Suggestions for a OCable MOBO

[nocrapman]

I would appreciate any suggestions - what ppl here think is really good for OCing. I dont want to mess with too many options upfront. Relative noob to OCing.

 

[ctbrown]

DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D

 

[nocrapman]

I have been recommended this one before - does it support crossfire?

Just curios - what do u do with ur Home theatre setup - do u have it in the living room or something. Oh I just noticed the projector... how is the picture output?

 

[Spook]

Originally posted by: ctbrown
DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D

NF4 = Nvidia... so no crossfire support

 

[Effect]

Hmmm, some people say the 939Dual-SATA2 is a good overclocker, have you tried oc'ing yet? If you can track down Zebo's oc'ing guide, it should help you out should you need it.

 

[gobucks]

for a good Crossfire overclocking mobo, i hear the abit AT8 32X is pretty nice. I had the AT8 16-lane version, and i think i had a buggy board but other than that it was really sweet. I've heard good things about it, and the RD580 is supposed to be able to hit 300 FSB without adjusting the HTT multiplier. I'd steer clear of RD480 based boards, i've heard they have some issues with crossfire and memory compatibility

As for other boards, DFI's Ultra-D and SLI-DR are both good choices. Also, Abits more recent boards seem to be pretty good. The AN8 32X has been getting great reviews, and i have one and have really liked it. The only problem is that with the 1.0 bios, the HTT bus doesnt like to boot any higher than 280MHz. With the beta 1.1 bios though, i've heard it hits like 325, and i even saw 1 review where they hit 345!!!! I've heard that ULi board Effect was talking about is good too, although i'm not sure how well nvidia's driver support will be now that they bought out the company.

 

[ctbrown]

You can mod a DFI nF4 Ultra-D to an SLI. Although personally, I would just spend the exra $$ and get the DFI nF4 SLI-D. See link for more info on the mod.

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10736

Just curios - what do u do with ur Home theatre setup - do u have it in the living room or something. Oh I just noticed the projector... how is the picture output?

My HTPC is dedicated to playing DVDs and DIVX (I love HRHD DIVX). I used to have a TV card, but the quality was not that great. The HTPC connects to the projector via the VGA port. There is also the option of using component imput via an adapter. I currently use it in my living room but my plan is to set it up in a dedicated Home theater room sometime in the future. If your interested in this kind of stuff, checkout the AVS forum (link below):

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=68

 

[nocrapman]

Originally posted by: Effect
Hmmm, some people say the 939Dual-SATA2 is a good overclocker, have you tried oc'ing yet? If you can track down Zebo's oc'ing guide, it should help you out should you need it.

You can overclock it to an extent but it is limited by a voltage clamp at 1.45, which u can increase - only through a voltage mod though - something I dont have the leydig cells for...
As far as Zebo's guide is concerned - is this the one you were reffering to: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1497607&enterthread=y

Or is there another one around?

 

[nocrapman]

Originally posted by: ctbrown
You can mod a DFI nF4 Ultra-D to an SLI. Although personally, I would just spend the exra $$ and get the DFI nF4 SLI-D. See link for more info on the mod.

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10736

Just curios - what do u do with ur Home theatre setup - do u have it in the living room or something. Oh I just noticed the projector... how is the picture output?

My HTPC is dedicated to playing DVDs and DIVX (I love HRHD DIVX). I used to have a TV card, but the quality was not that great. The HTPC connects to the projector via the VGA port. There is also the option of using component imput via an adapter. I currently use it in my living room but my plan is to set it up in a dedicated Home theater room sometime in the future. If your interested in this kind of stuff, checkout the AVS forum (link below):

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=68

Thanks for the link - pretty interesting stuff.
Dfi looks great - but seems to have some RAM compatibility issues...

 

[nocrapman]

Originally posted by: gobucks
Abits more recent boards seem to be pretty good. The AN8 32X has been getting great reviews, and i have one and have really liked it. The only problem is that with the 1.0 bios, the HTT bus doesnt like to boot any higher than 280MHz. With the beta 1.1 bios though, i've heard it hits like 325, and i even saw 1 review where they hit 345!!!! I've heard that ULi board Effect was talking about is good too, although i'm not sure how well nvidia's driver support will be now that they bought out the company.

I really like this board from what I see and read about it: ABIT AN8 32X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard .
Thanks for ur input.