What is the best motherboard for overclocking a P3 processor?

[Bad Dude]

I plan to get a P3 700E to overclock to 1Ghz for a friend, which is the best motherboard for this one. I don't need on board sound or video. I would like the RAID on board and the 815 chipset. I will entertain VIA chipset too. He plans to do video editing too.

Thanks.

 

[JayPatel]

Abit BE6-II, BX 133 if ur going BX based....personally i love my P3BF...ive got my Celeron 2 566 runnin day and night at 1020

 

[anonymouschris]

cusl-2 if you want an 815 chipset and dont mind paying the premium. if you want cheaper and like via then go with the CUV4x i have had both and like both, prefer the cusl-2 over the cuv4x slightly because of the onboard ata/100 raid, also i am biased 815

 

[slpaulson]

What about the version of the cusl-2 without the onboard video?

 

[LXi]

If you want to take your P3 to the highest OC potential, you should avoid BX because the lack of 1/2 AGP divider will be a major obstacle. I highly recommend i815, or if you want DDR, VIA ApolloPro 266. Since you want RAID, you can pretty much elminated the Asus CUSL2 series. I highly recommend the MicroStar 815EP Pro-R, no onboard video, RAID controller, 1MHz increments, very affordable, its clearly your best bet given your requirements.

 

[Bad Dude]

Any other suggestions?

 

[narzy]

Asus P3V4X

 

[dethman]

abit sa6r or the sa6 seem to be pretty good boards for overclocking p3's. i've never owned one, but my friend swears by it, he is a real enthusiast. the 815 chipset allows for the 1/2 agp divider, and running the memory different speed than the fsb in case it can't handle it...

 

[narzy]

screw my idea, doesnt have raid onboard, unless he wants to add a raid card.

 

[shiznut123]

BX133 RAID is awesome but has a 1/2 agp divider so I would go with the cusl-2.

 

[Modus]

Why bother with the P3? You can can get an Athlon 900 for the same price as a P3/700, and overclock it higher without messing with your FSB.

Modus