What Motherboard for XP1700? I lost the edge...

[Dark]

Hello guys
It's been a long while since my upgrade and I lost the edge regarding MB. Last one I had was the MSIk7T133A. I was thinking of an upgrade. I wanna stick with Asus. I found the a7m266 and a7v333 to be almost the same price. Can anyone help? You can come with ur suggestions on other models too.
Thx

 

[Geoffrey]

I'd like to recommend Soltek's new SL-75DRV5 (Purple Ray) VIA KT333. It's pretty inexpensive, around $100, and you can get great deals at newegg.com. It comes with a lot of software, and a neat temperature moniter that you can use in windows. I highly recommend this motherboard, but if you don't like it, newegg.com is a great place to do your shopping.

 

[Mem]

I`m using the Epox 8KHA+ board and can tell you it`s rock stable with my XP 1700+ ,very easy to setup with only one jumper to worry about(100/133 fsb) .The newer Epox 8K3A(Via KT333) is another good choice with very good reviews.

I personally would not go with Asus,there`s nothing wrong with their boards just lots of other good brands at a cheaper price with excellent stability,in the end it`s your money your choice.

 

[networkman]

I also have an Epox 8KHA+ in one of my machines(I'm a SETI nut!) and it's been running great with an XP1800+. It took a little while to work out what memory timing would work the best, but that's one thing this board has: Options! There's alot of configuring to be done in this board, nothing like the lower end ECS K7S5A boards. And the Epox board wasn't too badly priced either - do realize though it's not the newest thing out there, so other boards with newer chipsets may indeed have some advantages.

 

[TrajanDacicus]

I am using a nforce chip. Asus A7N266C it's a very good mobo. But, it's a new chip and got some pb with ide controler, sound on 4.1 and 5.1 not fix anymore. It's so stable !! I don't regret my choice.

 

[Dark]

First I want to thank you guys. I am now considering the Epox since a lot of people are recommending it. I still have one question though, what if I can get the asus at the same price as the Epox, would u still recommend the epox?
Besides, the 8KHA+ is a KT266 while the Asus is a KT333 chipset? what are the pro of the KT333?

 

[Mem]

<< still have one question though, what if I can get the asus at the same price as the Epox, would u still recommend the epox? >>



Yes I would still recommend Epox,their boards are as good as Asus IMHO.

 

[Dark]

Oops I edited instead of replying...I was wondering what are the pros of the KT333 compared to the KT266A. Anyone knows?

 

[Mem]

<< Besides, the 8KHA+ is a KT266 while the Asus is a KT333 chipset? what are the pro of the KT333? >>



Actually the Epox 8KHA+ is a VIA KT266A board which supports PC1600(DDR 100mhz) & PC2100(DDR 133mhz) ram,the KT333 boards officially supports PC2700 ram( DDR 166mhz RAM) as well,in benchmarks the KT333 is slightly faster by only few percent or so,remember all AMD CPU`s still run on 200/266 mhz FSB, so you won`t see any real big advantage of the KT333 boards at the moment.

 

[Boonesmi]

basically the kt333 has everything the kt266a had,

but the kt333 also has a newer/faster memory controller (even faster then the kt266a when they both use pc2100) the kt333 supports ddr pc 2700, it also has ata133 support (the kt266a is only ata100)