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Old Feb 26, 2005, 12:52 PM   #1
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hi

i wanna buy a new motherboard and wanna keep my old hardware

specs : athlon xp 2400+
3x 256mb ddr1 pc 2700 samsung ram
powercolor radeon 9600xt ez-edition 256mb ram
thermalright sk7 cpu-cooler

which motherboard ( sockel a ) should i buy ???
i´ve an eye on asus, abit epox and nforce2 ultra or via chip

my preferences are : best stability and performance
( i make 3d-animation and gaming )

thx moroga
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Old Feb 26, 2005, 04:09 PM   #2
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best performance boards:
ASUS: A8N78X-E Delux
ABIT: NF7-S
ePox: 8RDA+
MSI: K7N2 - Delta

best value boards:
MSI: KM4M-V
MSI: KM3M-V
Gigabye: GA-7VM400M-RZ
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Old Feb 26, 2005, 11:57 PM   #3
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Nice list CDs.

Personally, I'd stay away from the Epox and MSI boards. Both companies are using questionable capacitors these days, even more so MSI. Recently MSI has gone back to using their original supplier.. the very same supplier that was part of the 'bad capacitor' scandel last year. Boo... hisss MSI, and your RMA sucks too.

Best bets would be the Asus and Gigabyte boards, with the Abit board to round out the list.
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im very happy with mine asus p4s800d
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im very happy with mine asus p4s800d
But that's a P4 board, moraga wants an athlon board......mind you the manual on my Asus A7V333 did say something like if I hear "no cpu detected" (Asus speaking thingy at boot) to install a P4 cpu in the cpu socket

I wonder if anyone actually tried it.
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[QUOTE=El Kapitano]But that's a P4 board, moraga wants an athlon board......mind you the manual on my Asus A7V333 did say something like if I hear "no cpu detected" (Asus speaking thingy at boot) to install a P4 cpu in the cpu socket

I wonder if anyone actually tried it. [/QUOTE

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A little baffled - unless the current motherboard is dead/unreliable, why change it?

If you want the last scrap of performance, I'd say it has to be an Nforce 2 dual DDR, but it'll need to be balanced - losing one of the 256's or adding a 4th
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A little baffled - unless the current motherboard is dead/unreliable, why change it?

If you want the last scrap of performance, I'd say it has to be an Nforce 2 dual DDR, but it'll need to be balanced - losing one of the 256's or adding a 4th
nForce 2 boards don't have 4 memory dimm slots unless it's a Gigabyte board (Gigabyte does weird stuff sometimes). nForce 2 boards have only 3 memory dimm slots and having all 3 dimms used up gives you an end result of losing the dual channel DDR feature, but you end up w/more RAM. kinda puts the user in a catch-22 situation .
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I just put together a new EPoX 8RDA6+Pro with a 2600 Mobile....the best Socket A I own. I have A NF7-S V2.0 with a XP 2600 and a MSI K7N2 Delta L with a 1700. I have a KT-600 board too, but the EPoX is the one that really shines. It is around $92 US at NewEgg and $84 US at Mwave. I don't recall shipping price. It has a newer version NForce2 Chipset with GB Lan.
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I the ABit KW7 is good from what I heard.
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ABIT makes two Via KT-890 boards the KW-7, a good $60 price range board, and the KW-7G which has GB lan, Firewire and more for double the price. The 890 chipset offers "Dual channel" capability. I have the KV-7 which has the Via KT-600 chipset. I am running 3x256 PC2100 and a Sempron 2800 in it and it is a good board. Had to get a mature BIOS and drivers first, gave me fits before that.
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The Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe is a great board for $91 @ Newegg. It has Soundstorm (no need for a sound card) and wifi!
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The Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe is a great board for $91 @ Newegg. It has Soundstorm (no need for a sound card) and wifi!
That board doen't come with a WiFi card. You have to order it directly from ASUS if you want to use it.
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ASUS: A8N78X-E Deluxe, I have used three, all work great, they are up to bios 1013, so its got all the bugs worked out and such.

you might be able to run your three sticks of ram in dual channel mode as well, nice bonus. if they are all the same make and model
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