Mobo makes the difference

[Davey D]

I had recently bought an opty 170 to replace the athlon 64 3500 in my setup.

I was running on an msi k8n neo4 platinum and 4 x 512mb corsair 3200xlpro ram. no matter what I did I couldn't get the opty to boot into windows above 250 x 10. I knew there must be more in the cpu and ram, so I splashed out on an asus a8n sli premium. the difference is outstanding. straight away I can run 270 x 10 rock solid. I haven't tried any further yet, but I'm confident I can get more
on another plus there is no northbridge fan on the a8n sli premium, so the rig is much quieter too

 

[Matt82]

i wonder where i can find a hierachy of best clocking boards

 

[Jokester]

You likely won't get more than about 270MHz out of the A8N to be honest, DFI are the kings when it comes to hitting stable speeds at 300MHz+, any of their NF4 boards should be able to do hit those speeds.

Jokester

 

[Stan_Lite]

My A8N SLI Premium would boot at 280 with my X2 4400+ but wouldn't prime. Best I could get it prime stable was 265X10.

That's why I've ordered a DFI NF4 Expert for my new Opty 170 rig

Stan

 

[matt100]

same here, a8n great for decent clock stability.

DFI expert now for shaky uber clocks