Want to buy a AMD MB

[nlieber]

I'm looking for a new MB to replace my 266A. I have a XP 2100 I will not be upgrading for awhile and have a 9700 Vid card so I want it to be 8X AGP capable. I want to be able to be able to put a new AMD processor XP2400+ or greater in it later on. I know KT400 or nforce 2 group are the way to go and I'd like it to be serial HD capable. I want gigabyte LAN, dont care about built in sound/video.

What types are available? Why do you recommend them? I will probably o/c the processor and memory.


Im looking at the ASUS nforce2 board coming out soon and the MSA K4 board.

Help?


Buying within 2 weeks

 

[Vette73]

Well first off gigabyte will do you no good unless all your routers, switches, cableing, etc... are also gigabyte standard. So a built in 10/100 will do fine. In fact a 10mbit ethernet card will do all you need for high speed internet.

I would pass on the nForce 2 boards as you say you will be doing this in the next 2 weeks, that is not enough time for any good amount of nForce boards to come out and find all (any) of the bugs in them.

The best board I see for the most part is the Epox EP-8K9A2+. It has Highpoint Raid, serial ATA, usb2.0, agp8X, 6ch sound, and a 10/100 ethernet card. It is going for around $125, and should also overclock very well, if you wanted to try

 

[oldfoof]

I argee with Marlin the epox (EP-8K9A2+) is the way to go.

+ I am one proud Epox owner.

 

[nlieber]

Thanks for comments guys I will ckeck that board out. I read that the new ASUS nforce2 will allow you to bypass AMB processor multiplier locking feature? Anyone know if this will be on any other boards available soon?


Thx