AMD Motherboards?

[SoreMonkey]

what is the best motherboard out there to OC with?
memory is not a concern of mine
all I need is users opinion's of the most stable mobo's out there
AMD ATHLON 900 want to reach 1.1GHz without water cooling or peltiers.

 

[dgk]

How can you go wrong with an ABIT or ASUS? I have the ASUS A7V and it is just fine. I have my TB900 running at 1010 but I'm waiting to get better cooling.

Get it from a reliable dealer and if you have a problem let them help you. I'm lucky in that I live in an area with PC Fairs being held every other weekend. Whenever I get a major piece of hardware, I just buy it from someone who has a store near me.

 

[SoreMonkey]

thank you for replying. I live in midstate WI with no real PC suppliers near me. I will be buying mine online.

 

[Tachyon]

SoreMonkey (Mar 02, 2001 12:19 p.m.):
what is the best motherboard out there to OC with?
memory is not a concern of mine
all I need is users opinion's of the most stable mobo's out there
AMD ATHLON 900 want to reach 1.1GHz without water cooling or peltiers.

The MSI KT7 T pr KT7 T/R are very stable

 

[Yomama]

This is the one, despite the bios agony
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[seabhac]

Yo (Mar 02, 2001 02:31 p.m.):
This is the one, despite the bios agony
!
!
V

Yo-

What are your system specs before and after overclock? ie MHz, Temps, etc. Oh and what rev is your KK266?

Have you taken a measurement of your CPU/HSF package height? I am thinking about ordering the PAL but I have a serious (but temporary) space problem. My case design prevents a tall package. Its a mid tower and has the PSU sitting right in front of the CPU/HSF. Too bad I didn't think of that before I bought it. It had all the other features I wanted.

 

[Yomama]

The chip is purple Tbird rated at 1.1GHz. It actually achieves [email protected] and likely 1400 at 1.95, but 1335 at 157 is sweeter. I am using IBM HDD, som CDROM and a modem, not much more so far since this is my performance system.

The alpha with 60mm fan (25mm high) comes to a total height of 75mm measured from the bottom of the mobo (,i.e. including the socket height, the CPU, the cooler, and the fan).

Now I once owned such a case and I feel your pain - they suck and are really difficult to work in too. One possibility to reduce height is to get a fan that's only 10mm high. They do not perform as well as the 25mm versions though (at least 2 likely 4C difference) and they run at 6000 rpm which can be noisy.

Good luck

Yo

 

[Rocky55]

abit kt7a raid accually any mb's with the kt133a chipset work great

 

[SoreMonkey]

Thank you all for the replies. I can now "start" to make an educated decision.

thanks again.

 

[Kiernan]

Check out the AOpen AK73 Pro (A). Great board.