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Going DDR

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yngtm27

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Ok, I've decided to upgrade to a DDR mobo. I've pretty much narrowed down my choices to the following short list:

(1) Shuttle AK31 Rev2
(2) Abit KG7 Raid
(3) MSI K7 Master

Opinions? Let me know if I've left out any mobos that are also good candidates. Note: I've left out the Epox 8K7A+ because I have an Enermax 465VE psu. It has been shown that there is a problem combining this psu with the Epox 8k7a (specifically a problem with the 5v rail).

I will be using the mobo with the components in my current system excluding the PC133 SDRAM of course. Thinking of upgrading to Win2k as well.
 
I just installed a Shuttle AK31 r2. It's an excellent motherboard, for me anyway. I got better overclocking results with the same cpu than with an MSI Turbo Limited. Actually The MSI motherboards as a whole have an AGP/USB irq sharing issue. I don't know why MSI did that. Have you looked at the Epox-8HKA ?
 
Personally I would go with the ASUS A7M266. I love this board - i had my duron 650 in it and was able to overclock it to over 1ghz with the DDR. I put my 1.3ghz athlon in and I have it overclocked to 1.45ghz with standard PC1600 memory. SWEET - this is just my opinion.
 
Thanx for the replies. I'm really leaning toward the KG-7 RAID because it has the AMD 760 chipset. However, the Shuttle board is quite cheap and the performance reviews are excellent.
 
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