Which motherboard should I get for an 800MHz athlon?

[broadwayblue]

I'm putting together my first 'from scratch' system and I need help picking out the right motherboard. I am going to order an 800 mhz AMD Thunderbird processor. I already have a voodoo 3 3000 and a soundblaster live x-gamer. I was considering the following mb's:
A-bit KT7
Asus A7V

Which of these is better...or should I go with a different board altogether? Any suggestions? Also, what happens if I install pc100 ram in a motherboard that can take pc133? I ask because I have 192 megs of pc100 ram I'd like to use. Thanks!

 

[chottoed]

kt7-RAID ... the kt7 can overclock better

if the motherboard allows you to run the memory at a spd separate from the fsb like any VIA board... then you're fine...
if you use pc100 on the kt133 boards... just remember not to choose the fsb+pci clock setting so it won't have the memory on 133...
you should be fine using pc100 on any athlon board

 

[ArcHDeVil]

Pretty impressive system, altough i'd junk that v3 3k and go for a cheaper CPU perhaps. A good DDR would boost your performance upto the sky! The Mobo question?! I'm looking 4 the answer myself as well, so can't really help u on thatone As far as i've seen: Asus for stability and good overclock, and ABit for ultimate overclockin'. Don't worry about those memories btw.

 

[broadwayblue]

what's the advantage of going with the kt7 raid version over the non raid kt7?

what should I go with instead of the vd3? I haven't even gotten it yet...I just ordered it at onvia for $57 after rebate.

what's ddr?

thanks again!

 

[Isaiah]

I would get the Asus A7V it is good if you need stability but still work great for overclocking.



Isaiah

 

[Isaiah]

what's ddr?

DDR
Double Data Rate transfers allows for data to be fetched on both the rising and falling edges of the clock thus doubling the effective transfer rate of the clock. For example a 100MHz DDR clock would achieve a peak transfer rate equal to that of a 200MHz clock. The effective transfer rate is equal to the clock frequency multiplied by the bus width, doubled.(copied from anandtech.com)


Isaiah