onboard gaming , so please don't shout & say that intel onboard is better,

assasin said:
with ClockGen u can but its not at all recommended.ur mobo doesnt support oc thru BIOS.

No option in clockgen for DG965RY

rakeshishere said:
No option in clockgen for DG965RY

then search what PLL ur mobo uses,and see if that PLL option is available in clkgen.

saggygenius said:
come on guys, are u living in the past , nvidia & ATi chipsets are way better in onboard gaming , so please don't shout & say that intel onboard is better,

i think ur living in the past dood.as of now Intel GMA X3000 with the latest drivers is performing a bit better or at par in most games as compared to onboard gfx from nVidia and ATI.

hey i think ur confused,
see ur statement, u said a bit better or at par,
you might be true about XP,
But come on not on vista, not a chance,
& BTw if ur having 8600Gt please mention how it's performing,
i wanna see the real world test results,

P

rakeshishere said:
I just Now purchased a New PC

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.80Ghz
Motherboard: Intel DG965RY

I got a Transcend 1GB DDR2(667MHz) RAM...Does 965RY have Ram compatibility issues? Can I over clock with this configuration and If so How?

Pheww...I just didn't know about this at all..!!! Luckily I got a Transcend 1GB DDR2(667MHz) RAM. I really need to start learning About Hardware which i have kept on ignoring right from the Beginning

I bought the same configuration few days back without confirming that Intel desktop board don't support Server OS and meant only for 2000/XP when upgrading my Pentium3 800Mhz, 512MB RAM and Krypton's 810e via chipset board. 2003 Server was running just great. Its funny that after upgrading my PC I can't run my previous OS.