[Cew27]

ok what does you above post mean ? it is compatible with all the intel chipsets?

[Cew27]

ok stupid question number 3
why are there different motherboards for different chipsets if it is inside the cpu?

[dice14u]

ok sorry last post was actually very wrong out of frustration. the core two quad is the x38 chipset. the x38 express is what provides the front side bus speeds and all that stuff. Here is the overview of its benefits from intel http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/X38/index.htm

[dice14u]

for question 3: The better the chipset used in the motherboard the better the motherboard can be. Chipset doesn't actually mean just one specific chip, it is a bunch of chips working together maybe thats the best way to explain it so "best chipset" on the market like in question 1 since it is the chipset used in making the frontside bus speeds of the best processors out there right now would be the x48 sorry for the miss-inform 2 posts up, I edited it out.

[Cew27]

right now i understand that my next question is what would be the best motherboard for the intel core 2 quad 2.4 ( i wish to overlcock to about 3.6)
link to mobo's
thanks for the help dice

[dice14u]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=5&subcat=1050

[dice14u]

that is the best mobo they have lol

[dice14u]

I really need to stop when im behind lol...
I doubted myself and now keep messing up c what you did :-p
someone else take over...

[Cew27]

yes i was looking at that motherboard but its for x48 chipset and the intel quad is 38

[dice14u]

hey i never said you couldn't have an overkill for a motherboard :-p pick one with good other stuff and if you have that kinda money id say go for the x48