Space-Saving Performance

[d2arcturus]

As you can see in my sig, I have been delayed in ordering my upgrade. Case will be a P180 w/ TPII 480 (see rest of upgrade in link). I was considering upgrading to a SFF case, but didn't like the current products. Yesterday, I looked in-depth at the Aspire X-QPack, and decided that this would meet my needs for a case, now it's just a question of performance.

I am looking at MSI's RS480M2-IL and Foxconn/WinFast's NF4K8MC-ERS.

Facors I need to consider:

1. Which board would perform better in gaming? (MSI or Foxconn)

2. Would I lose much stock performance switching from the DFI Ultra-D to a MATX motherboard?

3. Can the MSI or Foxconn/WinFast OC decently (~230-240MHz)?

Thanks.

 

[imported_Kensai]

That specific MSI board has no overclocking features to my knowledge.

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: Kensai
That specific MSI board has no overclocking features to my knowledge.

I've not really looking for too much, 40MHz increase at most.

 

[fishstickz]

You'll have to use Clockgen to OC on the MSI board... but it does work, even if it doesnt show up in BIOS.

 

[d2arcturus]

Anyone else?