Want PIV mATX MoBo

[McArra]

So what's a good s478 mATX board for OC?

Thanks!


EDIT: posted here since nobody in Motherboard forums seems to know which I should take.

 

[Silversierra]

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128222
I think this board has the major overclocking options. It seems to lack vcore though, so that would limit oc'ing a little. You might be able to physically increase the core voltage by using the "wire trick" to give the cpu more power.

 

[Chode Messiah]

Gigabyte offers a good socket 754 mobo thats great for ocing

 

[TStep]

Based on experience:

Soyo P4RC-350: (or any other ATI based board more than likely, great for HTPC, but overclocking is all old school techniques. FSB only +15mhz based on your cpu's native fsb, no vCore)

AsRock P4i86GV: 865 chipset dual channel, so pci locks are likely working, fsb adjustment, no vCore (IIRC), can handle most AGP cards but the slot really operates on the PCI bus. Was able to operate stabilly at 230 fsb DC using IGP though.

Through a combination of wire tricks or painting the pins on the back of the mobo, vCore can be manipulated. Also check Clockgens page for mATX boards to manipulate fsb adjustments. Probably stay w/ 845 or 865 for confimed PCI locks. SIS 661 also locks the PCI, I believe. VIA based prior to 880 have no locks. Download the manuals an read the BIOS pages. Finally check into Karaktu's mobile Celeron thread as he has mini write ups on several mATX boards. P4S800 MX looks decent.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: McArra
So what's a good s478 mATX board for OC?

There is none... at least if you expect the usual range of FSB to 250+, vcore, vmem... a couple have AGP/PCI locks and FSB but voltage... have to use the wire trick.

 

[Zebo]

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