P4M800PRO-M2 (V2.0) - ok for overclocking?

[sdsumike619]

Does anyone own a P4M800PRO-M2 (V2.0) motherboard and have you done any overclocking with it?

[redwudz]

VIA chipset MBs are usually not very good for overclocking. But someone here may have better info on that particular MB.

[ofbarea]

My ASRock P4VM800 is running stable with FSM @ 230 MHz.

Even when the RAM supports faster speed, since the AGP and the PCI bus are locked to FSB speed, I cannot go further.

[redwudz]

Sorry, I should have said my experience with VIA chipset MBs is almost entirely with AMD CPUs. I have a Asus MB with a VIA chipset and I could get it to about 220Mhz FSB. With the same CPU and memory in a Nvidia chipset Asus MB, 230MHz was no problem. I didn't try any higher as I wanted dependability. I believe the Nvidia MB controlled the memory and AGP settings separate from the FSB speed.

But every MB is different. That's just my experience with AMD CPUs and VIA and with only a couple of VIA chipset versions.

For overclocking, visit some of the overclocking sites and look for reviews on your specific motherboard. It's easy enough to raise the FSB, but you have to be aware of temperature and stability issues if you really want a fair boost. Some CPUs and motherboards are better for OCing.

A few sites to check, and there are many more:

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/

http://www.sysopt.com/systemdb/overclock/

http://www.overclock.net/

General MB info:

http://www.motherboards.org/

http://www.mbreview.com/

http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/