A good read for uATX G33 Boards

musx64 · 28 Sep 2007 at 18:32

Hi

This is a good read for anyone considering a uatx G33 Motherboard.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3111

including Asus, Gigabyte & MSI

Jokester · 28 Sep 2007 at 18:37

I've got a Gigabyte board in the post, bit disappointed by the overclocking results there, picked it over the Asus because of the RAID.

Jokester

Kezmo · 28 Sep 2007 at 18:55

3.6 overclock on a quad looks good to me

gonna hit heat issues before fsb.

Biffa · 28 Sep 2007 at 20:40

Jokester, remember not all boards are equal, just like CPU's

I've got a Gigabyte G33 and can get 3.2Ghz out of a G3 Quad. And I had absolutely no luck when I tested the Asus with the same CPU/ram combo.

Go figure eh?

Jokester · 28 Sep 2007 at 20:43

Either way I'll be clocking the nuts off it and modding it.

Jokester

Biffa · 28 Sep 2007 at 20:54

Any specs on the build?

I've just bought a effluents load of stuff for some builds this weekend, no mATX stuff but since watercooling my Quad in the mATX rig I've got the bug and am going to build a new desktop machine from scratch watercooled, and watercool my C2D E6420 rig.

Jokester · 28 Sep 2007 at 20:59

E2140
Gigabyte G33 board
2GB Ballistix
Solid State RAID
8800GTS 320
500W

Hoping to squeeze it all into a Sugo SG03 and watercool everything, it's going to be tight.

Jokester

Biffa · 28 Sep 2007 at 21:08

Wow good luck with that, definitely the next mATX rig I build will be a Silverstone TJ08, its got two 120mm fan spots just begging for a couple of PA120.1's

***F1ZZY*** · 29 Sep 2007 at 02:22

I've been eyeing the TJ08 for a while and I reckon a 160.1 "might" just fit in the front with some TLC and removing the HDD bays (which are in a silly place anyway)

Bane · 29 Sep 2007 at 10:44

Jokester said:
Solid State RAID

Will be interesting to know how it works out. Make sure you take some pictures too

Jokester · 29 Sep 2007 at 11:04

The access time makes all the difference but it's the silence I love.

Jokester

Tute · 29 Sep 2007 at 12:39

Haha, nice.

Been meaning to pick up a better cooler and fans for my setup for a while now, maybe I should, especially if the Asus overclocks as well as Anandtech shows.