Hi, i just discovered my useless Asus P4pv-mx mobo doesn't support overclocking i'm thinking of getting a new mobo. please recommend me one that won't cost too much, and will be able to overclock a 2.4 Prescott up to >3.0ghz i don't plan to spend much on a new mobo coz i will get a new C2D rig soon a second hand board is alrite...as long as it is in good working condition.

But i would prefer if there is some sort of firmware or BIOS update that i can flash to my existing mobo to enable some overclocking and i heard that there are some software to oc from windows...can these work with my current mobo? please suggest some of them...thanks.

i dun think the newer bios version of ur mobo will enable u to overclock ur cpu... and oc from windows is not a good practise as far as i know... juz my 2cents

for sure, if previous BIOS dont have OC function, newer oso wont enable u to OC

look for abit`s mobo like is-7, ai-7 or u can get asus p4p800 deluxe ( correct me if im wrong coz cant remember the number )

Freak`

no need spend liao laa since u gona get C2D aso wat..

if still wan get a 2nd hand board..like is7 or p4p800 wouldbe fine if aso u can find one

my mobo oso dun support oc...the model is 8vm800m by gigabyte..cant lock agp/pci ratio

try look for used MoBo la..
no need get new 1 since u going into c2d oso

i think 2.4 --> 3.0 won give u much performance boost in daily use but only increase in temp.

What you pay is what you get.

Have u giv clockgen a try?

can clockgen lock agp/pci ratio oso??

get abit ai-7,
not only 3.0,you can reach 3.6 easily...
thats what i use now..
superb....really love this mobo..

Wow...can reach 3.6...what cooling do you use? and how much does the ai-7 cost?

anyway, my C2D will be here soon ...but i'll still want to get some experience by overclocking this p4 before trying it on my C2D

Even u cant lock the agi/pci ration but u can set it back to the default value after u oc, mine 1 also like this, i m using MSI mobo.

This post has been edited by RokXIII: Sep 7 2006, 11:23 PM

i dun quite get what u meant there...there's no option in my BIOS to lock the agp/pci ratio..it means that whenever i increase the fsb the agp/pci will oso increase n later cause my pc to crash

it means when u increase the fsb, the agi/pci will increase 2gether. So, u need to reset the agi/pci value to the default value which is 66.66/33.33 after u increase the fsb. Do u get what i mean?

But I not sure weather ur mobo got this function or not. My mobo cant lock the agi/pci as well but I can reset it to the initial value, 66.66/33.33.

This post has been edited by RokXIII: Sep 7 2006, 11:23 PM