OC on Chaintech nForce3 250 VNF3-250

[irenealan]

Just wondering if anyone got this board and how's OC on such system. I can't find any review on such board and wonder if it will do well in OC? Thanks for your help!

 

[irenealan]

Sorry if I asked the wrong question but I really wonder if someone can give me comment on this board as I can't really find much information in Anandtech, Tom's or even in the net about this board and how's good it can OC! Just wonder if I can get some comments her thanks very very much!

 

[jdogg707]

You probably won't see anything for a couple of fays since it hasn't been out long, and no one probably has it yet.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

A couple guys here grabbed one, now we are just waiting to hear how they made out.

 

[mechBgon]

I tried to download the manual to scope it out, but Chaintech doesn't seem to have it available quite yet. Neither does Asus for the K8N-E Deluxe :frown:

 

[vanln]

I got one from the sale of newegg . My previous mobo is a gigabyte k8n-pro . My first impression is the board is rock and solve my problem . My Antec 430 w true power can not boot up ATI AIW 9800 with gigabyte mobo . But rock with my new chaintech . I have 3 sticks 256m kingston with bh-6. It can not run on gigabyte ( 1 stick work fine but 2 sticks cause problem, 3 sticks don't talk about it) . 2 sticks run fine with chaintech at 10x225 . But failed if i install 3 sticks at 10x225
Well a $80 mobo is not bad to solve a few problem
Beware this board love high power supply . I use a 350 w PS is run completly unstable until i use 430 watts

 

[irenealan]

that's bad news for me since I only have a Antec 330W PS!

Anyhow I used the Gigabyte K8N Pro before and I had no problem with 2 sticks of PC3200 512mb ram. I was able to get my A64 3000+ and ram run at 220 FSB stable with running Prime95 for 9 hours. It's a good board just I want to get the Chaintech becuz of the nForce3 250 chipset.

Any one who got the new Chaintech board VNF3-250 or seen any review can share your opinion? Thanks.

 

[stardust]

Originally posted by: irenealan
that's bad news for me since I only have a Antec 330W PS!

Anyhow I used the Gigabyte K8N Pro before and I had no problem with 2 sticks of PC3200 512mb ram. I was able to get my A64 3000+ and ram run at 220 FSB stable with running Prime95 for 9 hours. It's a good board just I want to get the Chaintech becuz of the nForce3 250 chipset.

Any one who got the new Chaintech board VNF3-250 or seen any review can share your opinion? Thanks.

If you already purchased the K8N Pro, why would you want to get the nf3-250 2 weeks later? If I remember correctly, you asked me about A64 motherboards not long ago. I think you should stick with your K8N Pro and wait until socket 939 comes out before you make any decisions.

Your system specs are very very close to mines. If I were you, I'd spend $50 on a Thermalright 948u (7??) heatsink and overclock your cpu further.

I reached 2.4ghz on the K8n Pro with these settings:

-2.5 LDT multiplier (you can access this menu by pressing CTRL-F1 in bios screen)
-memory multiplier set to 166mhz
-memory timings of my OCZ set was 2-3-2-6, your's may be lower
-FSB of 240mhz

Make sure you are not using SATA harddrives, or 220fsb will be your max.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

SATA limits the overclock on that board, interesting. With the AN50R I'm running 2.4ghz 5:6 with a raptor as the primary boot drive and it's gravy. Does the Gigabyte use the SI 3112?

 

[stardust]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
SATA limits the overclock on that board, interesting. With the AN50R I'm running 2.4ghz 5:6 with a raptor as the primary boot drive and it's gravy. Does the Gigabyte use the SI 3112?

i have no clue and i couldn't care less, im using a promise fasttrak S150 TX2plus SATA RAID controller.

BUT, it's sil3512 just checked my manual.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: irenealan
that's bad news for me since I only have a Antec 330W PS!

Anyhow I used the Gigabyte K8N Pro before and I had no problem with 2 sticks of PC3200 512mb ram. I was able to get my A64 3000+ and ram run at 220 FSB stable with running Prime95 for 9 hours. It's a good board just I want to get the Chaintech becuz of the nForce3 250 chipset.

Any one who got the new Chaintech board VNF3-250 or seen any review can share your opinion? Thanks.

You need to spend your money on a good power supply, Irene. I recommend the 460 watt Enermax (cheaper than an Antec TruePower 480, and has lots more power on the 12v rail, which is the most important these days).

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: stardust

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
SATA limits the overclock on that board, interesting. With the AN50R I'm running 2.4ghz 5:6 with a raptor as the primary boot drive and it's gravy. Does the Gigabyte use the SI 3112?

i have no clue and i couldn't care less, im using a promise fasttrak S150 TX2plus SATA RAID controller.

BUT, it's sil3512 just checked my manual.

Good for you. I'd care though, pay for a board that I have to add a pci controller card to in to order achieve the overclocking results others do with the on-board SATA =bullsh*t from my perspective

 

[stardust]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: stardust

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
SATA limits the overclock on that board, interesting. With the AN50R I'm running 2.4ghz 5:6 with a raptor as the primary boot drive and it's gravy. Does the Gigabyte use the SI 3112?

i have no clue and i couldn't care less, im using a promise fasttrak S150 TX2plus SATA RAID controller.

BUT, it's sil3512 just checked my manual.

Good for you. I'd care though, pay for a board that I have to add a pci controller card to in to order achieve the overclocking results others do with the on-board SATA =bullsh*t from my perspective

Heh, I was kidding, yeah I did have to pay for another controller, but this one does a better job than onboard, plus it allows RAID 0/1 which I am using right now. After all, I'm happy with my overclock and the board is very stable.