754 to 939 o/c mobo

**magicman** · 12-22-2005, 07:39 PM

I'm getting ready to move from my current setup to an AMD Opteron 144 CABNE, and am looking for a good motherboard that will support the overclocking that I will definately be doing.

Is there any difference between MSI's "K8T Neo FIS2R" and the "K8T Neo2-FIR" apart from the socket #? What I really mean is if I just switched from one to the other, are all the drivers etc the same, and would I just need to configure the bios on the new mobo, leaving Windows intact?

Also would anyone recommend any other good, but cheap, overclocking mobo's that supports my current system excluding cpu? I would need an AGP board by the way.

Cheers for any suggestions.

**magicman** · 12-24-2005, 11:51 PM

Anyone?

**Praetor** · 12-26-2005, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Is there any difference between MSI's "K8T Neo FIS2R" and the "K8T Neo2-FIR" apart from the socket #? What I really mean is if I just switched from one to the other, are all the drivers etc the same, and would I just need to configure the bios on the new mobo, leaving Windows intact?

Well if you're switching sockets, that might be a drastic enough change to warrant a reinstall but you'd have to see... since they same chipsets you should be ok

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Also would anyone recommend any other good, but cheap, overclocking mobo's that supports my current system excluding cpu? I would need an AGP board by the way.

Hands down MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

**magicman** · 12-27-2005, 11:30 PM

Cheers Praetor.

**Praetor** · 12-29-2005, 09:50 AM

Glad to help, if you plan on getting the Opty to play ball on that (with OCing), do yer research ... i dont get to play with my Opty's too much (and they are on a server940 board) so i dont know them nearly as well nor their anomallies and such

12-22-2005, 07:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	754 to 939 o/c mobo I'm getting ready to move from my current setup to an AMD Opteron 144 CABNE, and am looking for a good motherboard that will support the overclocking that I will definately be doing. Is there any difference between MSI's "K8T Neo FIS2R" and the "K8T Neo2-FIR" apart from the socket #? What I really mean is if I just switched from one to the other, are all the drivers etc the same, and would I just need to configure the bios on the new mobo, leaving Windows intact? Also would anyone recommend any other good, but cheap, overclocking mobo's that supports my current system excluding cpu? I would need an AGP board by the way. Cheers for any suggestions. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

12-24-2005, 11:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Anyone? __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

12-27-2005, 11:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Cheers Praetor. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

12-29-2005, 09:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Glad to help, if you plan on getting the Opty to play ball on that (with OCing), do yer research ... i dont get to play with my Opty's too much (and they are on a server940 board) so i dont know them nearly as well nor their anomallies and such __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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