Have a pIII 700.. need new motherboard?

[NightWolf]

Hello guys, I have a dell dimension with a pIII 700 in it, I was told that the dell motherboards are not overclockable, and I have not been able to find any information to show otherwise. So my question is can it be overclocked after all? and if not what motherboard do you guys recommend I get? that can be overclocked?

Thank you very much for your time,
Night Wolf

[[OC]_SR20DE]

Does your CPU Case have 5+ PCI slots on the back? It should be ATX based case.. You have a P3 700 Slot1 or Flip chip?

[NightWolf]

It has 7 pci slots, and it is a slot 1

thank you

[[OC]_SR20DE]

Ok great.. you got ATX then. Most aftermarket mobos are ATX anyways. The most well known and reliable mobos are "Abit" and "Asus".
In Abit, Abit BX133, or Abit BE6-2 are very good. They are built for overclocking and are very high performance. But I think Abit BX133 is FCPGA..

I heard that Microstar and Supermicro mobos of BX chipset are good too.

In ASUS, Asus CUSL-2 is great.. I don't know much about it but they say it's very good.

[NightWolf]

Alright, thank you very much for your help. :)

[DocClock aka MadClocker]

Might also suggest an Abit SH6? it has the 815E chipset, and is in my opinion a very stable slot one board, and if you are going to change the motherboard, then you should change the power supply, and I would also recomend the Enermax 451, which is by the way P4 ready, with the auxilary 12v connector. With dell's connector you will need a power supply.
The SH6 goes from 66 to 250mhz fsb, in 1mhz increments, has agp4x,ata100, and a 1/2 agp devider.
Hope this helps

[Carmine_Paterno]

Get a ABIT BF6, they are great mobo's look at the success i had with mine in my signature!