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Please recommand a motherboard that supports both SDRam and DDR.

I suggest the ASUS A7A266-E.

Has faster performance than the ECS K7S5A.
 
There's more choice actually. ECS have K7S5A, K7VTA2 and K7AMA - SiS, VIA and ALi chipset respectively.
 
Thanks everyone. Well heres the deal. My brother inlaws motherboard went dead. It was a old MSI Pro2-A. Hes always helping out in the family when anyone needs it. He doesnt have much money so I thought I would buy him a new board. It doesnt have to O/C I just need a stable board that will run both ram types.
 
The ECS board is fast and cheap. O/C is very porr, but thats because ECS doesnt support O/Cing. You can bump the FSB with a utility or hacked bios. I've got mine running at 150mhz 🙂
 
I know there are a lot of horror stories about the K7S5A around, but my buddy was in a similar situation (no money but needed a new board now, I bought the board for him and he detailed mine and my girlfriends cars) I put it in for him without a hitch and has been running fine. I got the board 2 weeks after it came out. No overclocking going on, has been stable since day one.
 


<< Anyone have any thoughts on the PcChips M841LR? >>

Well, I truthfully don't see much of a difference between it and K7S5A with the exception that M841LR has on-board video which I doubt you need because you allready most likely have a video card. So, there's nothing wrong with 841LR (If you can live with no support), but I'd suggest K7S5A instead for you.
 


<< I suggest the ASUS A7A266-E.
 >>



I've been looking all over for a place that sells the A7A266-E but I've never seen one. At the last computer show, the vendors only had the older A7A266 rev 1.10.
 
K7S5A all the way. Great price and super stability, as long as no problems when first setting it up. If you have any problems, search the forums here for "k7s5a" or PM me. I happen to love K7S5A's and have built quite a few systems around it.
 
There's one more choice no one has talked about - the Shuttle AK32. Uses the VIA KT266 chipset, has 2 slots for SDRAM, 2 slots for DDRAM, and onboard audio. I have one in my system - used my old SDRAM for about two weeks until I sold it to get DDRAM, so I can honestly say it works great with both. The AK32 runs about $67.
 
Thanks for the great response everyone! I think for the price Ill 'go with the ECS board. This guy isnt a power user and doesnt O/C or leave his PC on all week so I think this one will do him ok. 🙂
 
K7S5A all the way.

A7A266? Get real. If you can still find one, you'll still pay nearly (if not) twice as much. Not worth it.

Don't get scared by all the naysayers. K7S5A has proven to be worthy of the price/performance title in the Socket A arena. Nothing comes close.
 
I hope you realize you can't run both types of Ram at the same time on the K7S5A... It has slots for DDR and SDR, but you can only use one kind at a time.

I imagine it's the same with the other boards, although I could be wrong on this.
 
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