I have both boards.A pair of MO stepping 2.4 chips and have used exactly the same hardware on both boards.
Here is what I found.
NCCH-DL very poor overclocker lacking any mods and any real instructions to actually do any except the U wire in socket.I believe this lack of mods keeps the board from running a good over clock.
I could NEVER post at 230 FSB, Matter of fact 220 was impossible as well no matter the multiplier. Additionally it is my contention this board does NOT lock either the PCI or AGP and i Will believe this no matter what any one says,I have had a heck of a time with it and its overclocking features.Such a bad time that after a week at a good clock I found my self unstable and lowering the clock until I had to settle for 3.2 for 24/7 stability. (2.4 MO chips)
Now 3.2 on a pair of water cooled MO 2.4 chips is a poor overclock.Very poor,So because of this i was left looking for a cause.Was it PSU ? Was it Ram ? My Scsi Controller ? So I changed all of that and ended up exactly where I started out at 3.2.This was a big bummer..SO I decided after days and weeks of messing with it that the Board was most likely limiting my overclock AND that there was an outside chance I had a set of POOR 2.4 MO chips.
PC-DL
Well chips or board ? I decided to start with board as the board can be found for $150.00 where the chips are $300 a set.
I took the board to a lan last week where {PMS}Fishy offered to MOD the PC-DL so i could have Ram Adjustment up to 3.3 and guarantee a 1.6vCore with anther mod as well as an AGP vmod.
Well the results are in..With $5.00 worth of mods this board smokes the NCCH so badly it is shamefull.The fact i can run at 15x230 and clock gen it up to 240 and bench it was simply shocking.And that I can run many different combinations of FSB and Multiplier so far above the NCCH was just totally gratifying.
The mods of course help..BUT consider i could not run 17x200 18x200 or any thing stable over 16x200 clearly shows this boards issue (NCCH) with I believe either THE PCI lock or its ability to regulate voltages.
And considering there is a Bios for the PC-Dl that allows for 64bit chips and that it is a lot cheaper a better overclocker and totally mod able makes it the better board hands down . OH and add to that your ability to run monitoring software like MBM5 and you have all any one could need from an AGP based Xeon board..................... Oh ya 17x216 seams its sweet spot at the moment
Here is what I found.
NCCH-DL very poor overclocker lacking any mods and any real instructions to actually do any except the U wire in socket.I believe this lack of mods keeps the board from running a good over clock.
I could NEVER post at 230 FSB, Matter of fact 220 was impossible as well no matter the multiplier. Additionally it is my contention this board does NOT lock either the PCI or AGP and i Will believe this no matter what any one says,I have had a heck of a time with it and its overclocking features.Such a bad time that after a week at a good clock I found my self unstable and lowering the clock until I had to settle for 3.2 for 24/7 stability. (2.4 MO chips)
Now 3.2 on a pair of water cooled MO 2.4 chips is a poor overclock.Very poor,So because of this i was left looking for a cause.Was it PSU ? Was it Ram ? My Scsi Controller ? So I changed all of that and ended up exactly where I started out at 3.2.This was a big bummer..SO I decided after days and weeks of messing with it that the Board was most likely limiting my overclock AND that there was an outside chance I had a set of POOR 2.4 MO chips.
PC-DL
Well chips or board ? I decided to start with board as the board can be found for $150.00 where the chips are $300 a set.
I took the board to a lan last week where {PMS}Fishy offered to MOD the PC-DL so i could have Ram Adjustment up to 3.3 and guarantee a 1.6vCore with anther mod as well as an AGP vmod.
Well the results are in..With $5.00 worth of mods this board smokes the NCCH so badly it is shamefull.The fact i can run at 15x230 and clock gen it up to 240 and bench it was simply shocking.And that I can run many different combinations of FSB and Multiplier so far above the NCCH was just totally gratifying.
The mods of course help..BUT consider i could not run 17x200 18x200 or any thing stable over 16x200 clearly shows this boards issue (NCCH) with I believe either THE PCI lock or its ability to regulate voltages.
And considering there is a Bios for the PC-Dl that allows for 64bit chips and that it is a lot cheaper a better overclocker and totally mod able makes it the better board hands down . OH and add to that your ability to run monitoring software like MBM5 and you have all any one could need from an AGP based Xeon board..................... Oh ya 17x216 seams its sweet spot at the moment
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