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Old April 9, 2007, 11:50 AM
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Hi all,
Any ideas on a good 939 ATX motherboard for overclocking an opteron 165 to about 2.4ghz? Do they have any 939 micro-ATX boards that will do the job? Whats a good case for the ATX board....looking at around $300 max for case and board.
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Old April 9, 2007, 12:00 PM
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As for a motherboard I recommend the DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR - $156.88 at Direct Canada

I recommend this case Coolermaster Centurion 534 ATX Tower Case - $5292 at Direct Canada
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Old April 9, 2007, 12:06 PM
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I recommend this case Coolermaster Centurion 534 ATX Tower Case - $5292 at Direct Canada
$5292; that is one expensive case
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Old April 9, 2007, 12:34 PM
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Heh......

Yeah, it's a bit pricy, but it guarantees an extra 100 mhz on the OC..... :)

The DFI's did a wonderful job of OC'ing S939 procs.

Where did you get your hands on an opti?
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I agree, DFI Ultra D, SLI, or Expert are the best 939 ocing boards.
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I dropped you (magictorch) a message in the other thread relating to this.........

Greenlyph here in hfx has the ultra-d's in stock for around $150.
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That is one expensive case LOL. It's supose to be $52.92
I'd get that Ultra-D for $150
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Hi, sounds good-ill try and get the DFI board hopefully it wont become too difficult to get in the near future. Seems to be a lot of 939 stuff dissapearing fast. I got the opteron from tiger direct $220-made last month 2007, stepping wsnt CCBE but a guy who got the same 2007 chip found it easily went to 2.4ghz on stock cooling. I'm not wanting anything much from it-just to hold steady. Came with a huge copper 4 pipe heatsink and fan! shame it wont work in my crappy emachines....but its got me interested in building one up now.
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