Best motherboard for athlon xp overclocking?

[Cuch]

What motherboard(s) should I consider for overclocking an Athlon XP 1700+ processor, Throughbred A core? Does ECS make a good overclockers motherboard?

 

[bgeh]

any nforce 2 mobo will be fine for overclocking, except MSI's one
ECS does make budget mobos, not overclocking mobos

 

[drewdogg808]

abit nf7-s or epox 8rda+. the asus board is nice too, but i think the abit and epox will oc higher. i wouldn't go with ecs for oc'ing.

 

[Jeff7181]

Anything that allows you to lock the PCI and AGP busses... and allows you to set your RAM at whatever speed you want regardless of FSB speed.
Having one that allows you to adjust the FSB in 1 Mhz incriments is nice too. The A7N8X Deluxe allows you to adjust the FSB from 100 Mhz up to 250 Mhz (or higher on Rev. 2 boards I think)

Also make sure you get one with adequate Northbridge cooling... the A7N8X Deluxe has a massive heatsink that does a good job... also helps that I'm using a 70mm CPU fan that hangs over the edge of my SK-7 and blows some air at the NB heatsink.

 

[Corporate Thug]

abit NF7-s