whats the best micro atx for ocing?

Gerard

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Ive ben looking at a few and the Gigabyte K8NMF-9 - K8 939 nForce4 looks like a pretty nice board, also has 4 ram slots on it. Hard to find reviews on micro atx though it seems, anyone got any experience with micro atx and overclocking?
 
Yes, me. :)

I say this to everyone, but I highly recommend the Biostar TForce 939. I hve one and my Opteron will do 2.6 no problem. It's easily the best mATX 939 board out there for overclocking, loads of options including memory dividers, multiplier options, full control of RAM timings, Vcore and RAM voltages.
Take a look at this thread:
www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=963584

Alternatively, you could go for the Foxconn 6150K8MA-8KRS. As well as having the 6150 gfx chip, it's got a few more I/O options like Firewire due to the 430 chipset. Although it's not quite as good as the Biostar for overclocking it's still a capable performer:
www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=993989&page=3

I'd steer clear of the Gigabyte board you specified if you want to OC, the 6100 based one will be more capable, although the NB heatsink makes fitting a Zalman vf700 to your gfx card difficult.
 
Hmm ive checked around that forum and noted the sticky thread

Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 **** Note: 6150+430
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 **** Note: 6100+430



What exactly does the "note" at the end of the motherboard names refer to?
 
Gerard said:
Hmm ive checked around that forum and noted the sticky thread

Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 **** Note: 6150+430
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 **** Note: 6100+430



What exactly does the "note" at the end of the motherboard names refer to?
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Its the chipset on the mobo.

The Tforce is a good board. Is running my opty at 2.88 ghz. Any higher and its unstable.
 
Hmm might have to take a look at that board, not really a"brand" name board like abit or whatever but if it works :)
 
Gerard said:
Hmm might have to take a look at that board, not really a"brand" name board like abit or whatever but if it works :)
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I thought the same, but I took the plunge and it's fine.
 
Biostar are a much bigger brand than you'd first imagine. They sell far more boards in the USA and Asia, not so much in Europe, hence you havn't heard of them. They are known for stable good quality boards so don't worry about getting a lemon.

Another recomendation for the TForce as all the reviews rate it very highly.
 
My Biostar came yesterday; I fancied a change from my DFI SLI-D.

My first impression is 'wow' for £50 the board comes very neatly packages and has some great features (such as onboard power on/off, reboot etc)

I'm fiddling with overclocks at the moment; I'm still trying to get my 3700SD stable at 250FSB. Updated the BIOS this morning so will have another bash when I get home :)
 
axer said:
My Biostar came yesterday; I fancied a change from my DFI SLI-D.

My first impression is 'wow' for £50 the board comes very neatly packages and has some great features (such as onboard power on/off, reboot etc)

I'm fiddling with overclocks at the moment; I'm still trying to get my 3700SD stable at 250FSB. Updated the BIOS this morning so will have another bash when I get home :)
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Keep me posted (and anyone else who happens to be interested;))!

I found 250 easily attainable with my 146. Put my RAM (Crucial Value) on the 166 divider, dropped HT multi to 3, and upped the Vcore to "1.45V" in Bios (real world voltage of about 1.4V or something). I also upped the PCI clock to 101MHz (some people say this is better...). To go further I found that I had to lower the NB->SB width (i think it was that one) one notch to 8 speed i think, in the chipset options.

I'm using a modded B02 BIOS with the annoying TForce splash screen removed. The one thing that dissapoints me is that there's no option to alter LDT or NB Voltage.

What's the rest of your spec?
 
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