What is the best chipset and motherboard for Athlon XP?

[danizoe]

I plan to buy Athlon XP 2200+ but I have no idea about motherboard. What is the best chipset and motherboard for Athlon? Consider the upgrade for future Athlon. Thnx!

 

[Schadenfroh]

chipset: nforce2
Mobo: asus a7n8x deluxe

 

[yodayoda]

Chipset: nForce2
Motherboard: Abit NF7-S v2.0

and why are you buying a 2200+? do you like throwing money away? get a 1700+ from newegg for $42 and OC it up to 2.3 GHz--you can with an Abit board but maybe not with an Asus =)

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Buy an nForce2 (either of the above is good) and a Barton 2500.

- M4H

 

[screw3d]

Don't forget Epox 8RDA+. Pretty cheap at Newegg. The only downside is that it does not allow you to change the Vdd within the BIOS.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Welcome to the Anandtech forums Throw the SL-75FRN2-RL in the mix too, RAID, Ultra400 A1/C1 chipset, all the overclocking tweaks including vdd adjustment via bios and a cool gold PCB that looks great with window mods.

 

[danizoe]

What do you think of MSI K7N2 Delta? In tomshardware.com it really shine. It seem beat all motherboards!

 

[screw3d]

Of all the 4 choices you HAVE to choose the MSI? I'm surprised to hear you say that MSI beats all the other boards? Don't believe everything you read on the web, especially if the website is www.tomsha....

If you plan to overclock, MSI is an awful choice. Take any of the above four, but definitely not the MSI.

I think I mentioned not to take the MSI. Did I?

 

[FluxCap]

I was wondering, on the 8RDA+ is the vdd issue considered a problem? What is the workaround? Pencil trick?

 

[merlion]

First choice would be the Soltek SL-75FRN2-Rl as DAPUNISHER has pointed out for only $95 shipped from Newegg.

Second choice would be the Abit NF7-S which adds Firewire and the Sounstorm audio.