Im new to this overclocking arena and want to change my current mobo for better oc features

My Current Pc Specs is:

AMDx2 4000+(2.1GHZ)
2GB Corsair DDR667 (5-5-6-12)
ATI 4870
510W PSU
MSI K9N4-SLI


I find that this mobo isnt able to push my FSB higher,so am planning to get a new mobo and hope to push my x2 all the way up to 2.9-3.0GHZ

Which of these MOBO is really good in terms of OC:

1)Abit Ax78 (Kinda cheap but tons of features)
2)Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H (abit pricey but as i know gigabyte provides good caps)

Hope sifu's out there can help me decide on the best mobo for OC and is my current ram able to go higher FSB or i also need to invest in performance rams.

This post has been edited by S4PH: Aug 2 2008, 10:36 AM

AX78 is good choice.
But for Gigabyte,i dont really know.Never used it for AMD mobo's.
The one u state for Gigabyte is 780G Chipset.

This post has been edited by AMDAthlon: Aug 2 2008, 10:45 AM

yup for gigabyte is the 780G chipset,ATI chipset and Nvidia chipset which is better ?

Nvidia chipsets from experience tend to be really warm.. It really does depend on self preference. Best place to ask this comparison question would be at Hardware QnA.

hehehe sorry off topic my main question which of these boards will offer great overclocking capability?

I guess both has great oc capability.But its still effect on other hardware such as ram,processor,psu..etc

i see that u are also using AX78 also,hope i can push my 2.1ghz to 2.9GHZ,but as u said that ram is also important my current DDR2 timing what u think can get good results or not?

I would rather choose AX78 instead of Gigabyte..so far there are lot of good feedback from their users..

Yup ax78 has tons of features the best is the cmos reset switch which is at the back of the I/O panel

AX78 is much better with bios oc option then MA78GM-S2H . MA78GM-S2H is s**k with vcore and vdimm (kedukut give more voltage)

Get Biostar TA770+ better than both.

if no CF features needed, yes, ta770+ will be d best option.

edy no happy with ur Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H ???

sell it and buy TA770A2+ or TA790GX(hv to wait still didnt come to malaysia market)

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Added on August 4, 2008, 3:29 pmYup no CF but still can do hyrid cf if buy 3870x2

This post has been edited by digswell: Aug 4 2008, 03:29 PM

Biostar TA770+ how much huh? xpensive

still happy with my gaygaybite.
going to buy msi 790fx chipset. need 16x cf for both 4850.

cheap la. Biostar ta770 RM290 @rockrock robyncom imbi.

Becareful...TA770 got 2 model ...1 is TA770A2+ and another 1 is TA770A2+SE

buy only TA770A2+

huhuhu wana change mobo pokai redi,my PSU need to upgrade at 2.49ghz 3dmark 06 crash at the GPU test my ATI sucking 2 much juice

better take ta770.. at first i wanna take that mobo too but out of stock so rockrock offer me ax78

4870 power hunger too ar ?

but d satisfaction is not there if u ask me bro.

so d blame is on d seller eh?

sometimes it's more on how u utilize d item rather than puttin fingers on d item u have. ta770 mite clock x4 better than ax78, but x2 wise, it can go as near as ta690g. d only downside of ax78 is d richness of bios... but come to think of it, it's suitable for noob like me...