Looking for a motherboard that supports sdram and ddr ram

[Phamine]

Any suggestions on a basic motherboard that supports these 2 types of ram for under $50. I will be using an AMD XP2500+ cpu.

 

[pspada]

The ECS K7S5A Pro has 2 slots of each type.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Remember that you can only use SDRAM or DDR at once. You can not use both types at the same.

 

[Bonesdad]

Also check the M7VIG Pro...verra similar to the K7S5A...more stable IMO and it has onboard vid.

 

[Peter]

Now do we start that "unstable mainboard" discussion again? I don't think so. K7S5A in itself has no builtin stability problems whatsoever. It is all in how well you build the system around it.

 

[tcsenter]

Looking for a motherboard that supports sdram and ddr ram

Several to choose from:

MSI KT2 Combo-L: VIA KT266A/VT8235, ATX, 6 PCI + AGP slot, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

MSI KM2M Combo-L: VIA KM266/VT8235, mATX, 3 PCI + AGP slot, Video, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

Biostar M7VIW: VIA KT266A/VT8235, ATX, 5 PCI + AGP slot, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

Biostar M7VIG Pro: VIA KM266/VT8235, mATX, 3 PCI + AGP slot, Video, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

ECS K7S5A Pro: SIS735, ATX, 5 PCI + AGP slot, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

Shuttle AK32E: VIA KT266A/VT8235, ATX, 5 PCI + AGP slot, Audio, USB2.0

ASRock K7VT2: VIA KT266A/VT8235, ATX, 5 PCI + AGP slot, Audio, LAN, USB2.0

There are a few others, but they are just variations of the same theme or have been discontinued. The ones listed should still be current models that can be found with relative ease.

Just in case you might be willing to consider a P4 (Pentium or Celeron) platform, ASRock has several P4 boards based on Intel, SIS, and VIA chipsets that feature both SDR and DDR slots. A few models are certified up to 3.06GHz and support HT. Nifty!

ECS also offers several similar P4 boards that in all likelihood are the same used by ASRock.

 

[jjyiz28]

im i mistaken but since the barton runs a 333mhz bus, it won't run at the right speed using those boards, ie, km266, kt266A, etc...

phamine: any chipset that supports SDR ram most likely will not be supporting a 333mhz bus cpu. i don't believe a board like this exists.
i have a km266 that has both, but supports up to a 266cpu, and a km400 that only has ddr, that does support 333.

 

[Peter]

Right. That'd involve 166 MHz RAM bus clock (for PC166 SDRAM or PC2700 DDR), and that's already a tough call with three DIMM slots, impossible with four.

Hence, all those two-SDR two-DDR boards are limited to 133 MHz clock.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
im i mistaken but since the barton runs a 333mhz bus, it won't run at the right speed using those boards, ie, km266, kt266A, etc...

Correct. So he could go as high as 2400+ or 2600+ (Thoroughbred) but not 2500+ (Barton).

 

[Macro2]

Will any of those boards take a t-bird 950?

Too lazy to look myself.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: Macro2
Will any of those boards take a t-bird 950?

Too lazy to look myself.

more than likely yes.

 

[Peter]

For the K7S5A pro, a clear yes. That one basically takes every socket-A processor with 100 or 133 MHz bus.

 

[Macro2]

Thanks

 

[UCSDHappyAsian]

the thing is.. u can only pick one type of the ram to use...... therefore, i dotn think its a good idea... anyways.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: UCSDHappyAsian
the thing is.. u can only pick one type of the ram to use...... therefore, i dotn think its a good idea... anyways.

of course its a good idea, for people that invested in SDR ram, and don't want to spend more money on DDR ram.

 

[tcsenter]

the thing is.. u can only pick one type of the ram to use...... therefore, i dotn think its a good idea... anyways.

Uh, that is the point of offering or desiring slots for both RAM types. If you have SDRAM, you can use it. If you have DDR-RAM, you can use it.