Hear me out please. I have a XP2100+ Tbred-B core that I upgraded to a couple months ago but it's been causing stability problems (I'm not OCed) and I believe it's my motherboard.
It has trouble posting sometimes out of a reboot, gotta reboot it a bunch of times for it to post... constant hardlock or reboot when trying to play any D3D or OpenGL games... It's just not stable or fun.
Aside from the XP2100+, I'm running a very old Epox 8K7A mobo... which supposedly supports this CPU but I beg to differ. (Yes, BIOS is updated.) I got this when it first came out so I guess it's on it's last leg or something. I am also running first generation PC2100 DDR Crucial RAMS... which probably doesnt help.
Either way, I think replacing the mobo and the RAM is my best bet right now to get anything working stable. I was looking at the 8RDA... but I want to try a path away from Epox this time. So I'm torn between the NF7 and the A7N8X. Both have similar features (I don't need the bells and whistles that the -S or -Deluxe provides), and I'm on a tight budget so I'd like some recommendations based on my needs.
I'll probably OC this sucker (It's a TBred-B... cmon now), but not that much. I had this up around 1950mhz on the 8K7A, until it started crappin out recently. I'd be happy to run around there again.
My main focus is stability... so if anyone can guide me to one of these two lovely boards that can provide decent OC and give rock stability. I'd also like RAM recommendations along with your board reco... I've been out of this hardware game so long, I'm clueless now. I AM on a budget btw
Thanks in advance!
It has trouble posting sometimes out of a reboot, gotta reboot it a bunch of times for it to post... constant hardlock or reboot when trying to play any D3D or OpenGL games... It's just not stable or fun.
Aside from the XP2100+, I'm running a very old Epox 8K7A mobo... which supposedly supports this CPU but I beg to differ. (Yes, BIOS is updated.) I got this when it first came out so I guess it's on it's last leg or something. I am also running first generation PC2100 DDR Crucial RAMS... which probably doesnt help.
Either way, I think replacing the mobo and the RAM is my best bet right now to get anything working stable. I was looking at the 8RDA... but I want to try a path away from Epox this time. So I'm torn between the NF7 and the A7N8X. Both have similar features (I don't need the bells and whistles that the -S or -Deluxe provides), and I'm on a tight budget so I'd like some recommendations based on my needs.
I'll probably OC this sucker (It's a TBred-B... cmon now), but not that much. I had this up around 1950mhz on the 8K7A, until it started crappin out recently. I'd be happy to run around there again.
My main focus is stability... so if anyone can guide me to one of these two lovely boards that can provide decent OC and give rock stability. I'd also like RAM recommendations along with your board reco... I've been out of this hardware game so long, I'm clueless now. I AM on a budget btw
Thanks in advance!
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