Recommend a KT333 motherboard

[agrall]

I'm looking to build a new system in a couple of weeks around the following:

Athlon XP 2000
256 MB PC2700
60 GB ATA133 7200 RPM HD
GeForce4 4200 or 4400
SB Live
etc.

What KT333 motherboard would you recommend? I notice that many of them have sound on-board... Would any of them be better than the SB Live I am thinking of using?

Thanks.

 

[murphy55d]

Soyo Dragon Ultra is packed with features. On-board sound, lan, RAID, almost everything. Not crappy video though of course.

As far as sound, all I can say is try it out when you get it, see which you prefer. Some have regular AC97 I think some of them use a different soundchip. Either way I'd probably use the SB Live but it's a personal preference.

I really like the DragonUltra, but it is a bit pricey. A cheaper route would be the EPoX 8K3A+

 

[Futga]

Tom's hardware just put up their KT333 roundup
http://www.tomshardware.com/

Looks like Gigabyte came out the winner, some of my favorites somewhat dissapointed, but then again we're only talking a couple fps

 

[TheCorm]

Thanks for the link there Futga. My new Biostar came out either somewhere between bottom and middle on mosts tests which I was a little sad to see but....

Like you say, the differences are minimal and the board was very good value.

I see the article about installing 3 x 512mb...as far as I understand that test, since the Biostar says okay, I should be able to install 3 modules into my board (either 256 or 512mb PC2100 modules). Have posted this elsewhere too, would love to know.

Cheers,

Corm

 

[Mem]

Lots of good reviews from different sites so it may come down to features you need,go here for another KT333 roundup ,the MSI KT3 -Ultra ARU which is feature packed and the Epox 8K3A+ is a very good overclocker, are very good choices along with the Soyo.

 

[agrall]

Well, I'm starting to lean away from an Athlon XP based system, and toward a P4 1.8a overclocked system... The Gigabyte board looks nice there... Any comments?