best mobo and cpu for now??

[piginspring]

i'm going to build another PC in a month 'coz my wife and i always need to fight to decide who is going to use the only computer at home.
i have pretty much everything except the MB and CPU. i don't really catch up the new trend of AMD MB. what in my mind right now is MSI's KT333 Ultra 2/BR. what do u guys think? also looks like xp 1800+ has the best performance/cost ration, right?
any of your input will be highly appreciated!

p.s: i might try to play o/c a little bit. do u think my old Crucial pc2100 will work fine at 166 FSB? btw, my vid card is Visiontek Ti200. thx!

 

[Rafael]

Well I dont know what's the price of the MSI right now, and dont know how much you want to spend on a mobo.
But I would go with a Epox 8K5A2+, KT333 mobo, has support for the new processors, USB2.0, RAID controller.
And if you plan to OC this is the best mobo out there IMO.
CPU I would say to get the XP1600+, you can OC to XP2000+ or even 2100+.
About ur RAM I know Crucial can go very far, but dont know how high, but I've seen ppl running 166 Mhz and over.

Good luck!

Raf

 

[CaptnKirk]

Posting in many places? The Crucial PC2100 will peak in the 150 - 155 range, about 15% above it's design, no sweat.

 

[piginspring]

go through every forum?? he he..... thx for your help!!

 

[327]

One of my friends has the soyo lite board with an xp1800 and its ok. its a KT333 i believe.
The xp1800 is definitely one of the best chips for the money by far. Just make sure
to get a decent heatsink for it and you should be fine. : )