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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Core 2 Quad/ P45/

$157.00 Est. at Amazon

from crowbird123, www.newegg.com
tried out the easy tune 6 that comes with it and with the click of a button, and a restart my 2.66 quad was runnin at 3.2 rock stable.
from ChrisInTheBox, www.newegg.com
i did not have to do this with the previous (much cheaper ecs motherboard) other thoughts: windows 7 rc1 64bitq9300 quad 2.5ghz with a stock fansink4gb patriot extreme 6400nvidia 6600gt2x250 hd
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the easytune 6 software makes it a breeze to overclock, driving my quad-core intel cpu from 2.4ghz to a snappier 3.2ghz.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
so i just left it since it was a regular quad.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i bought a higher end midrange board, a q9550 quad core and 4 gb of 1066 ram just to have it all run like a 566 celeron thanks to nis.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

2 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for QUADCORE

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from Strza, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: one of the easiest installations i have ever experienced.flash that bios to the f4 version immediately if you have a phenom ii quad you're running in it.
from driftwood, www.newegg.com
not sure how deep ill be diggin into it, but once i get a quad core phenom it should get more use cons: have it had it long enough to try everything out (bios)...
from Nightmare, www.newegg.com
lots of space looks amazing when you look at it unlocks the amd phenom ii x2 550 to a quad without a problem.
from Xaos1000, www.newegg.com
buy it already, stop reading my post!phenom ii 550 black edition unlocked to quad @ 3.7ghz stable4gb corsair xms 800two 80gb seagate in raid and two 1tb toshiba hdsxfx radeon 4850 1gb ddr3asus dual
from Old Fogey, www.newegg.com
when the funding loosens up, there's another 4 gig of 1066 ram and a 3.0 ghz deneb quad-core going in.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, High Quality, Socket AM2

3 RECOMMENDED by 18 people for QUADCORE

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ramzinho, www.newegg.com
go for it if you want to over clock your quad or c2du..
from www.amazon.com
the ep45-ud3p motherboard supports old pentium 4d all the way to duo quad 9000 cpus.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
awesome with a quad core and 64-bit os.
from CBB, www.newegg.com
running intel core 2 quad q9550> arctic pro 7 cooler> 8gb gskill dual channel 1066 ram> sapphire radeon hd 4870 1gb 256-bit gddr5> coolmax 700w atx12v v2.2 / eps12v sli certified crossfire ready
from Jo3f1sh, www.newegg.com
if not, i'm going back to asus.after reading the reviews, i'm not even going to try and do the rebate thing.intel core 2 quad q6600gigabyte ep45-ud3p motherboard6gb corsair xms2 ddr2 10662x ati

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

4 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for QUADCORE

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$156.00 Est. at Amazon

from Cats are Back, www.newegg.com
me, but just be careful if you have to work on it after it has been running.gigabyte ga-e7aum-ds2hocz fatal1ty 550w psupentium core2 quad q9550scorsair 6g (2x2, 2x1)ramgeforce 9800gtlian li pc-v350b
from f00fsak, www.newegg.com
core 2 duo and quad support.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: my htpc rig:gigabyte ga-e7aum-ds2hocz platinum (4 x 2gb) ddr2 1066seagate barracuda 7200.11 st31500341as 1.5tbpatriot pe32gs25ssdr 2.5" 32gb sata iiintel core 2 quad q9300seasonic s12
from spamcop, www.newegg.com
this includes:kingston ram (kvr800d2n5k2/4g) - total 8gbintel q9550 quad core cpu 65w (see cons for special note)seagate barracuda 7200.11 st31000333as 1tb hard drivesilverstone element st60ef 600w
from f00fsak, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: gigabyte nvidia geforce 9400intel core 2 quad q82004gb crucial ballistix500gb seagate hdsamsung dvd-rocz 650w modular psuthermaltake aftermarket hsfthermaltake lanbox lite case

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Good Reliability, Socket LGA775

5 RECOMMENDED by 11 people for QUADCORE

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

$67.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
this thing is tiny compaired to the hp board it replaced, but has twice the features and supports quad cores all the way down to celeron.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it supports a wide range of intel processors from the p4 all the way up to the quad extreme series.
from Intel Mac Clone, www.newegg.com
and is impressive quality and will drive a quad core to its full potential.
from Gera, www.newegg.com
dual channel ram and supports quad core and extreme core.
from TheFlaminGinger, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: my ($600) rig:nzxt rogue case (silver with blue leds)wdc 300 gb 7200 rpm hddlite-on sata dvd-rom driveocz 4gb ddr2 ramintel core 2 quad q8400 yorkfield 2.66 ghz processorraidmax

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Positives: Great Performance, Good Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$56.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rocko, www.newegg.com
it takes quad core cpus.
from Kades, www.newegg.com
the computer booted right away with no issues, as well set it's self up for the quad core i put in it.
from Kevin, www.newegg.com
i bought it on a cheap build for my core 2 quad.
from jgreenland, www.newegg.com
tons of future expandability and supports up to the top echelons of quad's.takes 1066mhz memory - very substancial for today's computer environments and max's out at 4gb - the max usable by vista
from travie, www.newegg.com
works with quad core cpus four sata ports, pcie, cons: only one eide port, kinda sucks cause i was on dual eide hard drives, but now i can only have one until i get my sata drive.

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Positives: Great Reliability, Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Socket LGA775

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

from cybhunter007, www.newegg.com
i rma'ed the motherboard i had because of this other thoughts: cm stacker 8302x seagate barracuda 320gb 7200rpm hdd2gb kingston 800mhz ddr2windows xp x64 bit editionintel q6600 quad core
from Mr_Star, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: my evga nvidia 260 looks nice with it :]nzxt tempest mid-tower caseevga nvidia 780i sli intel motherboardevga geforce 260s core 216corsair dominator 4gb memoryintel core 2 quad q6600
from JimD, www.newegg.com
i coupled this board with a quad core q6600, and 4 gb of patriot pc8500 ram.
from MisterNudnick, www.newegg.com
supports quad extreme cpu.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
these will run tri and quad-sli with the most modern of graphics cards, and hold any game to max settings.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

Asustek S775 INTEL P45 DDR2 ATX AUDIO LAN P5Q PRO

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from venividi, www.newegg.com
i was hesitate to buy it because i own an intel quad core with 65 nm technology and voila installed it in, press the on button and the board was powering up fine.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i used this board as the foundation of my first rebuild along with:asus p5q pro lga 775 intel p45 atx mobointel core 2 quad q9550 yorkfield 2.83g.skill ddr2 1066 sdram (8gb)geforce gtx 260 core 216
from drew, www.newegg.com
i have it running the 2.66 quad core and it is fast.
from BIGGUY loves Asus, www.newegg.com
quad core support and i will do it after the next drop in prices on the 9550 or 9650, not paying that much when i7 is out there, then again i'm not going to build a complete ground up build needing
from Joe Rock, www.newegg.com
but, a few months down the road with this board i can upgrade to a crossfire configuration, throw on a quad core, and slap in some more ram to squeeze a lot more life out of it.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x DIMMs

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from reagentz, www.newegg.com
for now running:asrock a780gxh/128mamd phenom 9950 quad coregigabyte gtx 260 (i know crossfire board)500gb wd caviar blue8gb ocz blade 800mhz
from quark, www.newegg.com
using quad-core amd64 phenom 9600 black edition and with 4gb of ram for now.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have a amd phenom am2+quad 2.3ghz oc to 2.64ghz and soon will oc even more.
from Jaymer, www.newegg.com
cons: none to speak of yet other thoughts: installed this with a phenom ii x4 810, ocz gold 8gb (4 x 2gb) 240-pin ddr2 sdram ddr2 800 (pc2 6400) quad kit desktop memory, 2 asus eah3450/htp/256m
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: easy to install..love the hdmi since i have it plugged into my hdtv..instant boot works perfectly and the overclock tuner is easy to use even tho i dont overclock my cpu often cons: pci-e

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rick, www.newegg.com
not a big deal though.i have c2d 8400 and had no problem with it, but i've read that people with quad core cpus did have some problems.
from Turak, www.newegg.com
running at 1203 mhz fsb, 400 mhz bus, and a quad 9650 @ 3.6ghz.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: like that you can upgrade from core 2 duo to quad core if you so decide.
from biggerx, www.newegg.com
i hadn't put together computer from scratch, but i had taken a few apart/put back together & own a mac pro (quad core xeon/8800gt).
from Purrr, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: gigabyte ga-ep45-dq6 lga 775 intel p45 atx intelintel core 2 quad q8200 2.33ghz 4mb l2 cache lga 775 95w quad-core processormushkin 4gb (2 x 2gb) 240-pin ddr2 sdram ddr2 800 (pc2

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Excellent Performance, Socket LGA775

ASUS Rampage Extreme

$345.00 Est. at Amazon

from MarkBDB666, www.newegg.com
it allowed me to finally get a stable overclock from the q9300 2.5ghz intel quad.
from Pascal, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: intel core 2 quad q9550 yorkfield 2.83ghzrosewill rcx-z775-ex 92mm 2 ball cpu coolerantec 900 with 1x optional fan300gb velociraptor western digitalvisiontek ati 4870 hd 512mb4 gb
from Airplane Builder, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: rampage extremeintel core 2 quad q9650corsair tx 850kingston 8500 8gbradeon hd 4870 1gbwd black 640x2
from rforten, www.newegg.com
i installed corsair ddr3-1600 ram, and a intel quad 3.0 ghz processor.
from Jonneh, www.newegg.com
this board plays nice with the intel core 2 quads.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, Great Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

ASUS M4N82 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 980a

$177.00 Est. at Amazon

from AFaber, www.newegg.com
i have the black edition amd quad 3.0 in it so its performance is great other thoughts: great board.
from Robolewa, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: bought a 3ghz quad-core and 1gb nvidia card (sli compatible) with it for under $400, which was awesome.
from Caruso83, www.newegg.com
mb manufacturers need to consider our wants not our needs ;) other thoughts: why do mb manufacturers insist on putting in 3 sli and 4 quad sli pci slots on motherboards only to cover up the
from rhadamanthus, www.newegg.com
blue ord 2 cpu cooler.
from specd_out, www.newegg.com
its a great overclocker with 2 cpu power connections 8+1 phase power and an added feature that i havent seen listed anywhere.

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Positives: Nice Reliability, High Quality, Good Performance, Socket AM3

Socket Am2 Amd770 4 X Ddr2 16gb- Ga-ma770-ud3

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from ChrisB17, www.newegg.com
i got rev 1.0 which is a older model of this board and it doesn't have the 8-pin cpu power which helps when overclocking a quad.
from Ojeez, www.newegg.com
i put a 2.4 quad-core with 2gb of ram on vista and i cant make the cpu run of half with over 12 apps up.
from www.amazon.com
i originally purchased this because of the mb intelligent tweaker(m.i.t.)in bios in suppport of the quad phenom ii x4 940 black edition 3.0ghz and up to ddr2 1200 mhz memory modules and the ultra
from Dinger77, www.newegg.com
get a good video card, as much ram as you want, and a sata drive, and this thing will allow you to upgrade to a quad core later.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
fits my quadcore very well.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

$139.00 Est. at Amazon

from Slubba, www.newegg.com
the box says it has am3 support so that makes me happy when the time for a quad core upgrade comes around..
from astroshark, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: good shipping from newegg gonna upgrade to a quad-core soon since this board supports am3 socket even though it does not say on the newegg page that it doesn't.
from Aholic, www.newegg.com
lol other thoughts: system specsasus m4n72-e 750a sli atx3.0ghz quad amd phenom ii am2+4x(2gig muskin 1066 ram)1tb wd black500g wdnvidia gtx 260rosewill 950watt psuantec 900 case
from JimmyJ302, www.newegg.com
runs the amd phenom ii 955 3.2 ghz quad core.
from k5fury, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: bought this for a major upgrade.went from an amd 939 board running a dual core fx chip with 4 gigs of ddr ram to this board, 4 gigs of ddr2 and a phenom ii quad core 940

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it is an inexpensive one for the motherboard that works great, and when i want, the motherboard supports quad core also.
from www.amazon.com
i matched the board with a phenom 9950 black edition quad, and it is currently clocked at 3.1ghz with 4g of ddr2 1066 dual channel.
from Max L., www.newegg.com
all in all a very nice board especially when paired with a quad core phenom ii 920 or 940.
from Booguman, www.newegg.com
installed and amd quad phenom and this machine is more powerful than any of the servers " my work.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
installed in rosewell r-101, amd 9650 quad core, 4-ocz hp ddr2 1066 (pc-8500) 8gbs, lg dvd-rw, wd 32mb 750gb sata, ocz600sxs 600 watts psu.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, High Quality, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from GPA_Phoenix, www.newegg.com
of course the old board is slow but it is only 500mhz and the new is 3.2 ghz quad core.
from jim kiler, www.newegg.com
i got this with the amd phenom ii x4 810 2.6ghz 4 x 512kb l2 cache 4mb l3 cache socket am3 95w quad-core processor - retail and it works great.
from morganjr14, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: 3.2 amd phenom ii x4 denub quad-core8 gb g.
from bryann, www.newegg.com
pros: great install runs great oc the 2600 quad core to 3g with no problems or extra voltage cons: only thing was the lan port died 2 days after install.
from DBillings, www.newegg.com
cons: had some blue screen of death issues w/ phenom ii 945 (3.0 ghz quad core).these were cleared up with a bios update, docked one egg.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket A

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$119.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ro-Ro, www.newegg.com
this thing picks up my quad core with no problems.
from Cesar, www.newegg.com
thoughts: intel core 2 quad q9300 yorkfield 2.5ghzgigabyte ga-ep45-ud3lcorsair dominator 4gb (2 x 2gb) evga 512-p3-n871-ar geforce 9800 gtxcorsair cmpsu-750tx 750w atx12vantec nine hundred black
from Ewok_N_Roll, www.newegg.com
i started with a single core and i can upgrade all the way to a quad core, when the prices come down.
from DeerSteak, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: took an e4400 from a stock 2.0ghz to 3.6ghz on a 400 mhz (1600mhz quad-pumped) bus, 1.5v using a fairly cheap coolermaster hsf combo.
from Miwaukee Pilot, www.newegg.com
to make this board run perfectly stable with 45nm quads make sure you update the bios.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Good Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad

Foxconn Destroyer

$130.00 Est. at Amazon

from Max FPS Gaming, www.newegg.com
bar none the best tri sli board on the market.my rig:- antec plusview ii black soho file server case- corsair 1000hx ps- foxconn destroyer nvidia nforce 780a quad sli mb- amd athlon 64 x2 6000+
from Fried_Unit, www.newegg.com
pros: board is rock solid with 9950be..in spite of the fact that info from foxconn never really says it will support the 9950 quad core.
from emong, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i bought this cooler master hyper z600 rr-600-lbu1-gp cpu coolerevga 320-p2-n811-rx geforce 8800 gts 320mb 320-bit gddr3 pci express x16amd phenom 9950 2.6ghz socket am2+ 125w
from pitts, www.newegg.com
cons: the aegis panel program won't work with my system and the fox live update program wouldn't pick up the newest bios update #p14(#p13 it came with wouldn't reconize the amd phenom 2 cpu)...not
from DrBahr, www.newegg.com
pros: feature loaded, will run am3 quad core with max memory, work with gskill 1.9 v memory 1100mhz.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, High Quality, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

$238.00 Est. at Amazon

from EvilHomerClone, www.newegg.com
i unlocked the cores on the 550 however it had stability problems and i was merely testing for a friend.this mobo run's my custom whs build, a quad running @ 3.1ghz and 2gb of corsair ddr3 1600 & 2gb
from Timlander, www.newegg.com
otherwise the 955 will come in as quad core 1.6ghz.
from commongentooer, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: if you want a quad core processor, you should probably buy one.
from OC NOOB, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: combo parts:amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition deneb 3.2ghz socket am3 125w quad-core processor model hdz955fbgiboxocz reaper hpc 4gb (2 x 2gb) 240-pin ddr3 sdram ddr3 1600 (pc3
from Weld387, www.newegg.com
some of these boards were shipped with buggy bios that only reads a 1.6 ghz on the 955be 3.2 cpu.

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Positives: Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Socket AM2

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

$270.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's completely compatible with nm quad cpus without any bios updating.
from degrees, www.newegg.com
put 16 gb ram in it with a quad-core cpu and get a four server xen virtual machine box.
from Chris, www.newegg.com
overclocked my e8400 to 3.4 stable with the ausus trition 85 cpu cooler.i plan to upgrade to quad core when prices come down.
from Aquaricat, www.newegg.com
core 2 quad q9550 @ 2.83 ghzasus maximus ii formula8 gigs mushkin pc 8500 @ 1066 mhzsapphire radeon hd 4870 w/ 1gig ddr5scythe musashi 2 infinity cpu coolerwin 7 rc x64
from www.amazon.com
combine this board with a fast 775 chip, (preferably a core duo, or core quad) and you have a very robust, fast, and reliable computer.

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket LGA775

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Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Core 2 Quad/ P45/

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

Asustek S775 INTEL P45 DDR2 ATX AUDIO LAN P5Q PRO

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

ASUS Rampage Extreme

ASUS M4N82 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 980a

Socket Am2 Amd770 4 X Ddr2 16gb- Ga-ma770-ud3

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

Foxconn Destroyer

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

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