ABIT-IC7 or ASUS P4P800-Deluxe?

[Snufalufagus]

I need a MB for a 2.4C. I'm going to overclock, and I will be doing alot of gaming. Sound is not a big deal because I have an Audigy 2 that I will use. I would appreciate some input if possible.

 

[Corporate Thug]

the performance is nearly identical

 

[Snufalufagus]

Are they both stable and easy to overclock?

 

[Sunny129]

i dont have any experience w/ the 875/865 chipsets...i'm still in the stone age w/ the 845 chipset. but as far as OCing and stability goes, ABit and ASUS are arguably the best. I've used nothing but the two brands in all of my computers...never had a stability problem. They're rock solid. they OC better than most other brands as well, coming w/ the most tweakable BIOS's for OCing. read up on some of the reviews here at AnandTech and other hardware sites...you'll read nothing but praise in the stability and OCing sections.

 

[Shimmishim]

if you plan on using PAT or GA then remember that with the 865 chipset you can't use it with the 5:4 divider

with the 875 chipset you can with 1:1 and 5:4 ...

something to put in mind as well...


part of the reason i chose the ic7 over the is7

 

[Jojo1971]

ive tried both, go with the IC7

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Jojo1971
ive tried both, go with the IC7

 

[Snufalufagus]

Thanks for the info.

 

[crazy_vag]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
if you plan on using PAT or GA then remember that with the 865 chipset you can't use it with the 5:4 divider

with the 875 chipset you can with 1:1 and 5:4 ...

something to put in mind as well...


part of the reason i chose the ic7 over the is7

So I haven't overclocked much since good old P3 days. Anyway, what is the 5:4 divider actually dividing? The 800MHz FSB?

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: crazy_vag

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
if you plan on using PAT or GA then remember that with the 865 chipset you can't use it with the 5:4 divider

with the 875 chipset you can with 1:1 and 5:4 ...

something to put in mind as well...


part of the reason i chose the ic7 over the is7

So I haven't overclocked much since good old P3 days. Anyway, what is the 5:4 divider actually dividing? The 800MHz FSB?

yes

if you think about it...

if you set it to 250 mhz x 4 = 1000 mhz

5:4 divider makes your ram to 200 mhz so it's all good

but a lot of these chips ... like mine... have been able to hit 3.5 ghz ... which is something like 12 x 292

292 mhz with the 5:4 divider is ~234... that is why i upgraded my memory to some geil gold dragon pc3700...

but before i did this i tested the limit of my cpu by using the 3:2 divider...

good stuff!