Need help on MoBo --AMD Suggestions ONLY--

RazeOrc

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To keep this as orderly as possible please read the title before posting.

I've fallen off of the wagon as far as MoBos are concerned as I haven't had any personal need in purchasing in some time and the ones I did were for Intel. I am putting together a budget "bang for my buck" pc for my sister. I already have all the parts except the mobo/ram.

Ideally I'm looking for an AMD MoBo that supports FSB and Multiplier OCing as the 1700+ b comes unlocked or some nonsense like that, and I hear you can get quite a bit out of them from stock speeds. It should also support DDR200/DDR266, don't really care about newer stuff since it's that much more expensive and upgrading isn't a huge concern here as my sis can use this thing for 3-4 years. Oh It should also be REALLY REALLY inexpensive, as CHEAP as possible. I haven't found much under $78 shipped that meet my critera but the cheaper the better, thanks to everyone who throws in their dirt.
 

magomago

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nforce Asus? 71.99 @ newegg

comes with lan/audio/and a integrated geforce2mx


I beleive its the Asus A7N...something

Its usually on the main page
 

human2k

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look at my sig....ive got a tbred B 1700XP from newegg.com on friday and its running speedy at 1.81GHZ with the multiplyer at 12.5 x 145MHZ FSB on the MSI kT3 ULTRA. Newegg has this board for $80, too badd it doesnt have pci/agp lock. You should SERIOUSLY consider the Epox 8RDA+ from tcwo.com for $108, not only does it have pci/agp lock and soundstorm, but you get free s/h;).
 

RazeOrc

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Wow, thanks for the speedy replys guys, I think i'm gonna opt for the nforce Asus A7N266-VM AA 71.99 @ newegg, GF2 still runs most current games and will do Autocad2002, good help guys, thanks!
 

Bovinicus

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The onboard video on the nForce is no good. It is extremely slow. The GF2 MX is nowhere near the performance of the GF2. Plus, I thought you had everything but the motherboard already anyway... The nForce board is still good, I would just go with the one without onboard video and save a few bucks if you don't really need it.