motherboards
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I like the rectangular ones with the little chip thingies all over'em.
Mebbee you could start by indicating what you're going to do with it (and which chipset you're going to use).
Mebbee you could start by indicating what you're going to do with it (and which chipset you're going to use).
without getting too specific, there is a large consensus that ASUS builds mboards that are superior in terms of quality and reliability, while ABIT makes boards that are unparalled for performance and overclocking. I've been very fond of the ABIT board I bought last time I upgraded.
If you're having trouble with abit (and their older boards did have a reputation for being buggy -- is your p3 pre-1gigahertz?), why not invest in an ASUS board. They are among the most expensive, but they are reputed to have very good quality. I was unhappy with the last ASUS board I bought -- it was the A7M and one of the very first ddr AMD boards. That said, I believe their newer boards are supposed to be faultless and I may consider them when I purchase again.
I upgraded to a gigabyte GA-7vaxp and asus a7v333 couple months ago. gigabyte board much more stable. asus board had conflicts with older matrox board, new leadtek winfast t200. and installing XP pro
after months on this b/ board and amd b/board reslved problem by putting leadtek into gigabyte board and bought ati 7500 for asus board then changed memory into slot 1 and 3 now board works. without moving memory you get blue screen of death
asus will tell you you need to use memory from a limited supply of vendors (that was fix they had for me)
go to this site and read for your self. I will avoid asus in the future or until I read they have fixed problems. bios updated every couple of weeks (I think because they cant figure out how to fix all the problems in their board)
__http://www.amdmb.com/ look in asus
thanks too the people on this board and amd board I finally have a fix they were more help then tech support.
after months on this b/ board and amd b/board reslved problem by putting leadtek into gigabyte board and bought ati 7500 for asus board then changed memory into slot 1 and 3 now board works. without moving memory you get blue screen of death
asus will tell you you need to use memory from a limited supply of vendors (that was fix they had for me)
go to this site and read for your self. I will avoid asus in the future or until I read they have fixed problems. bios updated every couple of weeks (I think because they cant figure out how to fix all the problems in their board)
__http://www.amdmb.com/ look in asus
thanks too the people on this board and amd board I finally have a fix they were more help then tech support.
whether Amd or Intel, I would go Abit. My last few have been so and I have had no problems with stability or usability. They are competitively priced too, I recently built a system with the Abit SA7, great spec and only around £75($105). I have an old BH6, and it's still going. I'm using an IT7 max now, no more serial, parallel, ps2. It's got USB 2, firewire, Lan and it's good in bed lol.
It depends on whether you're looking for stability or overclocking ability. If you want rock solid stability I would recommend Gigabyte or Epox with an AMD 761 chipset for a AMD processor platform. Never any chipset\soundcard compatibilty problems and stable 24\7. Not the fastest out there ...but never a problem either. If you go with a Intel CPU, I can't help you....never owned one. Just my opinions.
ipdave
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I have had nothing but good results with Abit (AMD, not Intel) mbs.
Running KT7A-RAID on my server (24x7x365) without a hickup - currently on .NET server.
Main machine is an AT7-RAID with AthlonXP2000+ no problems with compatibility or stability. Running XP sp1. Highly recommend Abit; I have had mixed results with Asus - had one die on me. Never had an Abit go out. Owned 5 Abit's so far.
Running KT7A-RAID on my server (24x7x365) without a hickup - currently on .NET server.
Main machine is an AT7-RAID with AthlonXP2000+ no problems with compatibility or stability. Running XP sp1. Highly recommend Abit; I have had mixed results with Asus - had one die on me. Never had an Abit go out. Owned 5 Abit's so far.
Asus and Gigabyte are my choice boards with AMD processors. Forget about Intel.
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SaLiVa
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Mobo Help!!
Try looking at w*w.tomshardware.com or w*w.arstechnica.com they usually have some pretty good info on mobos. Choosing the right mobo is the key in building a system you will happy with so dont try to skimp by getting whats cheap. If you are building an AMD system I would highly recommend the ASUS A7V333.
Try looking at w*w.tomshardware.com or w*w.arstechnica.com they usually have some pretty good info on mobos. Choosing the right mobo is the key in building a system you will happy with so dont try to skimp by getting whats cheap. If you are building an AMD system I would highly recommend the ASUS A7V333.