thinking of upgrading one Rosetta@home box - just a little

[Wiz]

I recently received a gift of a 2500+ Barton cpu & some nice ram and I put them in my old A7A266 mobo. This seems a bit of a waste, so I am looking for a good used mobo to replace the A7A266.
I would like to have something that has multiplier adjustments and of course fsb and that will do at least 200 / 400 fsb.
Funds are limited, so I am looking for something used but still has plenty of life.

Suggestions?

(no, I'm not going to chuck it all out & upgrade to a quad core monster - I would like to but it's not going to happen)

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Shuttle AN35N ... took my Barton 2500+ to 3200+ and has kept it there for almost two years now, never a problem, good temps, stable voltage. Only drawback: no high voltage for RAM supported, so if you run stuff like GeiL or other extrem stuff, this is not your board. If just regular PC3200 RAM, go for it. It was even cheap back then, so today it should be super cheap.

 

[Wiz]

Thanks BMC

That looks like a good board, I see a couple on ebay right now at 99 cents plus $10 shipping... On my watch list!

Anybody use the ABIT NF7-S VERSION 2.0 mobo? Like it?

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Used some of the Abits myself, in three custom built PCs for friends of mine.

Had the Rev 1 first (one time), crappy board, Rev 2 then was a good board.

The Shuttle is a bre board, just for a dedicated cruncher. The Abit has more gadgets. Depends on personal choice I'd say.

 

[Insidious]

The Abit NF7-S v2 was my favorite socket A Motherboard.

(I liked the KD7-Raid boards too)

 

[CupCak3]

if you get an nf7, make sure you don't get a 2s board.... terrible terrible board

 

[Wiz]

Thanks guys, I have some of each on my ebay watch list - I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[InlineFive]

Ditto on the NF7, fantastic board before I fried it!

 

[MDE]

NF7-S 2.0 (not the NF7-S2 as CupCak3 said) and the Asus A7N8X series were solid boards.

 

[bluestrobe]

Typing on a NF7-S. Took a bit to get it running but have been running great for about two years now. Rock solid.