10 Best Motherboards for Overclocking
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Why We Recommend These Products
Out of thousands of reviews for 143 products, over 500 people recommended Motherboards specifically for Overclocking. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA 122-CK-NF66-T1
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$119
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101 People Recommend
"if you want to overclock this motherboard gives you all the options you want.…" - Newegg.com User "the only other problem i've had is that it isn't the greatest at over clocking.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "the overclocking options in bios are outstanding, never had a motherboard that gave me so much liberty.…" - -Geo- at Newegg.com |
Abit iP35 Pro 843323000223
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$280
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73 People Recommend
"even though it's super stable and is one of the best overclockers we've seen the general stock performance is on average, not quite as good as the rest of the competition, but abit designs the board…" - Richard Swinburne at Bit-tech.net "this was my first custom build and i got this motherboard based on the good reviews and it has performed well, although the driver limitations have prevented me from experimenting with overclocking.…" - Newegg.com User "also, it says 800 max, but it can handle highter than 800 ram (for over-clocking preferences].…" - NoFace at Newegg.com |
ASUS M2R32-MVP
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$94 - $115
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29 People Recommend
"it is very strong and stable, even with all my overclock testing on it.…" - Newegg.com User "you can even over-clock through your os(which i tried for both my ram and cpu and it worked fine).…" - resistfate at Newegg.com "built in over-clocking is great, though make sure you have a good heatsink/fan or you can easily burn out your cpu (or it just won't come on at all).…" - witheringsanity at Newegg.com |
Intel DP35DP
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$96 - $130
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24 People Recommend
"if you aren't overclocking but you are looking for a trouble free, stable, and compatible motherboard: this is the one to get.…" - Newegg.com User "waste of a a perfectly overclockable conroe core for a gaming rig in my opinion, plant the c2d somwhere it can really run around!…" - Newegg.com User "this motherboard is a great buy for casual users who are not thinking of overclocking or don't mind that only 1.8v memory seems to be the only way to max out your memory, the mother board does work…" - Amazon.com User |
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
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10 People Recommend
"i am always an overclocker fan so this fits the bill for me.…" - Mwave.com User "gigabyte's system utility for overclocking works very well and allows overclocking to be done right from the utility without having to enter the bios.…" - Mwave.com User "gigabyte mobo among the best and offer stability for overclocker like me.…" - Newegg.com User |
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
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$103
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10 People Recommend
"this board and some old componets i had laying around like a sata 80gig hard drive and ide dvdr, along with a little artic silver and it cruises 32c all the time with stock heatsink no overclock...…" - Newegg.com User "i've not used the overclocking capabilities, but system was up and running smoothly in no time with this board.…" - Newegg.com User "you also get decent overclocking options(i havent tried this out), and nice voltage options.…" - Newegg.com User |
Intel DG31PR
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$60 - $70
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5 People Recommend
"bleeding edge overclockable, but it pays off in system stability.…" - Zaap at Newegg.com "other thoughts: i don't really overclock anymore so i just buy the intel branded boards.…" - Newegg.com User "easy bsel mod overclock…" - GofG at Newegg.com |
MSI P35D3 Platinum 816909040234
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$107
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5 People Recommend
"other thoughts: the software cd did not appear to have an application for over-clocking but not a deal breaker by any means.…" - Newegg.com User "i didnt think this board had great overclocking power when i bought due to the fact its first line ddr3 out..running my q6600 2.4 @ 400x8 3200 stable cool ...…" - Newegg.com User "i didnt think this board had great overclocking power when i bought due to the fact its first line ddr3 out..running my q6600 2.4 @ 400x8 3200 stable cool ... …" - Newegg.com User |
Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2
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4 People Recommend
"it also has a desktop overclocking feature which has easy to understand beginner peripherals and an advanced mode for do-it-yourself tweaking.…" - Newegg.com User "(i'm not into overclocking, but the ram i purchased for this pc performs best at 2.1v. …" - Newegg.com User "it also has a desktop overclocking feature which has easy to understand beginner peripherals and an advanced mode for do-it-yourself tweaking. …" - Newegg.com User |
MSI G31M-F
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$65 - $69
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4 People Recommend
"this is not an overclocker's motherboard, but you really should not expect one at this price point.…" - Newegg.com User " cons: poor design, poor port layout, not enough usb ports, not enough fan headers, bios sucks for overclocking and memory settings …" - Newegg.com User "pros: well, seems rock solid, overclocking is very easy. …" - Newegg.com User |
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