help deciding on motherboard for xp 1800
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Name: Larry
Date: June 27, 2002 at 07:32:56 Pacific
Subject: help deciding on motherboard for xp 1800 |
Comment: I am planning on buying an AMD 1800+ processor and motherboard combo. Does anyone know anything about motherboards and have any suggestions on what to buy. Here are the 3 I have been considering.
1)817LR
2)K7AMA ALI MAGIC 1645 & MAGIC 1535D+ CHIPSET
3)K7AMA Socket A Board 535D+ CHIPSET Thanks for your help.
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Response Number 1
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Name: wabo100
Date: June 27, 2002 at 07:51:12 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)havent heard much about those except for that you will probably want a via chipset, either the viakt266a or the new viakt333, i have heard of a lot of people having problems with the 333, but i have also heard of a lot of people having success with them, and brand i would go www.asus.com or www.soyo.com or msi (dont know the site)
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Name: ZEEber
Date: June 27, 2002 at 10:30:04 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i have the ECS k7s5a and i have read the reviews and tested the limits on the mobo and its very close to the best. and its inexpensive. try looking at the reviews of the k7s5a and you decide. ohh i have a 1900+ athlon XP on it.
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Name: wabo100
Date: June 27, 2002 at 11:18:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)yes, i have that board im my second comp and it works fine, i wouldnt get it if you were overcloking, but for stright up use its good and its about 50 bucks
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Name: Tammy
Date: June 27, 2002 at 13:38:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Ask yourself what RAM to use 1st. Most people are happy to save some $$$$ and get SDRAM, some want all the jucicy and go for DDR333. Soltek is very good for OC. Abit is more expensive. MSI Ultra is good.
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Name: Ron Watts
Date: June 27, 2002 at 19:11:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I used a Gigabyte ga-7vrx with a 1600+ and it ran very stable up to about 145 fsb. I reset to 133 and gave to my sister it has 512mb of ddr sdram. I have an 1800+ on an asus a7v333 that has been nothing but trouble wont load operating system file corruption you name it. Vender has offered to replace it and if it is bad to try an Abit since they cant seem to get another Gigabyte board like I wanted in the first place. All other parts are the same as gigabyte build only difference is prossesser
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Name: scaleye
Date: July 31, 2002 at 12:22:48 Pacific
Subject: help deciding on motherboard for xp 1800
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Reply: (edit)Don't bother k7ama's are s h i t e.
I've had nothing but trouble & still haven't sorted it out.
You would have to flash the bios anyway for an amd xp.
Also can anyone explain why ECS say the chip set is a m1645 but ali don't even list it & say it should be a m1647.
I'm glad thats off my chest
bag of s h i t e!!!!
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