Best MoBo for Overclocking

Geoff

Geoff

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As you can see from my sig, my motherboard sucks lol, i got the cheapest thing when i put my comp together. Anyways, i was wondering what the best motherboard is for oc'ing. I have an Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz, Prescott, socket 478.

And another thing, when i put this motherboard in, i had to reinstall windows to make my comp work, will i have to do that with any motherboard that you install?

Thanks
 
Probably, you can try to avoid it by removing all devices from the device manager but theres still a good chance you will have to reinstall/format
 
Uh? In my thread i started a while back everyone denied all existence of WinXP not booting properly after you change your mobo is it just me or is that what you just said to him.........?
 
I say the same thing to everyone who asks that question. It's very likely that XP will have booting problems if you change your motherboard (with the exception of replacing it with the same board, then it'll probably be fine), one way to try and avoid it is to remove the devices from device manager before changing the board.
 
The only reason i ask this is because it took me hours to install all my games and programs, and i wouldnt want to have to do it again. I might just save up and get some more parts then also, thanks for your help guys!
 
geoff5093 said:
thanks, but will i have to reinstall windows? cause i had to last time.
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I believe it all depends on what type of HDD you have, I have installed many new mobo's into computers with IDE HDD's and have never had to re-install windows. The only exception is if u have a SATA HDD. Depending on what drivers the mobo uses for SATA depends on if u have to re-install or not.

Example: If u were using say VIA SATA drivers on ur mobo and changed to a new mobo which uses Sillicon drivers u will not be able to boot into windows because windows can't detect your SATA drivers. It only detects the VIA ones u have previously installed.

I'm not sure if this would work (As i have never tried it) but maybe u could try installing the new SATA drivers in windows that is on ur current mobo and when you install ur new mobo windows may be able to detect ur SATA HDD.

Athlong64"
 
well i dunno if this matters, but i took a HD from a computer with a totally different mobo, put it into a different system, and windows booted normally. all it did was install all the new hardware.
 
Uh? In my thread I started a while back everyone denied all existence of WinXP not booting properly after you change your mobo is it just me or is that what you just said to him.........?
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Yes it is POSSIBLE that you can swap stuff and not have to do anything however (1) you should reinstall anyways and (2) its not all that common

well I dunno if this matters, but I took a HD from a computer with a totally different mobo, put it into a different system, and windows booted normally. all it did was install all the new hardware.
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Doable (i went from Nvidia K7 to Via K8 without major issues) but its not going to be run in anything remotely close to an optimized state
 
apj101 said:
1. generalisation are always false :D

2. Any reason for you saying that
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I say that cause i have built a couple computers using different brands. ASUS boards and they were the easiest to overclock
 
arclite20 said:
I say that cause i have built a couple computers using different brands. ASUS boards and they were the easiest to overclock
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I see. Another ASUS fanboy. While i dont doubt they are good. To say they are teh best is an overstatement. There are boards that will stand up to asus, take abit, dfi, msi. All make great overclocking boards.

Asus, are good maybe even great. But they are not the best across the board.
Read overclocking 101,
http://www.computerforum.com/announcement.php?f=7
for details of outstanding boards in your socket
 
apj101 said:
I see. Another ASUS fanboy. While i dont doubt they are good. To say they are teh best is an overstatement. There are boards that will stand up to asus, take abit, dfi, msi. All make great overclocking boards.

Asus, are good maybe even great. But they are not the best across the board.
Read overclocking 101,
http://www.computerforum.com/announcement.php?f=7
for details of outstanding boards in your socket
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What i mean is that they are easiest that i have used so far. I dont mean to bash the other brands. I have a SOYO KT600. I built computers for some of my friends one got asus then they all decide to get asus. A Soyo board was the first motherboard i have ever used building a computer i still use it now. i dont have an asus.
 
A nice choice...

Definitely a good mobo for overclocking. The Ultra version is even better but costs a lot more.

JAN :D
 
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