Advice anyone?

SeanUK · May 12, 2005, 10:52 AM

Hi Guys,

I bought myself a Sapphire X800 pro a few months ago, & it has not really been performing as you would expect. But i know its because of my crappy motherboard & ram, so i'm going to buy 1gb of ram & a new motherboard, so could you guys please recommend the best performing boards that i could use on my PC? Oh, & its an Amd Athlon Xp 3000 I'm using. Thanks in advance guys.

**dj_stick** · May 12, 2005, 11:24 AM

i'm using a gigabyte ga-7nnxp nforce 2 ultra 400

awesome board, alot of features

Tipstaff · May 13, 2005, 06:28 AM

My recommendations: The Leadtek nForce2 Ultra 400 Deluxe Limited. You can check it out HERE. It's not cheap though. Last time I saw it was $125 US. Or, you can go for the K7NCR18D Pro II which is essentially the same board, but without the 'extras', and last time I saw that was around $100 US. Why these boards? Simple: both these boards have SATA support, and the Deluxe includes onboard firewire support. Whether you can still get either of these 2 boards though is the question. If you can find one though.. especially the deluxe.. buy it.

-Tip

Dave · May 13, 2005, 07:01 AM

asus a7n8x deluxe 2.00 or the a7n8x deluxe -e 2.00 both very stable.

May 12, 2005, 10:52 AM	#1
SeanUK DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Advice anyone? Hi Guys, I bought myself a Sapphire X800 pro a few months ago, & it has not really been performing as you would expect. But i know its because of my crappy motherboard & ram, so i'm going to buy 1gb of ram & a new motherboard, so could you guys please recommend the best performing boards that i could use on my PC? Oh, & its an Amd Athlon Xp 3000 I'm using. Thanks in advance guys.

May 13, 2005, 06:28 AM	#3
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	My recommendations: The Leadtek nForce2 Ultra 400 Deluxe Limited. You can check it out HERE. It's not cheap though. Last time I saw it was $125 US. Or, you can go for the K7NCR18D Pro II which is essentially the same board, but without the 'extras', and last time I saw that was around $100 US. Why these boards? Simple: both these boards have SATA support, and the Deluxe includes onboard firewire support. Whether you can still get either of these 2 boards though is the question. If you can find one though.. especially the deluxe.. buy it. -Tip __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

May 13, 2005, 07:01 AM	#4
Dave DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Strongsville, Ohio Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	asus a7n8x deluxe 2.00 or the a7n8x deluxe -e 2.00 both very stable. __________________ Abit AT8 Crossfire \| AMD Opteron 144 2.6GHz \| 1GB PC2700 RAM \| OCZ PowerStream 520Watt \| eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB 450MHZ Core 1200MHZ RAM \| Western Digital 120GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM \| 2 Samsung 250GB SATAII RAID 0 \| Athenatech A602 Case \|