Overclocking: Asrock VS PC Chips VS ECS

[oscaryu1]

which is best at overclocking? for a E4300 processor, its going to be a combo from partspc. I need to know which one is better to buy. thanks!

 

[Kornowski]

That's a tough one, The only one I've heard of is ASRock and I don't think they're great OC'ers, so...

 

[oscaryu1]

But which one can OC farthest? all of them have 1 year warranty.... if i overclock what percentage will i burn out something? If i advance slowly, 5-25Mhz each overclock. Thanks!

Which one will stand most overclock and live longest? Thanks!

 

[wizle]

http://www.computerforum.com/51068-mobo-101-a.html#post375489

Preator doesn't think to much of either

 

[oscaryu1]

But they have warranty....

 

[wizle]

Not If U Oc 'em

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Gigabyte or Abit, maybe the top two in my book

 

[chupacabra]

even MSI or Asus

 

[wizle]

Throw Asus In The Mix Also

 

[StrangleHold]

Dont go with PCchips or Asrock, the 2 worst overclockers as far as setting go. Stick with Asus-DFI or Gigabyte

 

[Geoff]

What chipset are they running? I'm guessing it's a VIA chipset, and if thats the case, dont expect to OC any higher then 2.0-2.2Ghz. They are horrible overclocking boards, and the chipsets dont even have SATA locks, so if you use a SATA drive it will give you errors at even the slightest overclock.

Their BIOS also has very limited OC'ing functions, and you can usually only change the FSB and a few other settings - no voltage controls.

 

[oscaryu1]

I've choosen an Abit motherboard combo. (mobo cpu fan)... Its $30 bucks more (which is alot to me, cause I see what I can buy with $30).. well Abit is better? I'm orderingit next week...

 

[oscaryu1]

I just noticed... My current computer (my favvy and main one) 1.3Ghz oc'd to 1.43 Ghz... is an EliteGroup ECS board... SOcket 423 Pentium 4... does this mean if I switch boards then I can ovreclock more? PC100/133/66 ram