Hello again.
Once again I find myself thinking of purchasing a new motherboard. The reason being is that I will be building a new rig for my boss at work, and I'll pass down my current mobo to her as part of that.
My mobo and CPU is the GigaByte 7DX (not the DX-R) and AMD 1.4ghz. Also 2 sticks of 256MB DDR PC2100 (crucial)
The 7DX has some really funky hybrid AMD/VIA chipset thing going on so i find myself needing both the 4-in-1's and some amd drivers that haven't been updated in a few years. I don't really like that. So I think i'll get the KT266 since it seems to be better now. In particular I'm looking at the A-Bit KR7A, as a recent roundup here said it was the best KT266 mobo. I also like that it has 4 DIMM slots, which is nice because I'd like to get another 512MB of ram and have that gig of ram i've always dreamed of.
I also like the 6th PCI slot instead of 5. I will NOT be overclocking, so I don't need the options that I hear the Iwill has over this one. Nor do I need any crappy onboard sound. I like basic stuff better, as less things can go wrong.
One thing I'm wondering about the KR7A, if I do get that one, is whether the non-raid (KR7A) is the same board as the rad (KR7A-R), as I don't need a raid. I got this GigaByte one after seeing the performance for its Raid variant, only later learning that this version is a lot older than the 7DX-R was at the time. I definately don't have any use for a RAID as I only have 1 HDD, but if the non-raid version is inferior I'll spend the extra money to get the suprior board.
So, in your opinion, should I go for the KR7A? or KR7A-R? The reason I'm a little weary of getting A-Bit is cause a week before I got the GigaByte I got a Abit KT7 and I had so many problems with that thing I had to return it. I'm hoping the KR7A won't be the same thing...
Thanks for any help guys
My current system rig is here
Once again I find myself thinking of purchasing a new motherboard. The reason being is that I will be building a new rig for my boss at work, and I'll pass down my current mobo to her as part of that.
My mobo and CPU is the GigaByte 7DX (not the DX-R) and AMD 1.4ghz. Also 2 sticks of 256MB DDR PC2100 (crucial)
The 7DX has some really funky hybrid AMD/VIA chipset thing going on so i find myself needing both the 4-in-1's and some amd drivers that haven't been updated in a few years. I don't really like that. So I think i'll get the KT266 since it seems to be better now. In particular I'm looking at the A-Bit KR7A, as a recent roundup here said it was the best KT266 mobo. I also like that it has 4 DIMM slots, which is nice because I'd like to get another 512MB of ram and have that gig of ram i've always dreamed of.
I also like the 6th PCI slot instead of 5. I will NOT be overclocking, so I don't need the options that I hear the Iwill has over this one. Nor do I need any crappy onboard sound. I like basic stuff better, as less things can go wrong. One thing I'm wondering about the KR7A, if I do get that one, is whether the non-raid (KR7A) is the same board as the rad (KR7A-R), as I don't need a raid. I got this GigaByte one after seeing the performance for its Raid variant, only later learning that this version is a lot older than the 7DX-R was at the time. I definately don't have any use for a RAID as I only have 1 HDD, but if the non-raid version is inferior I'll spend the extra money to get the suprior board.
So, in your opinion, should I go for the KR7A? or KR7A-R? The reason I'm a little weary of getting A-Bit is cause a week before I got the GigaByte I got a Abit KT7 and I had so many problems with that thing I had to return it. I'm hoping the KR7A won't be the same thing...
Thanks for any help guys
My current system rig is here
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