Motherboard for C2D E4400

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I need a motherboard for my old E4400@2.0GHz, mainly for overclocking. I have read in several forums that E4400 can be OC'd to 3.0 GHz+ with the help of required hardware.

Current MoBo: 945GZM-S2 rev-3.x
EDIT: Budget 3-4k. Should be mATX

Please do mention your max budget.

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Edited my first post

Asus P5G41T-M LX @3K

Are you investing to get better performance or just for the sake of overclocking?

if the first is the reason then IMO dont invest. save that amount & buy a better processor mobo combo later

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Overclocking

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go for gigabyte low range boards .. all are very good for oc

gigabyte is better than asus interns of everything..

d6bmg said:
Asus P5G41T-M LX @3K

the mobo you suggested supports only DDr3 mem but OP has DDr2 mem - so he needs to get DDR3 mem with that mobo ;-)

@ OP - for OCing the cpu have you first need to invest in a decent cooler - even a CM Hyper TX3 will do just fine,

For the mobo get Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo - supports boith DDr2 and DDr3 mem and price should be around ~2.5k - this combo of mobo and cpu cooler will be helpful to OC your cpu ;-)

topgear said:
the mobo you suggested supports only DDr3 mem but OP has DDr2 mem - so he needs to get DDR3 mem with that mobo

@ OP - for OCing the cpu have you first need to invest in a decent cooler - even a CM Hyper TX3 will do just fine,

For the mobo get Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo - supports boith DDr2 and DDr3 mem and price should be around ~2.5k - this combo of mobo and cpu cooler will be helpful to OC your cpu

Lolz... you wopnt get a combo mobo these dayas..and its not 2.5k..its well over 3k when i saw last being retailed..

@ OP: Get urself the asus mlx3 @ 2.4k...thast 200 bucksover the msi p26 but gets u extra 4 gb ram...

Sell ur ddr2 ram and get the cheaper ddr3...

It's still available but the price is 3k - Op can get it from here ;-)

*www.bitfang.com/gigabyte-ga-g41m-combo-lga-775-intel-g41-motherboard-pid2183/