Accidently bought wrong MB. Is this one ok though?

[Renegade23216]

I meant to buy ASUS A7N8X-X nForce 2 chipset. But I accidently ordered: ASUS A7V8X-X... KT 400 chipset. (which was a tad cheaper)

Is this ok for the system I configured. What is the difference besides the chipset? Is the chipset I got going to give me worse performance?

256MB 2700 Crucial RAM
Barton 2500+
Maxtor 40 GB IDE 133 7200 RPM HD
LG 52x CDRW
MSI GeForce4 MX440SE-T 64MB DDR

Please let me know how you feel about this *budget* system. And is the motherboard I accidently bought fine?

 

[jacktesterson]

That Via motherboard is very stable and works great


but if your not an average joe and care about getting leading performance components, the Nforce2 board smokes the KT400 in everything...especially gaming

and the Nforce2 onboard sound is much better




Edit: I forgot the rest of your question...it looks good for a budget system....Can't go wrong with a Barton 2500+....But I would go 512MB of ram

 

[dexvx]

For starters, its quite a bit worse on the reliability, stability, and performance ladder.

^

Via and stable normally dont go together.

 

[Renegade23216]

Hmm, thanks.

Since my sister doesn't game... and probably won't use sound *too* often. It's probably not a big deal.

She just goes online, chat, email, word, etc.

 

[jacktesterson]

I disagree totally with this


Via is still a great company. I am sure Via will climb back on the top of chipsets soon enough. They are not a low end chipset. They were forced to be in this round because NVidida beat them at there game. I think Via will be at the top again. ATI is supposingly coming with a new chipset as well that has new features not seen on motherboards.


But anyways....Via is good stable chipsets.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: AMDHardcoreFan

Via is still a great company. I am sure Via will climb back on the top of chipsets soon enough. They are not a low end chipset. They were forced to be in this round because NVidida beat them at there game. I think Via will be at the top again. ATI is supposingly coming with a new chipset as well that has new features not seen on motherboards.

But anyways....Via is good stable chipsets.

Via as a company cannot afford huge amounts of Q&A. Therefore, their products cannot be tested as stringently as nvidia, Intel, ServerWorks, and AMD based chipsets. Therefore more problems arise from these chipsets. Granted they are stable enough for the average user, who leaves their computer on maybe a couple hours a day doing light work, or maybe even the "enthusiast" who leaves it on 24/7 with the odd reboot doing some DC, but thats not good enough for me or some other stability freak.

Via was never on top. Their first chipsets were so buggy and performance so poor they have always been the "value" chipset. I cannot think of any Via based chipset that was *not* value oriented.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Azo313
Hmm, thanks.

Since my sister doesn't game... and probably won't use sound *too* often. It's probably not a big deal.

She just goes online, chat, email, word, etc.

well, the sound isn't too horrible, on board sound these days will work fine for the general public's mp3 usage. and like you said, she doesn't game, so any 3d effects are useless.. and i doubt she needs any dobly encoding (not that the a7n8x-x has it even).

 

[Twista]

I have the a7v8x... about the same thing and go back and get the "N" board so skip the "V" board.


Nforce2 is way better.

/edit: Its your sisters pc for normal usage than keep that mobo than and have fun. A a7n8x will be a waste of moo lahh than.

 

[Bonesdad]

Originally posted by: Azo313
Hmm, thanks.

Since my sister doesn't game... and probably won't use sound *too* often. It's probably not a big deal.

She just goes online, chat, email, word, etc.

In that case, ship the V8X back and get a K7S5A

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Bonesdad

Originally posted by: Azo313
Hmm, thanks.

Since my sister doesn't game... and probably won't use sound *too* often. It's probably not a big deal.

She just goes online, chat, email, word, etc.

In that case, ship the V8X back and get a K7S5A

heh. maybe even the biostar with the integrated video...

but yeah the KT400 IS A BUDGET CHIPSET. i mean what with all the KT600 and the nforce2 chips, the KT400 is outdated. anything old is a budget item. a dual mode DVD burner will be considered a budget optical drive 2,3 years later...

if it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg to return the nforce2 400 chipset is a better value. i mean $58 AR! damn!

 

[yhelothar]

Via was never on top. Their first chipsets were so buggy and performance so poor they have always been the "value" chipset. I cannot think of any Via based chipset that was *not* value oriented.

VIA was ALWAYS on top for AMD until nforce2 came out.
KT133 to KT400.. a good 2 years
sounds like you never even used VIA before and you're already so quick to bash them

I'd say the KT400 would be fine for your sister... Overclocking is another huge advantage nforce2 has.. but you don't seem to do that either

 

[Corporate Thug]

really, why dont you just return it and get a the nforce 2? it is a far better board

 

[Challenger]

Originally posted by: Bonesdad

Originally posted by: Azo313
Hmm, thanks.

Since my sister doesn't game... and probably won't use sound *too* often. It's probably not a big deal.

She just goes online, chat, email, word, etc.

In that case, ship the V8X back and get a K7S5A

Agreed, a nice stable average Joe board