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ECS P4S5A/DX - Does it allow overclocking?

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jatwell

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I'm thinking on this P4 board to replace a couple office systems because it offers a couple SDRAM slots with the added ability to upgrade to DDR at a later point. Not having to buy RAM right away is a big plus.

It's cheap and it seems that SIS chipsets have come a long way and are on par w/ their Intel variants as far as performance and stability. I'm not sure that the board supports overclocking though.

Anybody have one and know if it does (FSB/voltage/etc)? If it doesn't, are there any boards out there that offer both SDR & DDR slots with overclocking features for a P4 platform?
 
I would download their manual off the ecs website, and look in the "frequency/voltage control" section for cpu clock speed and vcore. If that doesn't work for you, newegg has some shuttle boards that should have some overclocking options for a low price. I've already downloaded the first board on the list with sdram and ddram slots, and it has no overclocking options in the bios. I would stick with sis chipsets. My via board is just ok; doesn't overclock that well and has random reboots with my ps when fsb is set too high. Frankly, if you're stuck with sdram, I would go with the xp athlon. Sdram and a p4 cpu are pretty slow, even when overclocked. If you really want a p4 setup, why not try selling your old sdram in your local paper and see if you get any offers for it before commiting to the p4 or xp.
 
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