AMD Newbie question

[Oyeve]

I have always been an Intel PC builder and have built dozens of intel based systems. Recently I aquired an AMD Athlon 2000 chip and am interested in building an AMD system. The chip came from a POS HP pc whose mobo literally blew all the capacitors. I gave the chip to a friend of mine who tested it and said the chip is fine. The mobo it was in that died was some msi nforce socket 462 board. My AMD newbie questions are this: 1. Is socket A and socket 462 the same? 2. I dont want to spend a bundle on a mobo for a 2000mhz amd chip so what are some good nforce boards that this chip can use? I have tons of DDR pc2700 sticks.

Any info would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[AFB]

Question 1: Yes
Question 2: Both the ASUS A7N8X & ABIT NF7-S seem to be popular. I would say any thing that is made by Abit or Asus.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

What's your upper budget limit on the mobo? Do you have a hsf for the processor?

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
What's your upper budget limit on the mobo? Do you have a hsf for the processor?

100 max and just the stock hs/f

 

[sandorski]

Yes, Socket A and 462 are the same. Any Nforce board will work, Sis, and VIA boards with a 133mhz fsb will also work.

BTW, the Athlon 2000 is not 2000 mhz, just an equivalent to it.

 

[OverVolt]

1: yep Socket 462 and Socket A are the same
2: Albatron.......$60
Shuttle.........$62
MSI..........$72
Those are all cheap solutions, goto newegg.com and search for CPU socket 462, and Nforce2 400 Deluxe northbridge, and just pick your brand/price from there

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Yes, Socket A and 462 are the same. Any Nforce board will work, Sis, and VIA boards with a 133mhz fsb will also work.

BTW, the Athlon 2000 is not 2000 mhz, just an equivalent to it.

I know, its only 1600 or so, right?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: sandorski
Yes, Socket A and 462 are the same. Any Nforce board will work, Sis, and VIA boards with a 133mhz fsb will also work.

BTW, the Athlon 2000 is not 2000 mhz, just an equivalent to it.

I know, its only 1600 or so, right?

1667MHz actually. I'd go for an Abit NF7-S (about $90 at Newegg).

 

[Kwatt]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: sandorski
Yes, Socket A and 462 are the same. Any Nforce board will work, Sis, and VIA boards with a 133mhz fsb will also work.

BTW, the Athlon 2000 is not 2000 mhz, just an equivalent to it.

I know, its only 1600 or so, right?

About that yes.

And contrary to what some belive you can have both.

I have this computer,with an AMD cpu and another computer with Intel cpu's connected to the same KVM. They did not anialiate each other or cause a rip in the space time continuum.

HeII they did not even smoke or spark. Kind of disappointing to tell the truth.



Kwatt