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Atriedis
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 Posted - 07/22/2003 : 12:10:16
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anyone know any good brands and/or brands to stay away from? im looking for an AMD based mb for athlon xp. 400Mhz fsb with ddr400 support. and 8x AGP. thanks a lot
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ListerD
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Posted - 07/22/2003 : 12:19:31
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Pisn and I have the Soyo Dragons.
No problems yet for me.
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 12:29:41
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i also have a monetary problem. trying to keep it under, say, $125.
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 12:34:11
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scratch that. found a good soyo dragon with everything i need. thx lister
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Krusty
Incredibly Wordy Bastard
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Posted - 07/22/2003 : 12:47:39
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I say get one of the nforce2 boards. Some may not technically support a 400Mhz bus, but they have a locked pci divisor which allows you to overclock the bus to 400Mhz+.
Personally, I'd select an nforce2 board that did not have onboard video and did have onboard RAID. I would pair that up with one of the athlon xp 1700+ thoroughbred B's and some pc3500 RAM. I would be able to overclock the 1700+ to somewhere between 2Ghz and 2.5Ghz (up to 3600+ speeds).
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ListerD
Administrator
1205 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 13:26:03
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/me is anti-overclocking...
Sure it's high performance for pennies, but if you average out how much you pay when you smoke several processors it's better to just invest the money and do it right from square one.
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 14:08:21
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thats what im trying to do. im not gonna overclock. i dont think soyo is gonna cut it either. after reading for hours on end and looking at diff motherboards and vid cards for who knows how long... ive finally realised what i need. i found the vid card im gonna get a gf4 ti4800se which seems to be the best bang for the buck. the motherboard im still looking for. im looking for a 333fsb ddr400 8xAGP (v3.0, NOT v1.5) and cant seem to find all that packed into one within my price range... oh well. i dont care if its nforce2 or the other one (cant remember what its called been looking too long)
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 14:16:20
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i dont know if u guys can understand what i just said... my brain is kinda frizzled after reading so much geek talk.
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PisnNapalm
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 15:44:37
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thats the mb i want but its a tad expensive.
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 15:49:45
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hmmm the non-platinum edition has everything i need and i found it for a good price... i dont need the platinum features. i think this is what ive been looking for. btw do u know if the 8xAGP on it is v1.5 or v2.0 ot v3.0
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 16:33:46
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ordered everything will post specs and how it runs when i get it up and running. thx for all the help
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PisnNapalm
Moderator
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Posted - 07/22/2003 : 17:13:04
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glad I could help...?
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Atriedis
Wordy Bastard
780 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 23:41:54
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heh the motherboard was a big help. thats what my main prob was with.
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motherboards
