which athy ddr mobo?

[ghazi]

hey, i was wondering which athlon ddr mobo is the best right now, im making a sub-1000$ budget comp for my freind but prices are so low nowadays its ridiculous. found 256mb of pc2100 crucial ram for like 50$, so nows a great time to build a comp.......

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

if u going to buy right now get a EPOX 8k7a Mobo. ihave one there nice. if u want raid get Epox 8k7a +

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Get the epox like questionsandansweres said.

 

[AppleTalking]

Epox 8K7A is a good board. I have one running a 1.2GHz. Athlon and it works fine. The Epox 8K7A+ has onboard RAID but is otherwise the same as the 8K7A. However, you might also want to take a look at the Gigabyte 7DXR and the Asus A7M266. They're all based on the same chipset (AMD 760).

Or, if you would like to wait a couple weeks, motherboards with the improved Via KT266 chipset will be coming out, as will boards based on the SiS 735. Both of these chipsets will be faster than the AMD 760.

But if you have to have one now, go with the Epox 8K7A (for lower price), the Gigabyte 7DXR (for that cool blue color and great onboard sound), and the Asus A7M266 (if you like Asus).

Good luck! 😀
Nick

 

[jthsmak]

Epox 8k7a or Gigabyte 7DXR (having contrary opinions on this board is not allowed)

 

[Insane3D]

"Abits are the best around "

Sorry, that comment just made me laugh..😉

One thing to consider..stay away from the A7M266 if you plan on doing much overclocking. The A7M266 does not allow multiplier adjustment, so you will be limited to FSB adjustment only. As far as RAID, the 8K7A+ and the GA-7DXR have onboard RAID.

 

[Boonesmi]

"Abits are the best around"
yeah it made chuckle too 🙂

i really like the epox 8k7a and the gigabyte 7dxr