Best OCing MB you can recommend!!!

[BarMan]

Give me all suggestions for some REALLY good OCing boards.

Must Have(s):
onboard RAID that can support 60GB or more drives
DDR slots
KT333 chipset (or higher if there is one)

Pluses:
onboard NIC
onboard sound
5 PCI slots - can be less ofcourse
REALLY NICE FSB OCing!

let me know something quick... I'm selling my Soyo Dragon+ board (sniff.... I love you... ) cause I want more OC power than stability (MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA )

 

[mamisano]

Epox 8K3A+
Onboard HighPoint Raid
3 DDR slots
KT333-CE Chipset
Onboard 6channel sound (Revision 1.1 and newer)
6 PCI slots
OC's to 200+ mhz FSB!
$110 + shipping at NewEgg

 

[BarMan]

that's what I've been looking at mainly... but with all the other boards
out are there any better?

oh and can anyone find anything about how high a drive
these onboard raid controllers can handle??

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I think mamisano made a great call. Epox boards tend to be among the best(if not the best) overclockers for socketA for some time now.

 

[Insidious]

This one looks like a sweetie!


This one looks nice too!

I'm not sure how I feel about giving up the legacy support with the AT7, but OMG what a package otherwise!

The KX7-333R is probably what I'd do now, were I to make a change

note: please bear in mind (and forgive me if necessary) I am an ABit fan

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Insidious,
I agree that Abit makes great boards and despite the high RMA rate I've never gotten a bad one from them. However, I'm not sure the considerably higher price is justifiable as I don't think the reliability/performance of the Abit is substantial enough to pay the premium for IMHO. I would rather spend the extra 20-40$ difference between those 2 boards and the Epox and get a better CPU, but that's just me

 

[Insidious]

No arguments from me!

I think those are good points.

I usually spring for the extra $$ and rationalize to myself that it is a "comfort premium"

Probably would do myself a favor to grow a pair and try something else, but well.......... ya know

 

[Athlon4all]

EPoX 8K3A+ or Asus A7V333

 

[BarMan]

great suggestions guys, I guess I'm going with the EpoX board for it's overclocking power

 

[SP33Demon]

Epox, and I'm waiting for the 8K3a2 release personally... It will have support for the T-Bred I presume!