SIS648 - Which board to buy?

[LouPoir]

Well I tried the Asus P4S8X, big dissapointment.

Anyone try the Shuttle AS45GTR - need overclocking ability.

Any other suggestions.

Lou

 

[o1die]

I would wait and see if new bios releases permit the gigabyte 8sg667 to overclock. The sis 648 boards have not been overclocking very well.

 

[First]

The Gigabyte 8SG667 is the best SiS 648 board on the market so far. If you have to buy now, go with this board.

Also, this board overclocks just fine, you just can't adjust any voltages. I was able to hit 150MHz FSB using a 2.26GHz Northwood-B processor, retail Intel HSF cooling (thermal pad), fan running at 2500 RPM, and using an Allied PSU. This is all on 1.5V we can't adjust. Gigabyte won't be adding any voltage adjustments, which is too bad.

So yes, this is a very good board, even if you want to do some overclocking...

 

[LeThurneK]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
...Gigabyte won't be adding any voltage adjustments, which is too bad...

do you have word on that evan or are you just reffering to the rev.1 board since the rev.2 board has the IT8705 chip which is capable of voltage adjustments and hardware monitoring?

 

[First]

Originally posted by: LeThurneK

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
...Gigabyte won't be adding any voltage adjustments, which is too bad...

do you have word on that evan or are you just reffering to the rev.1 board since the rev.2 board has the IT8705 chip which is capable of voltage adjustments and hardware monitoring?

Gigabyte tells me that the current 8SG667 boards on the market and in the future won't have voltage adjustments because they are "mainstream" parts. In addition, they didn't specifically mention anything about a Rev. 2 8SG667, which may or may not be in the works. I'll have to get back to you on that one...

 

[Siegfried]

The AOpen board also looks really promising, as it's one of the only other manufacturers that states on their website that the board is made to accept DDR 400. The only problem that I see with it is that it can't be found anywhere yet, except maybe in Japan or other asian countries. I don't know it for sure, but that's what it looks like from the very few links in google. Only problem is that since I can't find any reviews on it, I have no idea about overclocking features, stability and the likes. From my past experience (which is not extensive), I've never seen many problems with AOpen boards though.

If someone has any information on this board that they could share, it would be really useful! Or maybe someone like Evan could convince AOpen to give him some info

 

[First]

Originally posted by: Siegfried
The AOpen board also looks really promising, as it's one of the only other manufacturers that states on their website that the board is made to accept DDR 400. The only problem that I see with it is that it can't be found anywhere yet, except maybe in Japan or other asian countries. I don't know it for sure, but that's what it looks like from the very few links in google. Only problem is that since I can't find any reviews on it, I have no idea about overclocking features, stability and the likes. From my past experience (which is not extensive), I've never seen many problems with AOpen boards though.

If someone has any information on this board that they could share, it would be really useful! Or maybe someone like Evan could convince AOpen to give him some info

Actually I have this board in my lab right now. I have yet to find the time to test it, but the features and price look pretty good from where I'm standing.

 

[Siegfried]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Actually I have this board in my lab right now. I have yet to find the time to test it, but the features and price look pretty good from where I'm standing.

Gah! Such a teaser! Can't wait to get more info on this nice board! Thanks for the update!

 

[Oakenfold]

Actually I have this board in my lab right now.

Now that's just wrong...you realize in some parts of the country we come to your lab and assist you in testing it out for holding out don't you?




Lou I'm dying to get my hands on the gigabyte if you find anyone with it in lmk.

 

[Soldat]

I'll let you know how the abit is if the damn thing ever gets here...........