I am considering buying an asus p3v4x slot one board,and was curious if its the best decision, some say its great for over clocking. So what is probably the best board in the area of the slot one(p3v4x(price wise mainly)). Most options, most reliable for overclocking,compatability for newer processors and techsupport, performance etc.
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Good slot 1 board?
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If you're after the ASus, try to ensure it's an early model. Later models haven't got as many FSB options.
Personally I 've got a Soyo SY6VCA. Same chipset as the Asus, but a bit cheaper I found. Goes right the way up to 166Mhz in the BOIS (although I found it wouldn't POST unless the END key was pressed on restart from Windows at speeds over 116Mhz- But then I was running my pII400 at stock volts with retail sink on it).
Personally I 've got a Soyo SY6VCA. Same chipset as the Asus, but a bit cheaper I found. Goes right the way up to 166Mhz in the BOIS (although I found it wouldn't POST unless the END key was pressed on restart from Windows at speeds over 116Mhz- But then I was running my pII400 at stock volts with retail sink on it).
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The Abit BF6 is a GREAT overclocking board, and I have seen them very reasonably priced. It was the winner in the OC database when it was compiled to see what combinations were the most successful. I have a cb0 PIII-700 running at 1050 on one, and it's been up for almost a year straight 24/7 without a hiccup. I run a Promise UDMA controller on it, and it is very fast.
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BF6 also, or BE6 II, or Soyo 6BA+IV.
I'd be happy with ANY one of them
Mr B
I'd be happy with ANY one of them
Mr B
Hi there 
so i think the best Slot1 board is the Gigabyte BX 2000+. Not for Overclocking, but i think its a 100% stable board with a great Layout. I will tell you some Overclockoptions, you can increase the core voltage (10%) and you have fsb opitions like (66,100,112,124,133,142,152) and at 133Mhz you can choose between 1/3 PCI Divider and 1/4 PCI Divider. I think these options are enough for overclocking. Look at the Gigabyte page for more information
So long
fichte
Gigabyte BX 2000+
PIII800E@992 MHZ
124 MHZ FSB
41 MHZ PCI
Golden Orb
so i think the best Slot1 board is the Gigabyte BX 2000+. Not for Overclocking, but i think its a 100% stable board with a great Layout. I will tell you some Overclockoptions, you can increase the core voltage (10%) and you have fsb opitions like (66,100,112,124,133,142,152) and at 133Mhz you can choose between 1/3 PCI Divider and 1/4 PCI Divider. I think these options are enough for overclocking. Look at the Gigabyte page for more information
So long
fichte
Gigabyte BX 2000+
PIII800E@992 MHZ
124 MHZ FSB
41 MHZ PCI
Golden Orb
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Soyo SY-6BA+100. Very stable with full overclocking features.
Intel BX Chipset
HighPoint HPT370 - ATA100 with IDE RAID
FSBs: 66, 75, 78, 81, 83, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 112, 113, 115, 112, 117, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140, 142, 144, 150, 155
DIMM Slots: 4
PCI Slots: 5
ISA Slot: 2
AGP Slot:1
Ideally suited for a Slotket/FC-PGA combo. Core voltage increases by percentage in BIOS on top of slotket core setting. This gives unlimited core settings. Works great with SoftFSB.
Intel BX Chipset
HighPoint HPT370 - ATA100 with IDE RAID
FSBs: 66, 75, 78, 81, 83, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 112, 113, 115, 112, 117, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140, 142, 144, 150, 155
DIMM Slots: 4
PCI Slots: 5
ISA Slot: 2
AGP Slot:1
Ideally suited for a Slotket/FC-PGA combo. Core voltage increases by percentage in BIOS on top of slotket core setting. This gives unlimited core settings. Works great with SoftFSB.
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Get a BF6 for they can overclock higher than the P3V4X, i could get to 877 on the p3v4x but on the bf6 i could get to 1015 on my Celeron II 700 (1015 no games 2.2v 956 games and stable 2.1)
