socket 478

[Shufty]

Current PC is a 2.4B p4, not going to chuck it away, so i'm gonna keep it as a server and upgrade it a little. As per the sig, i was going for the DFI LP 875Pro, had an online retailer with one that has since sold out. For the life of me i can't find another anywhere, second choice was an abit ic7-max3, same problem though; not to be found anywhere. They are THE boards to have to push a 478 as far as possible, yet it's like stapling a brick wall trying to find them lol.

Any other suggestions as to some awesome 478 boards that will kick start the old dog? Better yet, anyone know of a UK supplier likely/certain to have either, pref. the DFI? Or even have one to sell? Constantly hindered with this motherboard not allowing dimm voltage modification at all. Help appreciated :)

[omga14]

go to www.dfi-street.com and see if angrygames or RBgone can help you get a DFI. they are the guys that run the site and are DFI employees. you might be able to get a manufacturer direct mobo for less than having found one retail.

[therealwesty]

The Asus P4C800 motherboards are pretty nice 875P pieces. If you can't find any of the others I would give one of those a shot, I can't imagine they would be too hard to find.

[Shufty]

Thanks Omga, will get in contact when i'm ready to buy. Would be awesome if i could actually get one. Thanks westy; a friend of mine raves about those Asus boards. They are the only board he puts in his servers (too many to count). Where does the Abit rank? inbetween the two?

[therealwesty]

AFAIK the Abit IC7-MAX3 was one of the best Socket-478 boards available. A lot of the 3DMark kings on the top 20 used the IC7-MAX3 when the Northwood P4s were ruling the benchmarks. Asus doesn't seem to carry the same rep for OCing, but I've never had a problem getting some nice overclocks on Asus boards.