I WANT TO GO DDR ~ AND NEED RECOMMENDATION ON A MOTHERBOARD~

[isekii]

Hi I would like to upgrade to DDR ..

and I need recommendation on a good motherboard.. that is stable.. and very compatible..

I am using an Asus A7V.. and it's pissing the crap out of me..


What chipset is good, stable, and compatible ??

please let me know..

Thank You

 

[zzzz]

of course ECS K7s5A

 

[o1die]

A second vote for the K7S5A. Even if the Kt266a chipset is a little faster, it will surely have some compatability issues for awhile. And at $65, if you want to change later, you could surely sell it in your local paper and get most of your money back.

 

[TruculentTucan]

epox 8k7a

 

[jaggrey]

2nd for Epox 8K7A!

 

[ukDave]

any of the above. another good choice - Gigabyte GA7-DX or GA7DXR for the raid version.

 

[BarMan]

isekii, what's up man

if you want cheap and stable and fell like waiting for the the DDR then go with:
ECS K7s5A, it has the SIS735 chipset
also has 2 SDRAM and 2 DDR slots so you can hold on before you get to DDR,
no overclocking on this baby though

now if you want to go DDR all at once with stability and hi ocing go with:
Gigabyte GA7-DX or GA7DXR (for Raid), it has the AMD 761 chipset
also has 3 DDR slots for 3GB support (must be registered ram ofcourse)
and has some great overclocking

I myself have the SOYO K7VX-Dragon board
it has so many components that I needed to upgrade that it was the best one for me.
Onboard 5.1 Sound
Onboard Lan
Onboard RAID for 0,1
Onboard Ultra ATA100
Excellent Stability
Monster stepping OCing (only problem with this is that your onboard USB ports will not function when ocing, but a USB card can solve that all the way)
Got my T-bird 1.4 @ 1650 w/ ArcticSilver II and a Dragon Orb 3 on it.
The boards lovely for me!

 

[Athlon4all]

Best stability/performance/ocing, Gigabyte 7DXR or if you want more ocing, Abit KG7-RAID. K7S5A is also very good too.

EDIT: If you get 7DXR, don't get 7DX no matter what u do. It misses a lot of features (Dual BIOS, Creative Sound, ocing options), has a poorer layout, a dull PCB color, and is unstable.

 

[halldav3]

Until the KT266A boards come out, the K7S5A is the way to go. Just ordered one Monday ... come on Fed Ex!