Whats a good Motherboard for less then $100? (DDR and SDRAM)

[LaVoS]

Im looking to replace my K7S5A with a new Motherboard because of hardware issues... are there any good Motherboards that have DDR and SDR slots in em that work good? thanx

 

[hoihtah]

what do you need it for?
what'll be your main use for this mobo?

 

[LaVoS]

umm well mostly games... and i may overclock with it... my HW specs are
Gainward GF3ti200
C-media Soundcard (not every good lol)
PCtel 56k Micro Modem
AMD Athlon 1ghz
IBM 40gig 7200rpm drive
Light On CDr
56x CDrom
Antech 300watt PSU
ECS K7S5A Mobo (want to replace it cuz its Fscking up my CPU)

 

[hoihtah]

well... if you're having an issue with ecs mobo...
have you tried upgrading your psu?

that might be a better investment.

with kt333 boards coming out right now...
if you can hold of with your ecs for a little bit more... it might be worth the wait.

also... getting a bigger psu will prepare you for your next mobo as well.
chances are , with your next mobo... especially if you're trying to o/c...
you'll need a better psu than your 300w.

if you are still convinced in getting a mobo to replace your ecs...
then look into EPoX 8KHA+, newegg's got a refurb ones for real cheap.
or iwill xp333. both are under 100.

 

[LaVoS]

WEll you see my Mobo wont run my CPU at 1000mhz any more... even when i set the FSB up it constantly freezes and stuff... some one told me it could be the ram... but the ram works fine or so it seems... so i donno

 

[Legendary]

Try this.

Test your RAM.

 

[LaVoS]

Ummm how do you run that in XP? (forgot to tell ya i had XP) windows XP doesnt read the floppy's when you start the computer... thanx

 

[LaVoS]

BTW the mobo has to ahve DDR and SDR Slots... i cant afford to buy DDR at the monment and need to be able to upgrade it hehe

 

[LaVoS]

BTW it has to be a DDR and SDR mobo... i cant afford DDR right now so i need to be able to upgrade later ;-) thanx again

 

[Athlon4all]

I take it you don't want K7S5A right? Well, you have only one other option, the Asus A7A266(-E), but unforunately, I cannot find a single A7A266-E in stock on Pricewatch, and I guarantee you that you want to avoide the A7A266. It even when using DDR, was barely faster than KT133A. I really am not sure that you have much of an option other than K7S5A. As for......

<< windows XP doesnt read the floppy's when you start the computer... thanx >>

What do you mean? You can't boot from a floppy? If u can't, it's not Win XP's fault, but rather you have the Hard Drive ahead of the Floppy Drive in the boot order in the BIOS. Take a look at the BIOS settings for this. The optimum (I think) configuration is the folowing:

1. Floppy
2. CD-ROM
3. Hard Drive

I know it's not Win XP, because I've botted plenty of times from a floppy on my Win XP system.

 

[LaVoS]

ack sry bout the double post... not shure what happend exactly

 

[LaVoS]

oh i knew you could do that... but i wasnt shure if thats what the Program wants you to do or not... oh well ill try that... i suppose i could get a just DDR mobo or sumthin... or suffer with this till i can get a new mobo and ram

 

[LaVoS]

bump

 

[Raj]

PICK UP AN ASUS REFURB A7M266 FOR LIKE 60 SOME BUCKS AT NEWEGG. IT SUPPORTS DDR.