akac Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 i know most of you are thinking what the hell does he want a 478 board for and why isnt he using a amd. my old board was a chaintech it was killed in action while trying to overclock my cpu. hey im happy to say i hit 4.5 on a 3.2 till the socket turned into melted swiss cheese. im just looking for a new mb to replace my old one. Im looking at an abit board ABIT IC7-G MAXII Socket 478 Intel 875P ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127152 ive read that he fan goes out on the nb on this board no problem ill just steal the one of my chaintech board. ive also looked at ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE Socket 478 Intel 865PE ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131492 but this seems to be pleged with many problems. im looking more at the abit board, i can live with the nb fan problem but i wanted to see if you guys had any other boards in mind. im not close minded about any board, i would like to know what kind of board would fit my setup the best. just play a few games eq2, bf1942, cod, and alot of old games. ive just recently started overclocking the cpu but i think im going to give that one up. system case lian li v2000b psu themaltake 560w cpu 3.2 (478) mb ????? (atx) ram cosair xms 3200 2 gig duel channel video gigabyte x800xt flashed to plat. sound sound blaster audigy 2 plat. pro cd rom cant remember dvd cant remember cd/dvd burner hd 160 gig wd sata 320 gig wd sata all cooled by dd water cooling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 Looks like a decent system... ummm... Newegg has about 20 s478 boards for sale, here's the least expensive 5 star rated one: MSI 865G Neo2-PLS EDIT: Bah, didn't notice the card. This is the only other s478 board there, but with a better rating then the other one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
confuzzedintelguy Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 Looks like a decent system... ummm... Newegg has about 20 s478 boards for sale, here's the least expensive 5 star rated one: MSI 865G Neo2-PLS EDIT: Bah, didn't notice the card. This is the only other s478 board there, but with a better rating then the other one. 547910[/snapback] I have the same board but the platinum edition WICKED BOARDS i was able to take my P4 2.0a upto 3.6GHz on air But anyway as for the boards you listed the Max 2 is the best out of the two Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_target Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 The IC7 is a solid board. The DFI s478 boards have a good rep too. One of the members here does really well with the Epox s478 board as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICON57 Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 really hard to find any dfi skt 478 mobo's go with the abit max2 or epox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
akac Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 (edited) hey thanks for the info everyone. think im going to go with the abit board. i tried to look for a dfi board but newegg and tigerdirect dont have dfi boards that are 478's. i thought about an msi board but i think the abit will do just fine. edit: went with the abit board but i would like to replace the NB fan with a water cooling block. any thought of what i should get. curent system is all 1/2 danger den stuff. i would like something to match. Edited September 22, 2005 by akac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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