The BEST KT333 for sub 100?

[magomago]

I'm looking for a good kt333 yet I'm finding a LOT of them....

I'm trying to find one with onboard sound,lan,usb...pretty much everthing excpet RAID and ONboard VGA (well, if it is there I just won't use them...raid is pointless to me and i'm going to put a different card in the pc)


What should I go with? I'm trying to get itn the 80-90 dollar range...and the less the better

Normally I'd just go Epox 8k5a2+ since it has gotten rave reviews and my bros cpu uses it...but at 102 it is a little to expensive.

 

[osage]

have you looked here ?

 

[magomago]

Wow! Those are at a great price but one BIG problem - nothing comes with it! I get not screws, no cables, no nothing

The usb connection isn't important b/c the damn mobo already has 4 on the back!

But the cables it is missing..

 

[osage]

maybe , maybe not..I ordered a refurb about this time last year for a guy and it was in retail box with everything in it. All cables 3 of them, extra USB bracket,book,CD the works..sealed nothing had been touched as far as I could tell.

 

[magomago]

Well, it says that one must except only the bare motherboard

 

[magomago]

Shoulda I get a kt266a instead?

What is the difference? I don't need USB 2.0 (1.1 is fine for me sinec I never use USB anyway...)

does it take pc2700 ram or no? How high do they take up for the athlon processors?

 

[PoonDaddy007]

KT266A uses PC2100 RAM while the KT333 uses PC2700. Both of the chipsets operate at the 133 FSB for the chip. Correct me if I'm wrong.

KT333 might offer more onboard integrated features. Such as ATA133, Sound, LAN, Etc.

 

[magomago]

okay, then looks like I have to go kt333 route....

Now the hard part is getting a mobo

 

[CraigRT]

Soltek SL75DRV5 is not expensive, is KT333, and is a good mobo.

I love my SL75DRV4 (KT266A)
one of the most rock stable boards I've seen.. never a problem, whatsoever.. and it's very inexpensive.
both should be very inexpensive thesedays.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: Yield
Soltek SL75DRV5 is not expensive, is KT333, and is a good mobo.

I love my SL75DRV4 (KT266A)
one of the most rock stable boards I've seen.. never a problem, whatsoever.. and it's very inexpensive.
both should be very inexpensive thesedays.

i'll go check it out

If therte are any suggestions please make them b/c i'm giong to buy it today

 

[icedogg256]

I have a MSI KT4VL (6712). It is about $80 retail on pricewatch. It is a kt400 chipset, it has onboard sound and lan, with 4 usb ports, and 2 with a expansion slot. It supports up to the 2800+ XP, and 3 ddr333, 6 pci slots to. So, look at mine, its a great motherboard.

 

[magomago]

It doesn't seem like its getting good reviews though

 

[deerslayer]

Epox 8k5a2

$94 shipped. No RAID, but it looks like 1 less PCI and no onboard LAN Probably better off with a different board if you want the PCI and the LAN.

 

[magomago]

My bro has the + version.



I decided NOT to shortchange the mobo and went for this:
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MSI Motherboard for AMD Athlon/AthlonXP/Duron processors (@ 100/133/166 FSB), Model# K7N2-L (MS-6570-010)

What do you guys think of it? Nforce2, and I can't tell if it comes with VGA, but that isn't that important b/c I'm going to replace it in a few months anway

Linky

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: magomago
My bro has the + version.



I decided NOT to shortchange the mobo and went for this:
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MSI Motherboard for AMD Athlon/AthlonXP/Duron processors (@ 100/133/166 FSB), Model# K7N2-L (MS-6570-010)

What do you guys think of it? Nforce2, and I can't tell if it comes with VGA, but that isn't that important b/c I'm going to replace it in a few months anway

Linky

nForce2 is a great chipset. You can get nForce2 board for just about $100 now.

And the ones that have Video have not come out yet.

 

[optimistic]

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