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Help me pick out a good mobo to use with XP 2800+
Ok, I'm about to build a new pooter and I haven't been keeping up with the
latest and greatest. My current computer is a XP 1800+ on an Abit KR7A mobo with a gig of ram. Anyway, it looks like the XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. is the best chip for the money on Pricewatch.com. @ $115 so I was wondering if any of you could point me towards a good motherboard that would compliment that CPU as good as possible for a decent price. I have already bought a Seagate 160 gig SATA 150 hard drive and some Kingston Value RAM PC3200. The RAM came with 2 256 meg sticks per package and I bought 2 packages of the stuff to get a gig. So I'm looking for a motherboard that will work well with that type of RAM and with a XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. Oh yeah, I don't want on board sound or video since I am a gamer and already have a good video and sound card. Unless the on board video card was quite a bit better than my current GeForce 4 4200 Ti with 128 Megs of RAM. I will also say that ever since building my last computer I was very impressed with that Abit motherboard so it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to buy another Abit mobo although I am still pretty open minded about any brands of motherboards. I've pasted the specs of that RAM below in case that made any difference about which motherboards would work well with that type of RAM. I'd also like to hear about any review websites that have tested motherboards that would work well with the other parts I want to use. Thanks much in advance. Ben Kingston Value RAM's KVR400AK2/512R is a kit of two 32M x 64-bit (256MB) DDR400 CL3 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory modules. Total kit capacity is 512MB. Thecomponents on each module include eight 32M x 8-bit (8M x 8-bit x 4 Bank) DDR400 SDRAM in TSOP packages. Clock Cycle Time (tCK) 5ns (min.) / 10ns (max.) Row Cycle Time (tRC) 55ns (min.) Refresh Row Cycle Time (tRFC) 70ns (min.) Row Active Time (tRAS) 40ns (min.) / 70,000ns (max.) Single Power Supply of +2.6V (+/- .1V) Power (IDD0) 2.184 W (operating) UL Rating 94 V - 0 |
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:59:12 -0600, Ben in TN wrote:
as good as possible for a decent price. I have already bought a Seagate 160 gig SATA 150 hard drive and some Kingston Value RAM PC3200. The RAM came with 2 256 meg sticks per package and I bought 2 packages of the stuff to get a gig. So I'm looking for a motherboard that will work well with that type of RAM and with a XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. Well, if you find one, let me know.:-) Now if you want to use 2-3 sticks of ram, no problem. You're probably sol with 4 though. Abit NF7 if you're partial to abit. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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Get an ABIT NF7-S, Take back one of your pakages of RAM and get a single
stick of 512. That way you can have your Gig of RAM and Dual chanel too. Board has onboard sound, but you don't have to use it (even though its pretty good.) You can use your SATA drive. "Ben in TN" wrote in message ... Ok, I'm about to build a new pooter and I haven't been keeping up with the latest and greatest. My current computer is a XP 1800+ on an Abit KR7A mobo with a gig of ram. Anyway, it looks like the XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. is the best chip for the money on Pricewatch.com. @ $115 so I was wondering if any of you could point me towards a good motherboard that would compliment that CPU as good as possible for a decent price. I have already bought a Seagate 160 gig SATA 150 hard drive and some Kingston Value RAM PC3200. The RAM came with 2 256 meg sticks per package and I bought 2 packages of the stuff to get a gig. So I'm looking for a motherboard that will work well with that type of RAM and with a XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. Oh yeah, I don't want on board sound or video since I am a gamer and already have a good video and sound card. Unless the on board video card was quite a bit better than my current GeForce 4 4200 Ti with 128 Megs of RAM. I will also say that ever since building my last computer I was very impressed with that Abit motherboard so it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to buy another Abit mobo although I am still pretty open minded about any brands of motherboards. I've pasted the specs of that RAM below in case that made any difference about which motherboards would work well with that type of RAM. I'd also like to hear about any review websites that have tested motherboards that would work well with the other parts I want to use. Thanks much in advance. Ben Kingston Value RAM's KVR400AK2/512R is a kit of two 32M x 64-bit (256MB) DDR400 CL3 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory modules. Total kit capacity is 512MB. Thecomponents on each module include eight 32M x 8-bit (8M x 8-bit x 4 Bank) DDR400 SDRAM in TSOP packages. Clock Cycle Time (tCK) 5ns (min.) / 10ns (max.) Row Cycle Time (tRC) 55ns (min.) Refresh Row Cycle Time (tRFC) 70ns (min.) Row Active Time (tRAS) 40ns (min.) / 70,000ns (max.) Single Power Supply of +2.6V (+/- .1V) Power (IDD0) 2.184 W (operating) UL Rating 94 V - 0 |
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I used to be a huge abit fan until my BF6 died of unknown causes.
Its fan headers may have been a little weak, too. On the plus side, I replaced it with an old old used BH6 grabbed off of a pile. I am butting in here because I have a 2800+ and Asus A7N8x-E (deluxe) arriving next monday. It will have onboard audio but I will probably just use my SBLive. I'll only have one 256k stick of pc3200 to start with. Can anyone responding here comment on this choice compared to others? I ordered a 2500+ for its Barton core and for overclocking but they were back-ordered so I got the 2800+. Since ordering the Asus I read a review at hardocp.com where they say this board won't O/C so well. GWHSU "Amir Facade" wrote in message ... Get an ABIT NF7-S, Take back one of your pakages of RAM and get a single stick of 512. That way you can have your Gig of RAM and Dual chanel too. Board has onboard sound, but you don't have to use it (even though its pretty good.) You can use your SATA drive. "Ben in TN" wrote in message ... Ok, I'm about to build a new pooter and I haven't been keeping up with the latest and greatest. My current computer is a XP 1800+ on an Abit KR7A mobo with a gig of ram. Anyway, it looks like the XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. is the best chip for the money on Pricewatch.com. @ $115 so I was wondering if any of you could point me towards a good motherboard that would compliment that CPU as good as possible for a decent price. I have already bought a Seagate 160 gig SATA 150 hard drive and some Kingston Value RAM PC3200. The RAM came with 2 256 meg sticks per package and I bought 2 packages of the stuff to get a gig. So I'm looking for a motherboard that will work well with that type of RAM and with a XP 2800+ 333 Mhz. Oh yeah, I don't want on board sound or video since I am a gamer and already have a good video and sound card. Unless the on board video card was quite a bit better than my current GeForce 4 4200 Ti with 128 Megs of RAM. I will also say that ever since building my last computer I was very impressed with that Abit motherboard so it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to buy another Abit mobo although I am still pretty open minded about any brands of motherboards. I've pasted the specs of that RAM below in case that made any difference about which motherboards would work well with that type of RAM. I'd also like to hear about any review websites that have tested motherboards that would work well with the other parts I want to use. Thanks much in advance. Ben Kingston Value RAM's KVR400AK2/512R is a kit of two 32M x 64-bit (256MB) DDR400 CL3 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory modules. Total kit capacity is 512MB. Thecomponents on each module include eight 32M x 8-bit (8M x 8-bit x 4 Bank) DDR400 SDRAM in TSOP packages. Clock Cycle Time (tCK) 5ns (min.) / 10ns (max.) Row Cycle Time (tRC) 55ns (min.) Refresh Row Cycle Time (tRFC) 70ns (min.) Row Active Time (tRAS) 40ns (min.) / 70,000ns (max.) Single Power Supply of +2.6V (+/- .1V) Power (IDD0) 2.184 W (operating) UL Rating 94 V - 0 |
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