recently my p4p800-x died without warning, i had to get a replacement asap as my family members use the com very frequently especially my dad who surfs klse.com.my for hours almost daily... having read so many good reviews about the asrock i convinced my dad to fork out a lil bit more $$$ for the mobo and processor.. a total of RM690..

With the mobo i managed to o/c the E4400 to 2.950GHz with my ddr400 running at 4:3 that is 221MHz.. unfortunately beyond FSB295 it's not Prime stable. This is by no means a great OC for a C2D but i get to keep my AGP card and DDR400 mems (although i plan to get DDR2 soon *Update: Already got them! YAY! )... overall i'm very satisfied with this combo... it's fast, it's stable and more importantly it's cheap... i couldnt have asked for more.... anyone with very limited budget could consider this...

*Update:
For those who asked about the benches n proc info.. here they are...
E4400 batch no. Q646A724T






This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:49 PM

from my point of view, asrock mobo is not that good laa... u should better get a biostar mobo... cheap and good...
juz my opinion laa.. no offence..

the one which u can use ddr and agp or pcie at the same time?
eh care to tell me your gfx card and 3dmark 05 score? i might buy this mobo to... then get a e4300 and overclock to 3ghz

you sure biostar has got a mobo that supports C2D with AGP n DDR1? cause the asrock is the only one i know with these features...

yeah.. that one with agp/pcie and ddr1/ddr2...
my GC is 6800NU AGP 12p/6v 400/890... scores around 4600 in 3dm05 in vista... CPU score is 9560..

This post has been edited by AREA51: Apr 29 2007, 12:46 PM

stuck at 295mhz fsb? have you checked whether your pci bus is locked?

AGP aa?? i though PCIE... sorry... sorry... got blurred out... ehehehe

yeah, i'm also in the same situation as u AREA51, looking for an upgrade option but with small budget ..

i'm aiming for the e4400/e6420 + asrock 4coredual-vsta/asrock 775dual-vsta ..
so far the only mobo that i know which have both ddr1 & ddr2 and also agp & pcie is asrock

i'll be using it with my ddr400 and 6600gt

AREA51, care to show some benchies and specs of ur new rig?



This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 30 2007, 12:07 PM

*pix updated @ 1st post

This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:38 PM

The AGP/DDR Asrock board runs on a 865 chipset, 295fsb is considered fantastic already. Practically all 865/875 boards (mostly socket 478) would not go beyound 300fsb without voltmodding, and even with suicide voltmodding it will only reach ~320-330fsb. So sorry pal, 295fsb is as far as you can go; you're not gonna be able to get that e4400 any faster than you are already.

The 775Dual-VSTA uses Via PT880Pro/Ultra chipset.. but you are right, there's an FSB wall at around 300MHz for this board...

i also have this board coupled with e4300, dd2 ram and agp card. max can go is 295 fsb. but considering the price i really think this is a great board for people who cannot afford to upgrade all components at a time.

yeah.. i couldnt agree more... really happy with it...
i'm stuck at 295 too .

Hmm, I haven't been keeping up to date then. But then again VIA chipsets haven't been known for good overclocking since the nforce and intel 8xx/9xx chipsets came out.

hi bro, can ask if yr overclocked E4400 is at default vcore? Cos i tink Asrock mainboard doesn't have vcore adjustments

I was also on a very thight budget when my computer died. Very hard to find mobo with agp and ddr here which also support C2D. Got a C2D+mobo (support agp only) with RM650. The mobo is ECS, never heard of it.

I tried to OC with this mobo but failed. At one point, need to clear the CMOS. So, this mobo is not recommend for OC.

this mobo is no way meant for o/c ... but it does give a bit of room for o/c
i think the primary purpose of this mobo is to 'keep' ur old stuff like ddr1 & agp before moving to ddr2 & pci-e (when u r ready) ..

from website reviews ...this board does seem to hit its limit at ~300mhz fsb

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 9 2007, 10:43 PM

You seem to have gotten a great OC on this CPU.
May i ask what the batch no.,week,make for the CPU is,as i am
thinking of getting this CPU and a new mobo..a Biostar and Kingmax
2x2GB DDR 800 as they are quite cheap.

Thanks
Regards

This post has been edited by sherdil: May 10 2007, 02:14 AM

hi guys sorry i have not been free these few days because of exams...
to answer your questions, yes the o/c is done on stock voltage as the Asrock doesn't have Vcore adjustment.. as i wont be at home any time soon i cant really check the batch number and stuff for the E4400. All i can remember is it's of the L2 stepping, made in malaysia.. 1.35V... hope that helps...


This post has been edited by AREA51: May 12 2007, 11:43 PM

Heck if you can already max out the FSB even additional vCore isn't going to help. Motherboard won't let you go any higher anyway.

yay! .. got mine for RM195 from Thundermatch