First post, by RaiderOfLostVoodoo
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So, a few weeks ago I found an ASrock ALive Dual for a reasonable price on Ebay, which (from what I've read) is the fastest AGP board. It even has Win98 drivers for everything except the onboard sound (which I won't be using anyway).
After BIOS update it supports Phenom II processors up to 965 (3.4GHz) and should even be able to utilize the 980 (3.7GHz) with homebrew BIOS. I don't have a 980 yet, but a year ago I got a 965 in a huge lot. My buddy Hirsch also found a cheap ALive Dual, but it needs some repair (front panel connector broken). He already ordered a 980, so I'll let him test if it works, before I start looking for one myself.
It also supports DDR2 up to 1066MHz. While some people on the net claim that 2.1V is fine, the majority claims that it will damage the CPU. I don't know who I should believe. I'd rather listen to the folks here than to some kiddo in a 10 year old post on an overclock forum.
Sadly OCZ Blade sticks which can run 1066MHz@1.8V seem to be unobtanium.
Best I found is G.Skill PI with 1066MHz@1.9V which should be able to run at 1.8V as well, from what I've read. But those have gigantic heatspreader which is total nonsense for 1.8V-1.9V. Can't use a Macho or Silver Arrow with these.
The best 1.8V sticks I have are OCZ Titanium (old revision) with 800MHz@CL4. But the ALive Dual doesn't like them for mysterious reasons. So I'm stuck with standard 800MHz@CL5 at the moment.