good mobo for overclocking 3.0c?

[xerocool]

dunno if this thread belongs in mobo or overclock, but i'll try here first.

i'm looking to overclock a 3.0c, maybe not necessarily now but probably sometime in the next few months. i want the mobo to have alot of pci slots either 5 or 6 (6 is preferable), and basically make the setup as fast as possible and it's gotta support dual ddr400 or higher.

i don't have much experience with p4 cpu's so i don't know if the p4 mobo sector has fully saturated yet like the AMD XP nforce2 boards did with the last one being the a7n8x-e deluxe. if you guys have a great mobo in mind that fits my description, then i would love to hear it, but if you guys know of a new mobo that's coming out that is going to be kickass, then i'd love to hear that too.

thanks!

 

[zShowtimez]

I like my P4C800-E. Also look at the DFI Lan party 875 board, the B version is suposed to be really good. Might want to look at the Abit IC7 MAX3 also/

 

[xerocool]

i've looked at tons of threads and seen the abit ic-7 and the asus p4c800-e come up alot as the best overclockers. however, both these boards only have 5 pci slots, and i've set my heart on 6. the only ones i can find that support 6 pci slots are the older 845 chipsets or sis chipsets. does anyone know of a good 6 pci p4 mobo? and how does soyo stack up against abit and asus?

btw, i just read in tomshardware that intel is planning to release new versions of the p4 as well as new chipsets, has anyone heard anything about this? if this is true, do you think i should wait before getting a new mobo?

 

[lilxkrn]

Ok, I bought an IC7-MaxIII and it was AWESOME the for the few hours that my CPU still worked. (If you didn't know, I totally ruined the CPU by ripping off the heatsink which bent all the pins) Anyways... GO ABIT!! xP

 

[xerocool]

woah woah woah, i just looked at the dfi lanparty PRO875B, and the thing doesn't even have firewire! the older 865 intel board has 3 firewire connections, but the 875 doesn't :frown:

does anyone know the stats of an 865 stacking up against an 875 chipset? both are hgih quality i know, but what's the diff?

 

[xerocool]

Originally posted by: lilxkrn
Ok, I bought an IC7-MaxIII and it was AWESOME the for the few hours that my CPU still worked. (If you didn't know, I totally ruined the CPU by ripping off the heatsink which bent all the pins) Anyways... GO ABIT!! xP

yeah, i looked at the ic-7 max3, it looks AMAZING. why did you rip off the heatsink? also, the specs on the max3 says it's mostly SATA raid, do you have SATA drives or do you still use the ide ports?

 

[Duvie]

Why do you need 6 pci slots???

Do not buy a sis chipset...they cannot overclock as well as the i875/i865 mobos...Also if you get anything other then a dual channel setup you are really neutering the power of the 800fsb chips....Also most i845 mobos can not support 200fsb let alone much over that...As well as most do not even have HT support...

 

[xerocool]

i'm just a big pci junkie, my old computer didn't have enough pci slots for me, but i guess with integrated sound and ethernet that'll take care of that problem, still 6 would be nice.

but do you think i should wait? has anyone heard anything about intel coming out with new p4's and new chipsets?

and who do you think is better with the 875 chipset: asus, abit, dfi, soyo?

 

[SuctionCat]

The new chipsets coming out support at lot of the new features (like the new PCI standard), and definitely support the Prescott. Some older/current boards will support it, some won't support it. The release is a few months of, even on paper.

The only real difference between the IC7 and the IC7Max3 are features and price; if you don't need them, then you can save a fair bit of money. The IS7 and AI7 (865PE boards) are also good overclockers; I've had no complaints so far with mine (AI7). Hit around 240FSB before I needed more cooling (damn Australian summers). There are many other success stories with the IS7 as well.

 

[xerocool]

new pci standard? is there a link you can post so i can read up on it?