Best DDR1 conroe overclocking board or setup ?

Subliminal Aura · 9 Mar 2007 at 13:10

Right I've been following the threads and the latest hit seems to be this one curiously provided by WJA96 :cool:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8902695&postcount=251

So my question is ' Whats currently the best board /setup to go from an old DDR1 athlon with no gfx '

ps It doesn't have to be mATX it can be any form factor but really should give me the best clock on a conroe.

// edit my current setups include
1 : the one in my sig
2 : Asrock-DUALVSTA (linux)
3 : p5n-e sli (windows test machine)
4 : Asus Striker (windows test machine)

What I want to do is upgrade my 3 ? (there may be more in boxes with ram !

) linux servers to c2d CHEAPLY and have a good overclock on them.
// edit

Cheers

Darg · 9 Mar 2007 at 14:23

AFAIK there only seems to be one board that supports DDR1 and C2D and that's the Asrock DUAL-VSTA. Certainly not a good overclocker but nice otherwise.

If you want a good C2D overclock you must buy decent DDR2 RAM.

EDIT: Just looked at the board you linked to. Seems to pretty much be a m-ATX version of the DUAL-VSTA that only supports DDR1 and AGP. Still won't go over 300FSB just like the DUAL-VSTA.

Subliminal Aura · 9 Mar 2007 at 14:44

Thanks mate but read the thread from the linky I sent above

Your options are

Asrock DUAL-VSTA : Rubbish overclocker 320mhz if your lucky with mods - I have mine at stock most people go to 295mhz

4CoreDual-VSTA : Not sure how high this goes but again with asrock I feel its 300mhz

Asrock 775i65 paired with an e4300 seems to be able to hit 2.7 which is same baseline as the other 2 boards ? correct me if I am wrong.

Think I'm going to try the 775i65/e4300 setup.

BOY do I hate these forums I have just put this into my cart also thought I'd have a multimedia machine too :rolleyes:

2 x 1024Mb DDR2 800MHz Memmory Module £xxxx
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8Ghz £xxxx
Abit F-I90HD £xxxx

Total Inc. £260ish

edited out prices

trojan698 · 9 Mar 2007 at 15:50

Why the Abit?

Subliminal Aura · 9 Mar 2007 at 16:30

trojan698 said:
Why the Abit?

Good clocks on it already ? Damn impulse buy ? Maybe there are better mATX boards out there ?

http://forums.anandtech.com/message...eyword=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

trojan698 · 9 Mar 2007 at 16:42

Ah you're looking for mATX, fair enough then

Subliminal Aura · 9 Mar 2007 at 17:03

trojan698 said:
Ah you're looking for mATX, fair enough then

Yup but I'm undecided on whats the best solution for the original post.

ie

' Best DDR1 conroe overclocking board or setup ? ' (irrespective of form factor)

geff_r · 10 Mar 2007 at 11:47

It's this one It supports 4 x sticks of ddr1 aswell as opposed to 2 on the others.
But these asrock boards are only good if paired with a 4300.
Max i've seen and i have done a lot of research on forums etc is 2.7 ghz
with a 4300.Board makers could easily give us boards that support core 2 and
ddr1 agp and overclock well etc but they don't want to do that for obvious reasons.Btw there's an asus board too that supports core 2 ddr1 etc too
here
I was thinking along same lines but have decided no point really just throwing good money after bad may aswell stick with what you have and save until you can afford the big upgrade.Good thing about that is watching the prices fall.