best socket A mobo to overclock 2500-m

cokecan · 22 May 2006 at 21:33

got a little project planned for in a month or so. want to have a stab at water cooling, and though what better way than to see how high i can clock a 2500m

my old one i used to have in my shuttle was stable at 2.6 on air cooling. would post at 2.7 but restart when booting. really wish i hadnt sold that now

If your reading this (as i did sell it on here just over a year ago now) and you remember buying it from me, do you want to sell it back? its the one with the chip down one side of the core! lol

anyway, what would be the best socket A mobo to overclock this with??
a decent bios and possible volt modability would be nice

also somethin that supports sata

any ideas??

cheers

cokecan · 22 May 2006 at 23:08

oh just thought of another thing id like back...soundstorm

i knwo one of the socket A nForce 2 boards didnt have it on??

hmm, 2600-m might be worth while then?? id like to hit the magic 3ghz

cokecan · 22 May 2006 at 23:42

ive allready got a 754 rig as my main comp (3400+ clawhammer that wont clock for buggery)

besides i still retain a certain love for all things socket A, soundstorm and Athlon XP's lol

that 3.4 xp would be nice

, though the fsb is a tad low?? i was gettin 225 - 230 in my shuttle with a gig of gskill LE and my old 2500-m (that was an AQYHA stepping too)

any particular bios for the DFI NF2 ultra-B?

i know how some of the custom bioses were pretty good and gave ya loads of extra features

cokecan · 23 May 2006 at 23:09

yeah i figure finding the bits is gonna be the hard part

, really wish i hadnt sold my cpu now.

i am planning on gettin some old skool BH-5 to run in it, possibly with either volt mod or ram booster (booster would probs be safer lol) so i can get 2,2,2,5 out of it at anythin up to 250fsb

cokecan · 23 May 2006 at 23:21

hmmm, well thats good news if it will do 3.3v anyway. im sure i could get close to if not get 250fsb with that.

primarily im aiming at anythin up to 250fsb, but if it will go more then all good

whats the max vcore possible on the ultra-b?

btw, was there a pic in your last post?

cokecan · 23 May 2006 at 23:46

ok, vdimm mod aint a problem. did this on my old socket A shuttle to get my gskill LE to a decent speed as the shuttles bios locked out the vdimm option(obviously it will be a diff mod but similar in principle)

before i just used a POT to vary the vdimm and a multimeter to measure

lol, infact did the same mod on the NB (VDD). guess i could do the same thing here after a bit of research

oo, thats another thing, can you actually change the NB voltage, if so what max voltage can you get on the NB? as i know a small increase in this can also help to keep things stable

and last question. are there any more common alternatives to the ultra-B, just incase i find one and manage to kill it. the NF7-s maybe even though the FSB limit (not too fussed on that though as any increase in fsb will be good)

cokecan · 24 May 2006 at 00:08

yeah thats what i was thinkin, jsut another .1 of a volt or 2.

ok, thanks for all the info. seems like i may be almost set

1 last thing lol. 2x512 or 2x256 BH-5?? i was gonna go for 2x256 as ive seen stupid results with this (less strain on the mem controller??)

before, i used a gig but that was TCCD, just slackened the timings and should get reasonable fsb's, but with BH-5 i want tight timings as well as good fsb (not to mention with 3v+ ill need a fan strapped to the top of them for a bit of active cooling lol)

cokecan · 24 May 2006 at 00:24

lol it is just for a laugh really but also braggin rights if i ever manage it

though after that, maybe just used as a spare.

2x256 it is then

cokecan · 24 May 2006 at 19:18

ah dude, id have whiped that cpu out ya hands straight away

ah well, think i may have sourced a dfi mobo though

EDIt: looks to be a revA and not a B but im sure it should still clock well?? the original owner says he had it to 240mhz so all good

cokecan · 24 May 2006 at 20:24

would the volt mods for the DFI rev-B work the same ont he rev-A???

cokecan · 24 May 2006 at 21:19

i havnt parted with anythin yet. still mulling it over.

my hold out for a rev-b then...

EDIT: it seems that the board is an infinity. seems the infinity has the same layour as th erev-B so all the volt mods would be the same accordin to techPowerUp's article

cokecan · 25 May 2006 at 01:12

onboard power switching as in the 2 little switches on the mobo to restart and poweron/off the mobo?? meh, no big loss there even though they could be handy and not that fussed on gigabit lan as my router only supports upto 100mbps anyway

put my name on the board anyway. £35 inc aint to bad, plus im gettin a spare bios with it

bargin!

cokecan · 26 May 2006 at 01:38

lol thats what i thought.

yeah ive been lookin into the bios saviour yesterday, i think it's gonna be best to invest in one. £20 aint that much if it saves me the hassle of hotflashing etc, plus its safer!