Here's my situation. When I first build my current machine, it was my first time and I wasn't too concerned with overclocking. I was more worried about not frying components and having a computer that actually worked. It's now a few months later and I'm over all of that.
So, can I hear some recommendations on a good mobo for Overclocking? I'm currently looking at the Abit IT7 Max2 but I'm open to suggestion.
It's a P4 so I'm not worried about hitting some sick FSB though supporting 200mhz for the next Intel CPU's might be nice. It must have the ability to lock the PCI/AGP bus speeds. I have an Asus P4S533 at the moment and I don't want to take the FSB too high because I can't lock these down. I have a 2.53 that hits 2.8+ fine so far but again I don't want to push it on this mobo.
It has to have onboard LAN and sound but these are so common this shouldn't be an issue.
I'm considering either IDE Raid (only one HD atm) or a SCSI card and drive. Is IDE Raid worth it? It would be Raid 0 of course.
I'm not particular about Serial ATA but 8X AGP might be nice.
Finally, if I'm buying a new mobo in the next few weeks, would I have to be out of my mind to buy one that doesn't support Dual Channel DDR?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
So, can I hear some recommendations on a good mobo for Overclocking? I'm currently looking at the Abit IT7 Max2 but I'm open to suggestion.
It's a P4 so I'm not worried about hitting some sick FSB though supporting 200mhz for the next Intel CPU's might be nice. It must have the ability to lock the PCI/AGP bus speeds. I have an Asus P4S533 at the moment and I don't want to take the FSB too high because I can't lock these down. I have a 2.53 that hits 2.8+ fine so far but again I don't want to push it on this mobo.
It has to have onboard LAN and sound but these are so common this shouldn't be an issue.
I'm considering either IDE Raid (only one HD atm) or a SCSI card and drive. Is IDE Raid worth it? It would be Raid 0 of course.
I'm not particular about Serial ATA but 8X AGP might be nice.
Finally, if I'm buying a new mobo in the next few weeks, would I have to be out of my mind to buy one that doesn't support Dual Channel DDR?
Thanks in advance for your comments.