Best main board for O/C.

[Zazuk]

What is the best main board with intel chipset for over clocking. I have a P3 933. Would like something that would take the new P3 and C2 cpu's.

[takiwa]

this should really be in the motherboard section...

[jazztrumpet216]

Yes, it really should be in the mobo section. But we'll let the mods worry about that.

I'd say the Gigabyte GA-60XET would be the best board due to it's pll dividers that keep the PCI, AGP, etc... dividers in spec much more than traditional dividers. Plus, it's a tuallie board so you can upgrade in the future. I believe it's on the i815EP B-step chipset.

[BigRed]

lookey here :)
http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62333
the only people (that i could find with 3 hours of searching) that still sell that board new.

[Yodums]

I go with jazz. The 60XET has 1/5 and 1/6 dividers and you wont have problems with like 160fsb+ etc.

Yodums

[takiwa]

Yes, it really should be in the mobo section. But we'll let the mods worry about that.

...ouch :(

[soil]

but max Vcore is 1.85V only....:rolleyes:

[Flu!d]

If you want any higher than 1.85 volts vcore for a cumine based processor you are better off looking for a mobo that's not Tualatin ready (ie: a mobo that dosen't use the new spec VRM's).

Look for a really good quality BX board....Otherwise get the XET-C or the St-6 and a Tualatin processor....

[soil]

but only the 6O-XET has the PLL divider...:rolleyes:

[pappypete]

The XET-C has the PLL dividers

[jazztrumpet216]

Originally posted by takiwa


...ouch :(

Sorry takiwa, that's just kinda my auto-response when I see a thread in the wrong column. No flames intended.

[nucro]

Originally posted by pappypete
The XET-C has the PLL dividers

And you have no problems running pci multipler 1/5! That's great! I thought that XET-C wasn't capable of that.

[pappypete]

No problem with PLL dividers from day one.

[oldfart]

I and several others have not had the best luck with the PLL feature. The issues people have with the PLL is you need more Vcore for the same overclock, have instability and lockup issues that are not there when using "normal" mode. YMMV.