Best MoBo

[woolie]

Hi People,
At the Moment I have a AMD Duron 800 and I've Clocked it at 920 on a Giga-byte (GA-71XE4) MoBo and it's very stable and Cool. Can anyone suggest a better MoBo as the MoBo I have can't change the Multiplier or System Bus more than 115Mhz , it's nice that I can over clock the Duron to 920 but I know it can go more and would like to get more out of it. any help much appreciated.
This is the first Overclocking I have done and I don't fancy mucking around with the "L" settings on the chip. is there any other way of changing the Multiplier or voltage settings.
;-) :-) :-#

Thanks

[proze]

the best mobo you could go for is probably the abit kt7a-raid. they're great boards, and people seem to get really good overclocks with them.

[woolie]

Thanks my friend, I'm just checking out the website.

Thanks again

[JetJam]

The ASUS boards are excellent!, the new rev.'s have multiplier changing in the bios. they also have raid or you can mod the bios to do raid on the ultra100. :)
check them out at www.asus.com

[Rob Cork]

[H]ard OCP found that their A7v-133 had pretty poor memory scores in sisoft sandra - I don't know whether that was just their board or what. But the abit KT7a (with or without RAID) and the Iwill KK266 have both been consistently getting great reviews - I'd go with one of them, probably the Iwill as it seems to marginally outperform the KT7a in benchmarks :-)

[woolie]

I've never heard of Iwill boards, I checked their Site out ( Click Here to Check it out (http://www.iwill.net/products/Products.asp?Category=60))and they do some impressive MoBo's, I'm impressed, do anyone know if they are available in the UK?

[VIGASE]

What I can tell You is only DON'T BUY QDI KINETIZ!

[woolie]

Cheers Mate, I won't ;-)

[Trinity]

I particulary like the IWILL board. It is the KK266, it seems to be much more stable at higher fsb's than the KT7 or the A7V.

[woolie]

Thanks Trinity, this is way i asked to get different Opinions, The Iwill boards do look good, I'll keep watching and waiting to see how this Conversation goes.

Thanks once again

[OpenFriday]

VIGASE (Feb 25, 2001 12:57 p.m.):
What I can tell You is only DON'T BUY QDI KINETIZ!

i hear ya' budy i bought a QDI and what a piece of crap. 4 fsb settings and thats all the folks.

[woolie]

Thank Guys
Just got me a KT7-Raid very nice indeed...

[rugby]

An excellent choice. My Duron 650 hits 1055mhz on my Kt7-RAID. Even with my crappy case for cooling it only hits 50oC max.

[SharkyTM]

dont get the iwill, theyve had a lot of trouble with the... and INTEGRATED SOUND????????????????????????????? what the f@ck.... NO INTEGRATED ANYTHING.... it mostly sucks ass

oh, and the kt7 a-series (the actual kt7 was a different board) are amazing... check people's info, a lot have the abit boards...

SharkyTM

[SickBoy]

I have to say, with the A7V133's poor memory scores and Iwill's RMA problem with the multiplier thing, I'd concur with choosing the Abit. Have to say I love mine. Right now, if I couldn't buy an Abit, I'd get the Epox 8KTA3 or the MSI K7T Turbo. anyway, good luck with the KT7-Raid.

SickBoy

[Hoot]

woolie (Mar 16, 2001 12:35 p.m.):
Thank Guys
Just got me a KT7-Raid very nice indeed...

Noooo!

Get the KT7A (Raid is optional)

The FSB on the KT7 (non A) doesn't OC the FSB
worth a darn!

Hoot

[-inox-]

i goto a kt7a with out the raid as i see no point in having the raid as i wouldnt use it. but the board is cool i used to have an msi 6163 and cel 500
board ok but chipis crap compared to the amazing amd duron i love the board i got my 700 up to 980 and stabble but to hot at 48C idel and so i run it at 910 lovly 210 over clock
did i mention the board is wicked!!!

[woolie]

well I have the KT7-RAID and it is a very nice board (A friend bought me it for some pc work I did for him so I felt Like it was a bit wrong to ask for the KT7A-RAID as he paid for it) but to say the least the KT7 is a VERY nice board nice and cool in my big tower case and all