DDR Athlon Board?

[Guest]

Is there a fast & stable & reliable DDR Athlon board, or should I go for the good old Asus A7V133 for now?

 

[o1die]

DDR MEMORY PRICES CAME DOWN AGAIN THIS WEEK. CHECK THE CRUICIAL WEBSITE FOR PRICES. IF YOU PLAN TO OVERCLOCK, I WOULD GO WITH THE ASUS BOARD. OTHERWISE, I WOULD GO WITH THE CHEAPEST DDR MOTHERBOARD YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH (EX- NEWEGG HAS THE FIC AD11 FOR ONLY $109), AND BUY A 1.2 OR 1.33 GHTZ ATHLON BOXED VERSION, AND 256K OF DDR MEMORY FROM CRUICIAL FOR ABOUT $79. THE FIC BOARD HAS THE AMD 761 CHIPSET, BUT MAY NOT OVERCLOCK AS WELL AS THE ASUS. I PERSONALLY JUST ORDERED A PENTIUM 4 SETUP WITH ABIT BOARD, JUST TO TRY IT OUT. I HAVE HAD SO MANY ATHLON AND DURAN SETUPS, I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. GOOD LUCK.

 

[SERVO]

I would highly recommend the K7-Master. It's very stable and easy to OC a little more money but well worth it!!!

 

[girish]

if you insist on DDR, get the A7A266, it would address both your problems - upgradability (you can start with SDRAM and later on upgrade to DDR) and stability, with a tiny sacrifice for performance, which of course you can recover by slight overclocking.

girish

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