Best old P4 Motherboard

SMlFFY · 15 Jun 2009 at 06:30

Hi guys,
Been giving a P4 2.6 533mhz CPU and need to know what's the best overclocking motherboard for a reasonable price I can get?
Its currently in An Abit SG-71, which to be honest is ***p!!!!

It's Socket 478 as well

Thanks in advance.

SMlFFY

cmndr_andi · 15 Jun 2009 at 08:02

SMlFFY · 15 Jun 2009 at 09:14

Sorry should have said. Its Skt 478

Venares · 15 Jun 2009 at 09:20

Best best is try and find a second hand Asus p4c800-e either in the members market or the bay, otherwise use it as a key ring.

cmndr_andi · 15 Jun 2009 at 09:24

Sorry, was being a bit cheeky with my response.

That said, s478 boards are not made any more so you will need to look for second hand ones. However, pentium 4 is a hot, inefficient chip, you would be much better off getting a new core 2 duo and s775 board (or a AMD 45nm X2) as it will be
MUCH faster and cooler, especially when overclocking.

jbloggs · 15 Jun 2009 at 11:44

Venares said:
Best best is try and find a second hand Asus p4c800-e either in the members market or the bay, otherwise use it as a key ring.

Or an Asus P4P800 (E) Deluxe, which is an i856PE chip...but to be honest o/cing that cpu won't gain much!

SinaiSound · 15 Jun 2009 at 17:16

Like others have said, the Asus p4c800-e is the one you want, though the price of 2nd ones is fairly keen, so you may have to ask whether it's worth it or not