Need a new mobo for 9700pro

Muchacho1313 · Feb 19, 2004, 11:28 PM

Any suggestions? I have $200 to play with.

Currently running
Windows XP
Radeon 9700pro
512 mg ram
amd 2.0
MSI 6390 mobo

mkk · Feb 20, 2004, 02:10 AM

I'm guessing you have an AthlonXP. Then I suggest not spending all that money on a motherboard, but get something good enough to a nice price. The Abit KV7 is one such board. Really inexpensive yet quite good enough for most any uses except hardcore overclocking. If you have had that AthlonXP for a while chances are that you could overclock by changing the multiplier with it. More recently manufactured CPU's have hard locked multipliers though.

Muchacho1313 · Feb 20, 2004, 03:01 AM

kewl thanks for the tip but how would i change the multiplyer? also alot of my setting are hidden in the bios because i have a compaq.
also when I instal this new mobo am i going to have to do a fresh install of windows?

and yes its an AMDXP2400 cpu

Ev!L-aLphA · Feb 20, 2004, 04:24 AM

try the asus a7n8x-Deluxe E or something like that or just the deluxe rev2 very good mother board

Necrosis · Feb 20, 2004, 05:03 AM

Hold it doesn't some of the Compaq's come with a version of the A7N8X already?

Feb 19, 2004, 11:28 PM	#1
Muchacho1313 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 0	Need a new mobo for 9700pro Any suggestions? I have $200 to play with. Currently running Windows XP Radeon 9700pro 512 mg ram amd 2.0 MSI 6390 mobo

Feb 20, 2004, 04:24 AM	#4
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	try the asus a7n8x-Deluxe E or something like that or just the deluxe rev2 very good mother board __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Feb 20, 2004, 02:10 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	I'm guessing you have an AthlonXP. Then I suggest not spending all that money on a motherboard, but get something good enough to a nice price. The Abit KV7 is one such board. Really inexpensive yet quite good enough for most any uses except hardcore overclocking. If you have had that AthlonXP for a while chances are that you could overclock by changing the multiplier with it. More recently manufactured CPU's have hard locked multipliers though.

Feb 20, 2004, 03:01 AM	Thread Starter #3
Muchacho1313 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 0	kewl thanks for the tip but how would i change the multiplyer? also alot of my setting are hidden in the bios because i have a compaq. also when I instal this new mobo am i going to have to do a fresh install of windows? and yes its an AMDXP2400 cpu

Feb 20, 2004, 05:03 AM	#5
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Hold it doesn't some of the Compaq's come with a version of the A7N8X already?