Best micro ATX AM2 board for overclocking??????

I had an ECS RS485M that did decent. I had it at 250Mhz on an A64 3000+ (2.25Ghz) but was then limited by cooling. It probably could have gone higher. GREAT board for the price ($50)

Abit NF-M2 nView - $95 on newegg I remember it used to be ~$80 =/

Review on hardCoreware.net they got it to 340 HTT


-Long

That board looks AWESOME! I wish I would have seen that when I was looking for another board.

Thanks for the advice. Looks like I'll go with the Abit NF-M2 nView.

Er... that isn't the NF-M2 nView board. The one you linked to is a cheaper version, the NF-M2S, with the 6100/405 or 410 chipset.

I would agree the NF-M2 is probably a good board but I thought the latest news is saying that the Biostar TA690G board was a better overclocker? Is that not the case?

I know they were saying the 690G IGP was slightly better than the 6150/430 in terms of graphics performance but I also thought I read where folks liked the OC ability of the board.

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here's a review on the Biostar TA690G on VR-Zone

"My only gripe about the board: despite having all the tweaking options available in the BIOS, the board can barely overclock. Even after I plop in a better cooler like the Scythe Mine with a 120mm fan, the board still refuses to budge even 5Mhz off stock HTT. Honestly speaking, I wouldn't expect this board to fare too well in overclocking as it's not the main purpose the board's designed for in the first place.."

This Sapphire Board is supposed to be a good OCer (for uATX). It uses the new 690G chipset.
The color looks interesting, but its not glow-in-the-dark or UV. Its out of stock at the Egg right now, ETA is set for this weekend.

u mean 235 HTT from a 200 HTT stock? The BIOS can set the HTT from 200-400 doesn't mean the board can goes that high AND stay stable with the clock speed, unless it's modded and paired with Liquid Nitrogen

"This motherboard is not intended to be a serious overclocker, but instead to be an asset to the digital home environment."

Yeah. Stock settings are 200mhz x 11 = 2.2ghz

Yikes. I guess I was way off base there then. Glad I qualified. I had thought I read that it was a decent OC'er but I must have latched on to the statement about "having all the tweaking options available" and then went blind immediately or something. I have looked at so many boards and read so many reviews lately I can't keep them straight anymore. Thanks for the heads-up.

Check this out. Looks good to me. What do you guys think?

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=147431

yes sir, that means its a 200 HTT stock + another 35 HTT overclock = 235 HTT

NOT a 200 HTT stock + another 200 HTT overclock = 400 HTT


Sorry, must've misunderstood, I meant its going from 2.2ghz to 2.59 (nearly 400mhz!)
C'mon my math isn't THAT bad.

I've read that the biostar ta690g board comes with a bracket for S/Pdif optical output? does anyone know if this is true?

I will not be getting a HDCP TV for some time; but I can get by with S-video to the projector and optical to my 5.1 amp.
I'll not be overclocking this one.