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Old 06-18-01, 03:52 PM Thread Starter   #1
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The best MOBO for P3 overclocking?


Well, you see my spec. below. I suspect my MOBO in failure to run @ 133FSB. Moreover I'm going to buy a new harddisk ATA100, and with the current board i probably going to need PROMICE ATA100 controller.
So, I decided to switch a board instead, even that i already "invested" in SLOTKET. Is it a right move? IF so which board would you suggest? Is ASUS cucl 4 best?
Advice wellcome..
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Old 06-18-01, 04:47 PM   #2
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Asus cusl2-c, cusl2.
Abit sa6.
Gigabyte ga60-xet.

Anyone of these are great for overclocking.
Nothing is perfect thou and each has one advantage or another that the other dosent.
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Old 06-19-01, 07:04 AM   #3
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I'm running a Gigabyte GA-60XE, same as the GA-60XET (XET supports the next generation P3 processor, this mobo wasn't out when I got mine....damn!) I think it's great. Really, really stable. Had it up to 155 mhz FSB with my old P3 667 processor standard voltage no probs using generic ram at cas 2 - has duel bios to, good piece of mind when flashing. Also has lotsa room around the processor for big heatsinks!
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Old 06-19-01, 07:10 AM   #4
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Hi Fluid,
I am curious, does your motherboard support individual volatge adjustment of the memory & agp slot like the xet model does?
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Old 06-19-01, 09:19 AM   #5
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If you go with a gigabyte board it's very easy to change the FSB with there EasyTune III program. I have a gigabyte board and love it. I hit 160fsb at standard voltage and had no problems until my nic didn't like the extra speed. Gigabyte makes it easy to overclock PIII's
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Old 06-20-01, 02:44 AM   #6
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Yo Placid!

Yes, my mobo has DIMM and AGP overvoltage adjustment. As far as I can tell the XE and the XET mobos are identical, the only differences being that the XET supports the next gen of PIII's and has a blue socket. I really reccomend this mobo, rock stable, even under cold/overclocked boot, looks cool and dosen't cost the earth!
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Old 06-27-01, 08:49 PM   #7
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I've the same mobo, and was able to hit 133 FSB after changing to the most current bios.
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Old 06-28-01, 07:37 AM   #8
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Does the Gigabyte GA-60XE (and XET??) go up in 1 mhz increments on the the fsb?

What is the vcore range (would XET be different?)?

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Old 06-28-01, 03:59 PM   #9
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Know where I can find one of the XET's for purchase? I've tried searching for a retailer but can't find one.

I'm getting a new one in a few weeks to replace my old faithful Soyo (it can't run my GeForce 3 stable...old school ApolloPro133 chipset and underpowered AGP) and this looks like what I've been looking for.

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Let's try to edit AGAIN...someone already asked this question in another thread so I only need to wait until it's in stock. Decent price...

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Only worked with the Asus boards (cusl2 series), but they seem to be made for oc'ing. Lemme check the one I have on my bench at work, and I'll get back to you tomorow... errr.... later today...

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