Abit IP-95 Micro ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Any Good?

MeatLoaf · 17 Jan 2007 at 11:22

Looking to jump to C2D again but as i only have a MATX case/mobo im limited by my choice of mobo

Anyone got the abit one listed in the title? Seems a decent buy for £40, especially if combined with a E6300

FirebarUK · 17 Jan 2007 at 11:33

Single channel DDR, old chipset and naff onboard features tbh. I wouldn't bother. The ASrock Conroe945-DVI is a much better bet.

If you want an Abit, perhaps something like;

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=LG-95&fMTYPE=LGA775

MeatLoaf · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:17

I hadnt noticed it was only a DDR mobo.

Looks like it may have to be the asrock then.

FirebarUK · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:27

Sorry I mean't to say single channel DDR2. The other Abit or the ASrock are your best bet. The other Abit may be a good clocker though, no reviews of it yet.

WJA96 · 17 Jan 2007 at 13:34

Have you had a look at the spec on that LG-95 FirebarUK? It's a 945G like the ASRock 945DVI. And it doesn't have a uGuri BIOS so it's not a clocker unfortunately. I thought they had a 965 mATX board in the offing?

FirebarUK · 17 Jan 2007 at 14:06

Yeah noticed it was a 945G but was hoping for something special

waaa
That 965 mATX is still yet to materialise, its taking forever!

Sumanji · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:43

This should really be stickied somewhere...

mATX mobo Bible

sja360 · 20 Jan 2007 at 00:43

Sumanji said:
This should really be stickied somewhere...

mATX mobo Bible

so going by that the Abit LG-80/81 is the board to get to be within a chance of overclocking? im personally looking at around a 333FSB overclock (not a lot i know but i believe a E4300 would be easier to overclock seeing as it starts at 200FSB)

WJA96 · 20 Jan 2007 at 08:37

sja360 said:
so going by that the Abit LG-80/81 is the board to get to be within a chance of overclocking? im personally looking at around a 333FSB overclock (not a lot i know but i believe a E4300 would be easier to overclock seeing as it starts at 200FSB)

Unfortunately the LG-81 isn't Core2Duo compatible as the PWM isn't up to it. The mATX mobo bible thread does pretty much make it very, very clear there is no decent overclocking board for Core2Duo's at the moment.

FirebarUK · 20 Jan 2007 at 10:53

Yet if you don't have a Core2Duo, the LG81 is amazing

WJA96 · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:03

FirebarUK said:
Yet if you don't have a Core2Duo, the LG81 is amazing

Absolutely - agreed 100%. The LG-81 is possibly the best mATX overclocking motherboard yet. I did 4GHz on air with a 3GHz P4 on one of these. PWM temp was disabled as it was just off the scale (120C+) but it just went on and on and on. It was also a very fast board at stock CPU speeds. If you want to overclock a Presler or a Smithfield 805, this is the board to do it with.

Tute · 20 Jan 2007 at 13:17

Yeah, there's lots of amazing choice if you're running anything except a Core2Duo CPU.

I'd say get the Conroe945G-DVI. Got it here and it's no overclocker but it's a solid, stable board.

The 965G boards are on their way... apparently. Seems Intel had massive problems with the first releases.