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Originally Posted by DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E
so did i make a good choice on the mobo ? {ASUS P5B Deluxe} and is the 6400 worth the extra $38.50 over the 6300? and are the Intel Xeon Conroe a better cpu then the regular C2D's?
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I would steer you towards the DS3 (having RMA'd an ASUS because of known voltage problems), but they are both great boards once you figure out quirks.
If you are really interested in overclocking, get the 6400. If it's a solid chip, the 8x multiplier will put you soundly into the low - mid 400 FSB, for an OC of 3.4 to 3.6. If you have good DDR2-800 ram, you should be able to run well up to DDR2-1000 range with looser timings.
I got the 6600 and found a sweet spot with the 8x multi around 445 fsb (3.56 GHz on a Gigabyte DQ6), ram running at DDR2-990 5-8-8-18. All on STOCK Air. So I may well have been a little richer if I had gone with the 6400
