Best AMD motherboard that supports both SD and DDR ram?

[LordJezo]

So.. what is it? I am building a system and have SDRAM now and I wont be able to afford the DDR ram until later. I know several mobos support both, but what is the best one?

I was looking into the Asus A7A... anything else out there I should consider?

 

[Comp625]

The Epox (forgot model name) that has the KT266A chipset supports T-Birds 900mhz through XP 1900+ CPUs. It's the only KT266A mobo that has slots for both SD and DDR ram. It comes by as really cheap if I remember correctly.

 

[IgoByte]

Why spend money on a stupid ASUS board? If you don't need to overclock, then get the ECS K7S5A. It's only $65 shipped...

The ASUS board is based on the ALi M1647, which I personally don't like, and costs twice as much as the ECS. The ECS also has onboard sound and NIC, which is very useful.

 

[IgoByte]

<< The Epox (forgot model name) that has the KT266A chipset supports T-Birds 900mhz through XP 1900+ CPUs. It's the only KT266A mobo that has slots for both SD and DDR ram. It comes by as really cheap if I remember correctly. >>



I wouldn't really go VIA right now. At least not until they fix the bug(s).

 

[CocaCola5]

I have a ECS K7S5A that I am using with two 256MB PC100(at 133) and a 1.2 TB 266, its very stable so far for on mine.

 

[LordJezo]

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<< The Epox (forgot model name) that has the KT266A chipset supports T-Birds 900mhz through XP 1900+ CPUs. It's the only KT266A mobo that has slots for both SD and DDR ram. It comes by as really cheap if I remember correctly. >>



I wouldn't really go VIA right now. At least not until they fix the bug(s). >>



So what would you reccomend?

 

[MrHelpful]

Two people have already mentioned the ECS K7S5A!

And I also recommend it.

 

[mrbios]

I would also recommend the K7S5A board. Cheap, fast, and stable. But if you can find a Via KT266A board with both slots on it, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend that either. Don't listen to IgoByte about "bugs" in the chipset, every chipset will have some. But I definately wouldn't recommend the A7A board. The performance from the first rev. of the ALi Magik1 chipset is very poor compared to the Via and SiS chipset boards.

Russell "Mr.Bios" Sampson

 

[Goldfish]

The K7S5A is a real crapshoot. Either it works great straight out of the box or takes a lot of messing with to work correctly.

 

[Pabster]

Another vote for K7S5A.

SDRAM or DDR, makes no difference. Incredible performance with rock solid stability.

And you can't beat the price tag.

 

[BentValve]

Will the K7S5A work ok with PC100?

 

[Pabster]

Yes.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I'm 2-for-2 with the ECS K7S5A!

-SUO

 

[osage]

K7S5A meets your needs, PC100 now, DDR later. Works with any Socket A cpu out there. Price is right,good performer, both of mine are very stable.

A number of ppl have had some issues with these, but that can prob be said about all new chipsets that have been released in the past year or 2.

I really feel that if some of the major "brand name" makers had released boards based on this chip it would be all the rage.
As it has primarily been used by less well known makers many have been less than enthusiastic.
ECS may have cut a few corners, and they have without a doubt left us without many features that the chip will support, and most ppl here at least feel are vital, ie multipier and voltage adjustment, but this is a good mobo...

Some care must be taken when picking your other components in particular the PSU, but hey what board dosen't have it's quirks ?

sorry to ramble

try one, if it dosen't work out PM me and I'll take it off your hands........
at a used price of course.