Good Mobo for 1GB of BH5

[jbh129]

I just picked up a Gig of BH5 and found out that my VNF3-250 does not like to run 2 double-sided DIMMS. My fault for not reading closely. I was thinking about picking up a DFI UTNF3-250, but why get another 754 board. I currently have a 2.8 northwood sitting on an HP OEM mobo and was thinking that I will either get a new 478 board or a 939 board to use my new memory. I guess I need a bios with high VDIMM and I know DFI has that but was wondering if there are other good choices, especially for 478. I have heard good things about the P4800E from Asus as well.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Well AMD is DOMINATING right now. Intel has massive power consumption and heat dissipaiton just to remain competitive. If you really want to upgrade then go 939 and get either a next gen Nforce 4 board or an Nforce 3 Ultra board (such as teh MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum). If you go Nforce 4 you will have to get a PCI-E video card. The 478 route might be better in the short run but in the long run 754/939 is a far better choice.

Also it is P4C800-E Deluxe

-Kevin

 

[jbh129]

Dont worry, I would never go 775. I just feel like I am wasting my p4 2.8C by running it stock. Also, are you aware of good BH5 performance on any existing 939 boards?

 

[stelleg151]

not sure about performance on 939, although I am pretty positive the boards run fine with dual sided ram. The problem is that bh5 is voltage hungry, and I havent heard of any board that will give more than 2.85v, so if you want to oc you will need a volt mod or one of those crazy ram slot thingys that increase possible voltage, forget what they are called. Or you could wait for the gigabyte NForce4 Ultra board which supposedly will go up to 3.1, which is probably a better range if you want to OC that bh-5.
I would get a good overclocker, hopefully cheap 478 board and pop those suckers in there, and then for fun you could compare performance between that and your 754 machine.
Good luck!