256MB of DDR and now where to put it

[monahan]

Greetings,
I kind a feel like I just jumped out of an airplane for the first time
I bought the RAM first, now I need a MB
My present system has:
Maxtor 7200rpm Ultra UDMA 66 HD
Xpert 2000 32MB
These are probably the only items I can keep as my sound card is ISA
I'm looking at geting a FIC AD11 Socket-A AMD 760 DDR ATX for a MB

Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks ahead for any posts.

 

[odog]

in the mail to me

but seriously. i'd suggest that you not get any FIC mainboard, IMNSHO suck ass...

i'd suggest

Gigabyte
MSI
ASUS

and to a lesser degree Biostar.. but never and i mean never would i suggest any FIC to even my worst enemy:|

 

[monahan]

Can you be little more specific
I'm a little enerebreated right now so...
help me 0ut a little

 

[monahan]

How about
ASUS A7V133 Socket-A KT133A ATX

 

[jaredm77]

get the Asus A7M266, great MB, and Asus is a really good company that makes quality products. The A7V133 won't run DDR Ram.

 

[Soccerman]

IMNSHO

in my NOT SO honest opinion??

heh..

 

[Rand]

Buying the A7V133 wouldnt make much sense b/c the KT133A chipset doesnt support DDR-SDRAM.

Your looking at either the Apollo Pro 266 (For Socket370)
Or Ali Magik1 or AMD760 (For SocketA)

I recommend the Asus A7M266

 

[odog]

IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion

the H never stood for Honest, AFAIK...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

how about the iwill266?

 

[mindiris]

From what I've been hearing about the Ali Magik1 chipset, I wouldn't buy anything based on it. the AMD760 is about the only choice now for the performance minded.

I'd really like to see what VIA KT266 (?) does. I've been waiting for ages for a decent SocketA 266MHz DDR motherboard to upgrade my PII 350, so I guess I can wait even more to see what happens with VIA...

 

[monahan]

Based on all the 'humble opions so far, i'd hav to go with the
Asus A7M266

 

[monahan]

Does anyone know where to get the best price?

 

[monahan]

Dang

I CAN'T find anything lower than 300 bucks

Please
Help
Me

 

[AdamK47]

The Asus A7M266 is a great board. Especially when it's modified to support multiplier adjustments.

I just got done modifing one with 1/2 Watt resistors. Boy was that a pain, but it works. I had to attach them to the BP_FIDs that come out of the socket and wrap them around the motherboard to the 74125F chip pins.