Need a good athlon mobo recommendation that is cheap

[Xtasy]

I have a buggy kt133 mobo, and i need a upgrade replacement to go with my athlon 1200 mhz 200mhz fsb cpu. I want a mobo (preferably via kt 266a or kt333) that can overclock this cpu at least to 133mhz fsb (the more fsb settings, the better) and has multiplier overclocking(the most settings as possible). I also want a mobo that is cheap, less than $80 and will most likely support future processors (ie. thoroughbred). I do have one in mind, the shuttle ak31a rev3.1, is this one good? I'm not interested in spending over $80 for a soltek or epox board.

 

[mcveigh]

yes thats a good one.

goto newegg.com and have fun

 

[Xtasy]

I have noticed that the benchmarks are pretty low for this mobo compared to all the other kt266a mobies. I won't really matter for me as these benchmarks have it lagging by 10 fps from the rest in q3a when already over 150 fps. What really matters is that their is some dividers or 133mhz/xxxmhz settings. Since i have an athlon b and i want to oc it to an athlon c, will there be a setting to set my cpu at 133/xxxmhz, instead of overclocking it to 133mhz, which will increase my agp bus and pci bus causing limits since i have a geforce 3 ti200, which doesn't like agp bus overclocking. also, are there any dividers so if i set overclock it to some high level, lets say 160 mhz, that my agp and pci bus will stay at reasonable speeds. Also, will this mobo have support for future cpu's (ie thoroughbred). Thanks

 

[mcveigh]

sounds like you want a mobo with a 1/6 pci divider (or is it 1/5) anyways poke around in the mobo forum.
If I remember right my Epox 8KHA+ has higher divider than others.

I am very happy with my Epox and it's not expensive.

 

[funboy6942]

I have just what your looking for. It is the shuttle ak31 rev 2.0, sticker on box says KT266A, with new bios (01/02) it is brand new from shuttle. I have had it for 2 weeks and just tested the mobo and works great. I am looking for $70 obo or possible combination of $$$ and ???
Email me at funboy42@msn.com and let me know.