Abit VA-20

[Captain Kirk]

Has anyone got any views on this motherboard? I'm looking for an matx for factor socket A motherboard with hopefully a bit of overclocking room in it for an xp2500-m. Trouble is they are hard to come by. So any views on this board, or other matx boards appreciated.

 

[markyb]

Used to have one for about 6 months just as a second rig.

I used a Athlon T-Bird 1400 in it. Pretty feature packed board for a micro ATX.

AGP, DDR400, SATA e.t.c.

Not totally sure on a Overclocking board, you would be better off with any decent Nforce 2 motherboard.

 

[p4radox]

I had an A7V400-MX for my Barton 2500. Next to no proper overclocking options, the FSB is altered with a jumper on the board its self.I flipped the multiplier up to the max and had a 3200 Prime Stable! Easiest overclock ever!

 

[BUFF]

I built a VA-20 a couple of years ago for a friend's parents & it's still going strong.
Without doing pin-mods etc. an XP-M will default the board to something like a 6x multi with no multi adjustment (although something like CPUMSR may work in Windows).