Best 925XE overclocking board??

[ed.howell]

Well I think I might pull the trigger on a 925XE motherboard, PCI-E Graphics card and DDR2 ram. I already have my 570J ES chip. I was wondering which motherboard you guys recommend. Options are Abit Fatality, Asus P5AD2-E, or DFI 925X-T2 (I know this is a 925X, not sure if and when DFI is releasing the 925XE-T2). I will be pairing it up with 2X512 of OCZ PC2-4200 or PC2-5400 Platinum ram. I really like all the features available on the Asus board but does this board have a vcore droop problem like the P4C800E had? I don't want to have to mod the board. I have this 570J ES chip and would love to do 300+ FSB if possible.

Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

Ed

[ztop]

Well I think I might pull the trigger on a 925XE motherboard, PCI-E Graphics card and DDR2 ram. I already have my 570J ES chip. I was wondering which motherboard you guys recommend. Options are Abit Fatality, Asus P5AD2-E, or DFI 925X-T2 (I know this is a 925X, not sure if and when DFI is releasing the 925XE-T2). I will be pairing it up with 2X512 of OCZ PC2-4200 or PC2-5400 Platinum ram. I really like all the features available on the Asus board but does this board have a vcore droop problem like the P4C800E had? I don't want to have to mod the board. I have this 570J ES chip and would love to do 300+ FSB if possible.

Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

Ed

mmmm ,,,, is better if you wait for dfi 925xe-t2

[ed.howell]

mmmm ,,,, is better if you wait for dfi 925xe-t2

I wish I had a date or some kind of time frame to look forward to though. :)

[macci]

ASUS board has fairly weak Vcore supply (ok for aircooling, might be a problem w/ phasechange). Also there is not much space between the PCIe and PCI slots (so your not going to put much extra video cooling there if you are useing any PCI cards). Other than that its probably an excellent board.
I'm useing the Abit Fatality mobo myself and really liked it so far. Only 4 SATA ports thou so it might be a problem and only one IDE. But very good voltage adjustments and strong voltage regulation. Just enough space to install CNPS-7700 too ;)
Been up to 310FSB zone so far with the board and that's pretty much where this Gallatin 3.46EE maxes out.

Waiting for the DFI board.

Sampsa&Kamu used the Abit board in the latest SPi8M WR run (http://www.muropaketti.com/artikkelit/cpu/p4_660/ln2/spi8m_410.gif)

[ed.howell]

Waiting for the DFI board.

Thanks Macci!!

Any idea when the DFI board will be out??? Also do you think you got lucky with that Abit board, cause I heard that it is a luck of the draw to get over 300FSB with the Fatality (not sure if it is true though)

[macci]

I know three Fatality boards (mine, The Stilt's and Sampsa's) and they all do easily over 300. Shamino hit over 400 w/ Abit too?

[ed.howell]

I know three Fatality boards (mine, The Stilt's and Sampsa's) and they all do easily over 300. Shamino hit over 400 w/ Abit too?

Ok thanks for the input!! :)

[ztop]

I know three Fatality boards (mine, The Stilt's and Sampsa's) and they all do easily over 300. Shamino hit over 400 w/ Abit too?

Shamino have the aa8xe non fatality board if i remember well....now on abit website there is a new bios n° 22 with bus 500 :)

[Xassius]

I vote for the P5AD2-E ;) Although I agree with macci about power reg. It's unbeatable in features. Reaches 365mhz with ease too.

I heard DFI's not gonna bring out the 925XE in favour of 955x.

[AKURA]

Abit AS8.......Hipro5 got some nice mods to make'm fly. ;)

[AcUaViVa]

xassius what cpu and what mem use for this fsb?

can you sen me the bios settings that you use

[Salkcin]

xassius what cpu and what mem use for this fsb?

can you sen me the bios settings that you use

I think the knowledge is from various reviews where a engineering sample of a Extreme edition is used (minimum multiplier = 12x)... so 12x 365 = 4380MHz wich is'nt much overclock for a 3.73GHz CPU.

The example of 400MHz FSB wich Shamino reached on a AA8XE it should be noted that the chipset was cooled to -50 celcius degrees

[AcUaViVa]

well with EIDO or something else you can LOW the multipler og 6XX series to 14x...

or not?

[calcal]

aa8xe/aa8xe fatality

hands down

[afireinside]

AA8XE... I want one :slobber:

[oublie]

AA8XE non fatality non 3rd eye unless you like your toys.

[Muppetmower]

Heh I got a question, when are the Intel SLI coming?

[Xassius]

well with EIDO or something else you can LOW the multipler og 6XX series to 14x...

or not?

that is right. Unfortunately, 14x is the lowest you can go on a prescott :( and this leaves non-phase changers in the dark if they want the highest fsb's.

As Abit and Asus 925XE both can reach 350mhz FSB with EASE (no extra nb cooling...etc..etc) 350mhz x 14x is just impossible for the watercooler (let alone air cooling).

[chainbolt]

I have both P5AD2-E and the Fatality AA8XE. My 3.73 goes on both boards to exactly the same frequency 4.81 GHz. However, for 24/7 folding with 100% processor load, I found the Fatality stable at 4.4Ghz, and the Asus does only around 4.20 GHz. The Asus lacks active cooling on the NB, and its mosfet cooler gets extremely hot as well.

[Xassius]

I have both P5AD2-E and the Fatality AA8XE. My 3.73 goes on both boards to exactly the same frequency 4.81 GHz. However, for 24/7 folding with 100% processor load, I found the Fatality stable at 4.4Ghz, and the Asus does only around 4.20 GHz. The Asus lacks active cooling on the NB, and its mosfet cooler gets extremely hot as well.

So HOW was your 3.73EE not stable at 4.4Ghz on the P5AD2-E? Processor producing errors? Or did the system completely "cut-out"?

Do you think it was due to heat of mosfets or the heat of NB?

[daffy67]

I'm happy with my AA8XE, 3.73EE@4200 Mhz on air.

[charlie]

wonder how the Neo MSI board is???? :shrug:

[InvisGreenMan]

Exactly my question charlie.

Also, has MSI unlocked the 266 and above FSBs for not 1066FSB processors? I also need more than 1.49Vcore from the MSI. Other than those two things I think I would spring for the MSI.

- keeping a close eye on this thread...soon to get a 925xe board.

[uclajd]

Watching this thread also...

[Xassius]

wonder how the Neo MSI board is???? :shrug:

don't think it's that good. Well...no one's tried it with amazing results...yet.

ATM....Abit and Asus rule the i925XE crowd...

[Tyrou]

I currently have an AA8XE (non fatality, non 3rd eye), i'm really satisfied of it, i can reach 350fsb (14x multiplier), and I can't go above due to my old P4 550, I'm sure this mobo can reach a 400 fsb, like shamino did.

It's top for overclocking, the µGuru is very useful, and the mobo is cheap, you can't find a better deal :D

[b|gf|sh]

Anybody noticed the Epox 5LWA+ (http://www.epox.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=41) yet?

http://www.epox.org/cms/images/stories/boards/5lwa.jpg

Nice looking board for Epox's standards :cool:

[ed.howell]

I wonder if it is just better to wait a few for the new 955X boards to come out. That way you have the choice to go with SLI and dual core.

[S1nn3r]

Id go for the AA8XE but ive heard of a fair amound of compatibility problems memory wise. So im sticking with the Asus P5AD2-E Premium as far as an Intel mobo goes becuse ive seen people getting realy nice results with that board and the Ballistix.

[uclajd]

So what is the best RAM to use with these boards? I am clueless about DDR2. :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Firefoxx]

I'd say OCZ PC2 EB 5400 4-2-2-8 is still holding the crown, most of them are able to do 350 - 400 4-2-28 @ 2,2V

[uclajd]

I'd say OCZ PC2 EB 5400 4-2-2-8 is still holding the crown, most of them are able to do 350 - 400 4-2-28 @ 2,2VYeah, but what's the deal on the latencies these days?

[AcUaViVa]

2,2 vdim is so dangerous ... or not?

[The Stilt]

2,2 vdim is so dangerous ... or not?

Nope, even the warranty isn´t voided ;)
It would probably take 2.7V - 3V+ to get these sticks killed, but there isn´t need to raise voltage anywhere near of those readings because these sticks max out with ~ 2.3V.

[Xassius]

Yeah, but what's the deal on the latencies these days?

3-2-2-x timings for every good Micron module (Mushkin, PDP, Wintec, some Corsair and OCZ) at 2,2v probably at DDR2-660 is probably "guaranteed"

[|3ourne]

im an intel noob ....... messed around with AMD all my life .... now kind of bored and just wanna try something different. I was looking into get a nice overclocking board as well . I will be getting the OCZ EB ram coz its a no brainer ..... my question is about the pciexpress locks ..... do they work on AA8XE ? Proc would be the 6xx series intel ..... want somewhere near 4.2 ghz ( will be watercooling ) .
Sry about the thread jacking ...... please dont take any offense, had no intentions to do it . Its just that we have so many intel users here .... they would certainly seem to know about stuff like this :) .

[freecableguy]

The new OCZ PC2-4200 line is getting to about 330Mhz (DDR660) with 3-2-2-x timings...

[Xassius]

The new OCZ PC2-4200 line is getting to about 330Mhz (DDR660) with 3-2-2-x timings...

yeah :)

Me awaits the release of the Corsair 5300UL (Premium Micron DDR2-667 chips) which are "said" to be rated at 667mhz 3-3-3-8 at 1.9v :banana:

I'm getting 4.55Ghz out of my 6xx proc (well...the 3.73EE :p: ) so 4.2Ghz shouldn't be a problem. Yeah, I would get the OCZ EB (it's nothing special....but the service...availability..support) too - BUT it's soo pricey (at least here in Australia) compared to other modules using the SAME chips.