Cheap Dual Mobo for Folding

[Gandalf]

Alright, I have a question for you people with experience with Dual motherboards.

I need a cheap dual mobo that can be overclocked and also support an XP chip.

Any advice will be usefull.

 

[DaveB]

No such thing. All dual AMD mobos are expensive starting a $175 for the Tyan S2460.

 

[Gandalf]

Would it be cheaper to just go with 2 seprate rigs?

What is a cheap single chip motherboard that is good for a little overclocking?

SDRAM or DDR since it is just folding.

 

[flounder43]

Would it be cheaper to just go with 2 seprate rigs?

What is a cheap single chip motherboard that is good for a little overclocking?

SDRAM or DDR since it is just folding.

ECS K7S5A, that is your answer. They use either SDRAM or DDR. Plus, built in LAN.

 

[Gandalf]

ECS K7S5A, that is your answer. They use either SDRAM or DDR. Plus, built in LAN.

Does this support XP chips?

 

[Kendan]

Does this support XP chips?

Yes it does. check out the K7S5A FAQ in the ecs section of the AMD motherboard forum. I have one myself.

 

[DaveB]

That ECS board is useless for overclocking. I had my Shuttle AK31 running an Athlon 1.4 @ 1.65 GHz and an XP 1800+ @ 1.725 GHz. And these were 100% stable speeds. I could run the XP 1800+ as high as 1.772 GHz but it had some stability issues so you wouldn't want to go that high.

 

[Gandalf]

Well I don't really need that board to overclock all that much. I just need something that will be stable.

Thanx for the input everyone.

 

[flounder43]

That ECS board is useless for overclocking. I had my Shuttle AK31 running an Athlon 1.4 @ 1.65 GHz and an XP 1800+ @ 1.725 GHz. And these were 100% stable speeds. I could run the XP 1800+ as high as 1.772 GHz but it had some stability issues so you wouldn't want to go that high.

I disagree. I ran a Duron [email protected] for 2 months on that mobo. There is no multilper overclocking, but with the right bios, fsb overclocking is good, and people have been very happy with the results...

 

[res0r9lm]

I disagree dually is the cheapest way to go. the board might be more but you make that up with not having to buy extra ram, video card, hard drive, nic, cables, case, ect..