What MotherBoard is the best

[RockinRog]

In Dec 2001 the Gigabyte P4 Titan DDR boaard was victorious. But what about now almost six months later. I have an Abit BD7-RAID and to me it sucks! The Gigabyte P4 Titan DDR looks good but like I said six months later somthing has to of changed. I have a 1.8P4 but want to go faster. I also would like to keep the 6 PCI slots and have 3 three DIMM (Memory) slots, also on board audio makes no difference. I also need a very good RAID system. Any suggestions?

Thank

 

[zzzz]

try the new abit bios as found on overclockers.com forums. Also LMK if you want to sell that board.

 

[Trevah]

Best Overclocking board out of 19 tested!
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"SOYO SY-P4I Fire Dragon scorched the competition to receive Tom's Hardware's top recommendation."
Intel ® Socket-478 Based SIS 645 ATX Motherboard

DDR SDRAM

RAID controller on board

Audio on board, with 6-chanel Hardware Audio

Graphic, Universal AGP Pro slot

Overclocking, setup FSB by 1MHz increment

Network, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

USB 2.0 ports

PROCESSOR

Supports Intel ® Socket-478 Pentium 4

CHIPSET

SiS 645/961 chipset

Support 400 MHz FSB

SYSTEM MEMORY

Three 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM
Sockets support up to 3GB
Supports DDR333

EXPANSION SLOTS

Six 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant)

One AGP Pro slot (support 1x/2x/4x mode with 1.5V)

On Board Audio Subsystem

On board CMI 8738 Audio chip to provide 6 channels audio solution

Supports optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs

On Board Ultra I/O CHIP

Two RS-232 Serial Ports (16550 UART compatible)

One Parallel Printer Port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)

One FDD port (supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD)

Provides IrDA/FIR ports with optional cable for transceiver

Provides 6 USB ports (2*rear, 4*pin header)

Ultra DMA IDE Ports

Four independent channels for eight IDE devices (two for IDE Raid)

Supports up to PIO mode 5 & UDMA 66/100/133

Two PCI bus mastering ATA E-IDE ports

 

[cr4pz0r]

<< Best Overclocking board out of 19 tested!
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"SOYO SY-P4I Fire Dragon scorched the competition to receive Tom's Hardware's top recommendation."
Intel ® Socket-478 Based SIS 645 ATX Motherboard >>



Trevah, you really meant the SOYO SY-P4S Dragon Ultra! The SY-P4I Fire Dragon uses an Intel 845D chipset, not an SiS645 chipset.

 

[RockinRog]

Thanx that SOYO SY-P4S Dragon Ultra mainboard kicks ass on paper! I'll check it out more before I purchase, Thanx again,🙂

 

[oldfart]

EPOX 4BDA2+. Only 845 board (that I know of) that allows 3:4 mem ratio above 133 MHz FSB. I'm running 1.6A @ 2.4 GHz, 600 FSB, DDR400. Detail specs are in my rigs. SiSoft benches here