Best mATX conroe capable board for sensible money

musx64 · 19 Mar 2007 at 07:26

go here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8959832#post8959832

musx64 · 20 Mar 2007 at 06:28

Hi

Have you seen this New (I think it's a mATX) board From Asrock:

4Core1333-DVI/H, based on ATI™ Radeon® Xpress 1250 and ATI™ SB600 chipsets, is compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs, supports Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, Quad Core Kentsfield processors.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/asrock/cebit/g1.htm

I want one !

WJA96 · 20 Mar 2007 at 07:33

Well, we know 2 things about it - it uses the same chipset as the new Abit (that does 350MHz FSB on a 1066 strap) and it has a 1333 strap, so you would expect at least 50% headroom which would say to me that 400FSB might, at last, be possible. If you use the conductive pencil mod on a 266MHz part rather than the 200MHz E4300, the board will boot at 333MHz/1333MHz so we may, at last, have a decent overclocking mATX motherboard - but once again, I'm not holding my breath!

ASRock do seem to be making some good stuff at the moment. Certainly more stuff I'm prepared to buy that many other motherboard manufacturers.

musx64 · 20 Mar 2007 at 07:40

Woohoo ! Happy days are coming !

Tute · 20 Mar 2007 at 12:20

Im see they still haven't moved that stupid power connector to a better position. :rolleyes:

[Edit] Is that Crossfire I see? There certainly looks to be two PCIe x16 slots.

musx64 · 20 Mar 2007 at 17:00

Tute said:
Im see they still haven't moved that stupid power connector to a better position.

[Edit] Is that Crossfire I see? There certainly looks to be two PCIe x16 slots.

for a physics card, i think thats what you call it.

peetee · 20 Mar 2007 at 17:10

didnt think ati were implementing a physics solution until crossfire2 came about?

musx64 · 20 Mar 2007 at 19:29

well their already on the dfi rd600 board.

peetee · 20 Mar 2007 at 19:40

fair dos

Tute · 20 Mar 2007 at 20:16

If you're not putting a physics card in there can it be used for Crossfire then?

Rick_Barnes · 21 Mar 2007 at 00:26

No more word on the mATX front then guys?

That asrock board looks nice, cant see them letting you do crossfire though, especially on a budget board like that.

Why cant ASUS or DFI release a mint mATX conroe board, theres such a market waiting for one!

musx64 · 21 Mar 2007 at 06:57

Tute said:
If you're not putting a physics card in there can it be used for Crossfire then?

from what I can see it's just for a Physics card.

musx64 · 21 Mar 2007 at 07:05

or you might wanna consider this, do 266 mod as Mr. WJA96 is saying and get this:

still got a 945chipset, upto 4gb of 667, but has a 1333 strap. you can find it here:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ConRoe1333-DVI/H

and the review here:

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/asrock/ConRoe1333-DVI-H/g1.htm

I think this one has been factory clocked.

Rick_Barnes · 21 Mar 2007 at 22:50

I think this one has been factory clocked.

what do you mean by this?

WJA96 · 21 Mar 2007 at 23:03

Rick_Barnes said:
I think this one has been factory clocked.

what do you mean by this?

Well, let's say you want to run a CPU at 1333 but the chipset only actually supports 1066, then you can build-in a fake 1333 strap by overclocking the 1066 strap. That's what has been done here. The PCI bus has been hiked to 115 to allow it to run at 1333 so there will be very little overclocking beyond 1333QFSB.

The VIA chipset boards have been doing this for several months to allow them to support 1066QFSB processors on the older 800MHZ QFSB chipsets.

It's not our holy grail though

The grail-board is micro-ATX, 4 DDR2 slots, native 1333 strap, 600/2400 FSB/QFSB, two or more 16x PCIe busses and if you lick it, it tastes like good beer.

Rick_Barnes · 22 Mar 2007 at 12:57

TLGB - Tastes Like Good Beer

Sounds like the newest enthusiast brand to me!

Wishsomeone in the clouds would read your list and build it (beer not necessary)

Tute · 3 Apr 2007 at 20:13

Finally got around to ordering myself an F-I90HD for a "play around".

If all goes well, expect my Asrock on the MM this weekend.

musx64 · 4 Apr 2007 at 09:10

Tute said:
Finally got around to ordering myself an F-I90HD for a "play around".

If all goes well, expect my Asrock on the MM this weekend.

Let us know of your results, ta.

Tute · 5 Apr 2007 at 13:10

WJA96, mind if I add you to msn?

Board is here but there is a huge ******* problem!

WJA96 · 5 Apr 2007 at 13:58

Tute said:
WJA96, mind if I add you to msn?

Board is here but there is a huge ******* problem!

Sorry - but I can't do MSN - I'm on a Windows Cellphone (Orange M5000) but my e-mail works if you don't want to talk openly.