o/cing on micro atx vs atx

-Nick- · 28 Jul 2007 at 21:52

could i o/c any good with a micro atx mobo? if so what board?

Cob · 28 Jul 2007 at 21:59

For C2D's the Gigabyte G33M boards and the ASUS P5K-VM are supposed to clock pretty well.

-Nick- · 28 Jul 2007 at 22:37

Cob said:
For C2D's the Gigabyte G33M boards and the ASUS P5K-VM are supposed to clock pretty well.

how well though?

how does something a little cheaper like a "Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2" clock?

for the sake of a couple of extra cm size of the case woul i be better getting a full atx mobo?

Cob · 28 Jul 2007 at 22:53

Well the two I mentioned are getting to 400mhz FSB and have pretty much the same BIOS options as their ATX big brothers. How good that is depends on the multiplier of the CPU.

The GA-945GM-S2 has no overclocking options. Even if it did it would be severely limited as it's a 945 based board.

But if you've space for a full ATX board then you really should get one.

-Nick- · 28 Jul 2007 at 23:02

Cob said:
Well the two I mentioned are getting to 400mhz FSB and have pretty much the same BIOS options as their ATX big brothers. How good that is depends on the multiplier of the CPU.

The GA-945GM-S2 has no overclocking options. Even if it did it would be severely limited as it's a 945 based board.

But if you've space for a full ATX board then you really should get one.

ah i see, was thinking of getting the cheapest c2d as possible, the e2140 is it?

Cob · 28 Jul 2007 at 23:14

The E2140 has a x8 multiplier so, in theory, the two boards i mentioned could get it to at least 3.2ghz, probably more.

But if budget is an issue, you have space for a full ATX board, and you don't need on-board graphics, then the DFI Infinity P965-S Dark is an absolute bargain atm. It's the P965 chipset and will run and overclock the E2140 very very well.