Should I get an Abit IC7-Max 3?

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I was wondering if you guys think an Abit IC7-Max 3 which was RMA'ed to Abit to remove mc64 Is a good buy? I heard that this solves the well known Vdd problem that all Max3's suffer from. Is it true?

Whats your opinion on the matter?

 

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Also what your opinion of an Abit IC7-G MAX II ADVANCE? are these boards good ocers?

 

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Well, I got one (won it from Abit) and MC64 cap is removed and overclocks pretty nice too, BUT MC64 cap remove doesn't fix stability issues with 2.9-3.2VDIMM. You need to do VTT tracking mod to get higher than 2.8VDIMM working. And about Abit IC7-MAX3, it wins from Asus 3sec at SuperPi clock to clock. Thanks for the GAT.

 

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removing cap64 doesn't solve anything, You would have to add vtt mod to finished it add to stability,

 

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is the mod hard to do? Is it expensive?

 

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what about using a OCZ ram booster? would that solve the prob with voltage stability?

 

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No use to use OCZ Ram Booster, it doesn't solve it. Though it's not expensive to do it, but it's pretty hard comparing to Asus mods.

 

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is the max 3 better then the Abit IC7-G MAX II ADVANCE?

 

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Vio1 said:

is the max 3 better then the Abit IC7-G MAX II ADVANCE?

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it's the same board, so no it's not better, max 3 has more features, otes plus 2 more satas

 

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Only one thing to say, after VTT fix, IC7-MAX3 is really ultimate oc board.

 

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Vio1 said:

what about using a OCZ ram booster? would that solve the prob with voltage stability?

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what suck about this board that the vdimm will supply voltage upto 3.2 but vtt which should be half of the vdimm will decrease once pass 2.9, after 2.9 the vtt should be half of 3.0 but will something close to 2.9 and there goes your stability away

 

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Zebbo said:

Only one thing to say, after VTT fix, IC7-MAX3 is really ultimate oc board.

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not really but this is only my opinion

 

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does the Abit IC7-G MAX II ADVANCE have the same probs with voltage?

 

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all ic7's do... if you wanted to look at the AI7 a nice board IMO..

 

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i love my ic7 max 3, it worked finr untill meory slots started playing up but i sorted that, i have never eun my memory above 2.8v but i think its still a great o/cer

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Philip1193: have you had any other p4 motherboards that you are comparing to? or is the ic7 max 3 the first of your p4 mobos?

 

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my first one but, before i bought it, i did lots of reading about lots f mobo's, also think the abit ic7 max 3 has a good following, and lots of mods etc are out for it, as i said before i love my board, but if u get the chance to try the asus pc4000 try it and report back

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