best skt 478 skt. mobo...best for overclcocking

[dunnleed08]

jus wondering if yall had an idea for me...gonna buy a new "non-micro atx" mother board....any ideas as to which is thr best for stabiity and overckocking.....standrad atx siz efor prescorr of pent. m

[INSTG8R]

Abit IC7(-G) or the ASUS P800 series. I would go with the Abit they are a little more OC friendly and have the 975 chipset(highest for the S478)
I recommend it as it was my last MoBo before this and it still runs as my wifes Rig, Wizzard should back me up on this as well as he uses an IC7 as well

[lemonadesoda]

I think previous poster means intel 875 chipset.

However, it turns out that the latest 865 were just as fast as the 875. However, since the 875 was designed as the "workstation" chipset, it usually came with RAID etc.

If you want PCIe, then look for a 915 chipset for s478. ASUS, and ASROCK did them.

Anyway, why do you want to stick with s478? With YOUR hardware, I would let go of the prescott, and go with ASROCK Conroe MB. It has AGP, DDR, and lets you run a Core 2 Quad, using your expensive RAM and GPU.

[dunnleed08]

i just need A new mobo for my rig cause its busted......ca't really afford all the stuff i'd need fro a new socket 775 system

[giorgos th.]

Ic7 Max Ftw........

[dunnleed08]

what does ftw mean???

[giorgos th.]

For The Win..........

[dunnleed08]

thanks....that's what i'm looking at right now....my old mobo was an abit....and i really didn't like it

[dunnleed08]

i meant that the other way around....but i can't fing the ic7-max on the abit website...?

[dunnleed08]

which of the asus 478 skt boards with the 875 chipset would you all suggest....for best performance and overclockability

[giorgos th.]

P4C800 deluxe.

[Polaris573]

i meant that the other way around....but i can't fing the ic7-max on the abit website...?

http://abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=5

You won't find a new one though. You'll have to buy it on e-bay.

Other than the abit and asus motherboards These (http://cgi.ebay.com/MSI-875P-Neo2-FIS2R-Intel-875P-Socket-478-Motherboard_W0QQitemZ220074204759QQihZ012QQcategor yZ80161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) are supposed to be good too. You might be able to pick it up cheaper because they're less known.

[bigafroyo]

Wrong, I Had Abit Ic7-g Max3 And Max2 And Plenty Of Other Boards.

Get's A Albatron Px915p4cpro Pcie X16 S478 Mobo.. Best One On The Market.. Look On Ebay.. No Longer In Production.. I was One Great Motherboard.

[Polaris573]

Hey that is an interesting motherboard. How well did it overclock?

[dunnleed08]

i have an agp graphics card

...oh yeah...and i've noticed that some of these asus p4800 series that have sis or via chipsets are cheaper.....do those chipsets reall y suck that badly....what is the big difference???

[bigafroyo]

Hey that is an interesting motherboard. How well did it overclock?

i could get my 3.2 ghz to 3.8 ghz easy with p4cpro.

[Frogger]

i have an agp graphics card

...oh yeah...and i've noticed that some of these asus p4800 series that have sis or via chipsets are cheaper.....do those chipsets reall y suck that badly....what is the big difference???

stick with the intel ghipset for those boards .....sis or via they really do 'suck':D

[dunnleed08]

that's what i thought.....and by the way......ur quote is hilarious

[dunnleed08]

do you guys know of any good overclcockers for skt 478 that are still in production...? I'm having a really hard time finding any of the models that i want in the previously listed suggestions......that and i just don't trust buying used comp. hardware....especially from ebay

[Frogger]

you should be able to find some @ Tiger or newegg if you don't try some of your local comp stores prob have some taking up self space in the corner lol :)

[lemonadesoda]

Latest versions of ASROCK s478 boards are good overclocks. Got one. Impressed. And dirt chep.

[tkpenalty]

ABIT IC7 is the way to go, monster OCer motherboard FTW!

[INSTG8R]

Yep the Abit IC-7's were the best of the s478/875 chipsets my wifes still running my old one.Only had one real bug, the CPU temp was always higher than it really was outside of that it is a fantastic board and if you can find a IC-7G(With Gigabit NIC) your even better and as an alternative the IS-7 was one of the few 865 boards that had the 875 feature PAT unlocked on it and it also worked great(had one too)
But sadly it will be like searching for a needle in a haystack to find many of these boards new so if you want one you will have to find them used(my IC7 will be on the block soon as the Missus will get this rig and I will build a new one)