athlon 64 good oc board

[StarScre4m]

I just aquired an Athlon 64 3400. I was looking for a good OC board for it. I was thinking the ABIT KV8MAX3. Anyone have any other suggestions, and dont waist my time reccomending asus.

 

[scottchen]

Why is Asus waste of time? the K8V Dlx by Asus overclocks fairly well, the Abit board's sh*t for overclocking. Go for the Chaintech's recent release of Nforce3 250, the ZNF3-250, it hits 250FSB without any troubles.

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[Crashman]

I'd go with an MSI K8N Neo.

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[StarScre4m]

realy? we see those where I work. I was thinking about that as well. do you need ecc registered memory.

 

[Crashman]

A64 3400 doesn't require ECC, only the FX and Opteron do.

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[scottchen]

No AGP/PCI lock? for overclocking? are you sure about that?

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[Crashman]

What post are you refering to? I don't see anything mentioned in this thread!

K8T800 has no AGP/PCI lock, the one on the nForce3 150 doesn't work on most boards, and the nForce3 250 should have one that works perfectly according to Anandtech and Tom's.

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[scottchen]

Oops K8NN, that N, oops haven't seen it much, was thinking K8T NEO, oops my mistake.

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[Crashman]

Tom's and Anandtech raved about this board, it's new.

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[StarScre4m]

I think I may go with the kt8 neo. now I just have to get the cash for it.

 

[scottchen]

Via chipset, bad for overclocking, your AGP/PCI devices will start failing before your CPU.

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[speeduk]

Not on my board. 😛

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[StarScre4m]

no one can agree on anything..... ughh

 

[scottchen]

Nforce3 250 chipset final answer. VIA sucks for overclocking, speeduk hasn't maxed out his CPU, since i've heard that most Athlon64 3200+, 3400+ can reach 2.4Ghz

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[markgun]

If you have to buy right now, I'd go for one of Chaintech's NF3 250 boards; otherwise, I'd wait for the MSI NF3 250 board, which should be available in early/mid May.

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[StarScre4m]

I went with the kt8 neo, it works great. I will report back with oc specs later when I decide to do it.

 

[TheRod]

The only already available MB with nForce3 250 : <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-043&depa=0" target="_new">CHAINTECH "VNF3-250"</A>

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[Cybercraig]

The Gigabyte version is now available at NewEgg for $133.00! The GA-KN8S Pro. One to a customer, please!

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