Best Athlon 64 Overclocked Mobo

[nadkoolio]

What is the best motherboard if I want to overclock my Athlon 64 2800+?

 

[scottchen]

High-ends
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
Chaintech ZNF3-250

Mid range
Chaintech VNG3-250
Gigabyte K8NS-Pro

Budget
Gigabyte GAK8NS-Pro

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[nadkoolio]

So the NVIDIA nForce3 250 is better than the VIA K8T800? I want whatevers best for overclocking.

 

[scottchen]

VIA isn't for overclocking, since they don't offer AGP/PCI lock, however the new VIA chipsets are coming out, and they promised AGP/PCI lock, but i haven't seen any yet. Just stick with NForce3 250/GB.

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[Cybercraig]

Scott's got right except for the best budget board. That has to be the Chaintech VNF3-250 @ $69.00. The highest clock I've seen on it is 240mhz.

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[scottchen]

Unless you lower the HT multiplier.

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[nadkoolio]

where is it for 69

 

[Cybercraig]

I've never tried it with 69, but that is a kinky idea! Mwave.com [while they last].

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[JerrLazo]

What about Shuttle? I just bought shuttles AN51R, with hopes of overclocking it. From a few reviews, its overclocks decently. Here is its link...
http://eu.shuttle.com/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-36/7_read-5/

And here is just one review about it. Its a pretty stable, basic board, but it overclocks decently, as long as you take into account extra cooling.
http://reviews.pimprig.com/motherboards/shuttle_an51r_nforce3_250.php

I hope my 3 cents helped.


Thanks; Jerry Lazo

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[Crashman]

Hehe, dragging up old post I see! Anandtech did a review a couple weeks ago showing the best A64 overclocking board, I think it was a DFI again.

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