Matchmaker, make me a match for my mobo.

[Bachopoet]

Hey all. Here's a theoretical question. Jimbob is creating a new computer, and he's found a great building site to do it on! Only one small problem... ADULT MALE MENOPOAUSE! OH NO! He has no idea what all this technical crap means. He just knows that some of the power will be wasted if the FSB numbers don't match up. So based on general technical information, he's picked out the AMD 2000+ XP processor, and 512mb of PC2700 RAM. But now he's thinking... gee, motherboards. Hmm. I want that UBS thingy, I don't really need that onboard sound/lan thingy but I suppose it doesn't hurt anything if it's on there, since there's gotta be a way to deactivate it... and I want it to have support for fast hard drives, like 333FSB to match the RAM and ATA133. He still has no idea which motherboard to buy. He knows what features to look for, but he still doesn't know which motherboards are going to be good overclockers for his uber-massive 2000+ (he has had a 266MHz machine for a long time). ...He's been looking at the AN17.

 

[Bachopoet]

Bizzump!

 

[Technonut]

Damn, your thread title has that song running through my mind now.... Anyway, the current performance favorite seems to be the EPoX 8RDA+. I also suggest looking into the 2100+ Thoroughbred B instead of the 2000+. From the posts I see, It seems to be a great overclocker.

I am going by Insane3D's thread on the 8RDA+ in the Motherboard Forum, since I have been waiting in the wings for the VIA KT400A to come out and prove it's self.

Match the above with a good PSU and quality PC3200-3500 RAM, and I think you will have a winner.

 

[Tuff]

Yes..do the Tbird B instead of the A...also...look for the Nforce chipset for a motherboard.

Tuff