What's the best Socket A board with............

[Deanodarlo]

...........the following options:

DDR
Jumperless design
Good PCI bus dividers when overclocking
Able to reach the highest FSB?
Best performance?
Best support?
What the hell, generally the best of all!

or is there a better option motherboard coming out very soon?

I need to build an Athlon XP system for my brother, but I'm not up to date with the ddr scene.

Thanks for your help.

 

[alchemize]

There are always "better options" coming out 🙂

 

[Deanodarlo]

^^hehe, you're right that's why I said VERY soon. 🙂

 

[N8]

have been reading several reviews and the Shuttle AK31 v3.1 sounds like a beast. And at $89 + $10 shipping @ newegg, its a great deal too. Several reviews can be found here.

 

[AA0]

most people said the shuttle doesn't o/c well at all, the few threads here said that 150 FSB is unstable..... I'd take the epox 8kha+ which has a 160 FSB stable.

 

[N8]

hehe, go read that latest review at that link i posted...they had it runnin @ 166MHz FSB w/ np's 🙂

 

[Deanodarlo]

Thanks everyone, I've been doing some reading and I'm now clued up as to the DDR scene, yeah! 🙂

It'll be a KT266A motherboard, that's for sure. One of these mentioned on a 166 FSB sounds just awesome!

Any KT266A boards with anything higher than a 4 divider for PCI speeds? I think you'll need a 5 for 166!

If my brother can wait, PC2700 DDR 333 ram will be the next craze I'm sure.