overclock on the cheap?

[Hapless]

I'm looking for a motherboard that'll let me do a decent overclock with a Duron ~1ghz, the cheaper the better. Any ideas?

 

[Wind]

Epox 8KTA3. Good O/Cer.

 

[Hapless]

what about other KT133a motherboards? the EPoX is a little pricy at 75 bucks, compared with the 60's of the other's on pricewatch and especially since the 8k7a is only 77.

 

[Wind]

<< what about other KT133a motherboards? the EPoX is a little pricy at 75 bucks, compared with the 60's of the other's on pricewatch and especially since the 8k7a is only 77. >>



DDR solution is good coz u can still use back the DDR RAM if u wanna move on in the future. 8K7A is a good mobo also. As far as price vs O/Cing abilities is concern...u can't go wrong w/ Epox.

 

[ptanner]

My fourth effort on this reply (2 browser crashes and a power outage)...

You might consider the DFI AK75-TC at about $75-80 (KM133A chipset). Integrated audio & video (not great but work) but no LAN. OC using dip switches for 100/133 FSB and CPU multiplier to 12.5. A friend uses these boards to build value systems and I have a dozen mobos in the next room. Manual seems fine. Friend did some OC but the end-user wasn't interested so there wasn't much exploration. I don't have any review links handy but believe I found a couple when assisting with the initial selection.

Link: http://www.dfi.com/

Another new board is the ECS K7S6A (SiS 745) which offers some OC features (dip switches for multiplier and Vcore in BIOS). I haven't seen any reviews. The ECS K7S5A (SiS 735) was a low-cost but reportedly solid performing mobo - a system for another friend is half-built so I have no personal experience here.

Link: http://www.ecsusa.com/K7S6A.cfm

While I think it is worth investing a little extra in a motherboard (reliability worth more than a little extra performance) I also like to OC and do have budget limits.

HTH,

-PT

 

[Hapless]

How's the Shuttle AK31a when it comes to overclocking? It's only 80 bucks at newegg

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Do a search for AK31 in all of the boards here...Lots shoud be found.

 

[o1die]

The shuttle works well at 139-140 fsb, but I use micron instead of crucial or corsair. The crucial or corsair memory might run faster.