I am going to purchase the new e6750 intel core2duo that has a FSB of 1333mhz. I cant seem to find any compatible motherboards under £75 they all seem to be 1066 max. Will these motherboards be compatible with a firmware upgrade or can I simply run the chip at 1066? Help appeciated thx
Well, the only chipsets that support the 1333MHz FSB are the nForce 680i and the Intel P35, neither one is really going to have a motherboard at the prices you want. If you get lucky, you might see some success with some P965 boards, but the ones that have the potential (DFI's P965 Infinity and Abit's QuadGT come to mind) may still be out of your price range. As for support, that would depend on the motherboard manufacturer. You probably could, although it might run at the 1066MHz FSB, but I haven't seen anything on the boards that can natively. Most likely you can, but it'd be up to the motherboard wether you you could hit 1333MHz.
im actually looking at this one: GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview I can get it for £75 and its SLI too
I forgot about the nForce 650i. The one I've heard a lot of raves about is MSI's release, so you might want to check that out.
If you're referring to the P965-DS3 one, it does, but ONLY with version 3.3 DS3 v. 3.3, v. 2.0, and v. 1.0. If you can get the 3.3 version, which should be easiest since it's the latest version, go for it. Otherwise, skip it. Off-hand, I'm not sure which other P965 boards do or can. If you're referring to the P35-DS3, yes, because the P35 natively supports 1333MHz.
well oc and a flash seems to handle the problem but you have to make it cool because that much of fsb increasing will bring the heating problem with it nforce 650 is enough cheap and stable, also performing well and asus branded ones are cheaper than msi this time (or maybe my eyes are getting useless day by day ) think of these chipsets (680i is expensive for now)
