cheap mobo for quad

[regan1985]

im building my dad a pc and he says he want quad core so i told him i could build him one for under £400 which is hard but i was going to overclock it but i think with a low anount of money its going to be hard, so i need a mobo that supports quad core and might give me a little room for overclocking like from 2.6 to 3!

ideas people :)

[Richieb0y]

the gigabyte DS3R p35 is a good bord look it up an read some reviews

and on the oc part i just put the fsb on 333 and had 3,0ghz whit out volts up give it a look

but dont know if its orthos stable b/c i only ran 3dmark06

[Darknova]

im building my dad a pc and he says he want quad core so i told him i could build him one for under £400 which is hard but i was going to overclock it but i think with a low anount of money its going to be hard, so i need a mobo that supports quad core and might give me a little room for overclocking like from 2.6 to 3!

ideas people :)

I could do that easily if he already had case, DVD, etc.

But building an entirely new (decent) PC with a quad for under £400? Nope, not going to happen

[Polaris573]

The MSI Neo2-FR is a decent overclocker and cheaper than some P35 boards.

[Darknova]

The MSI Neo2-FR is a decent overclocker and cheaper than some P35 boards.

I love mine lol.

[regan1985]

yeh he has a pc but its going to my sister!

i think it can be done its just cutting things out like a good psu and a good mobo, he doesnt care about overclocking so as long as it can handle a quad core even if it needs a bios update thats ok!

[Darknova]

yeh he has a pc but its going to my sister!

i think it can be done its just cutting things out like a good psu and a good mobo, he doesnt care about overclocking so as long as it can handle a quad core even if it needs a bios update thats ok!

Good PSU should NEVER, I repeat NEVER, be cut out. You get one that goes and it takes out your entire PC you have to pay out a hell of a lot more to replace the entire PC than investing in a solid PSU to start with.

It is NOT worth the risk. Ever.

[regan1985]

true but most pc's from shops come with cheap psu's and the main reason they fail is motherboard failure, i do agree a good psu is a start if you want a good stable system for overclocking you could use a cheap one and replace it, i havent been many system burn out because of a cheap psu!

[ar38070]

have a look at the abit ip35-e (not ip35 or ip35 pro), in the US after rebate this isavailable for $70. I do not know if you can get abit where you are though.

[keakar]

im building my dad a pc and he says he want quad core so i told him i could build him one for under £400 which is hard but i was going to overclock it but i think with a low anount of money its going to be hard, so i need a mobo that supports quad core and might give me a little room for overclocking like from 2.6 to 3!

ideas people :)

get a gigabyte DS3R P35 it costs about $120 US

whatever you get you want P35 board for a quad core or you may as well not get a quad.

IMHO gigabyte is the best overall board for any computer your building. you can pay a lot more but not get anything better unless you look at the high end overclockers boards.