Athlon XP Motherboard Upgrade

[macca]

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Hi,

I am looking to squeeze the last possible performance out of my system by
replacing the motherboard. I am tryig to delay when i have to replace most
of my main components.

My current motherboard is an ABit KR7A-RAID motherboard. I have an Athon XP
2600+ proceesor.

I have an AGP 8x Geforce 5600 Ultra graphics card and 768MB of PC2100 DDR.
My hard disk is a 180Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda.

I would like to upgrade my motherboard and want to keep all the above
componets although I have some 333Mhz memory that I can use

I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have to
sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny components that are
coming out now.

I'd appreciate any suggestions on what would be a good motherboard to get?

Thanks In Advance
Macca

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd (More info?)

Thus spake Macca:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking to squeeze the last possible performance out of my
> system by replacing the motherboard. I am tryig to delay when i have
> to replace most of my main components.
>
> My current motherboard is an ABit KR7A-RAID motherboard. I have an
> Athon XP 2600+ proceesor.
>
> I have an AGP 8x Geforce 5600 Ultra graphics card and 768MB of PC2100
> DDR. My hard disk is a 180Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda.
>
> I would like to upgrade my motherboard and want to keep all the above
> componets although I have some 333Mhz memory that I can use
>
> I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have
> to sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny
> components that are coming out now.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions on what would be a good motherboard to
> get?
>
> Thanks In Advance
> Macca


My Crucial 2x256MB of PC2100 RAM will run fine @ 172MHz with relaxed timings
@ 1.6V. As for replacement m/bs, there is a cheaper version of my Asus
A7N8X-E & the Abit NF7-S2 also falls into your price range. I'd replace the
NB fan with a passive cooler on the latter - still just about within budget.
The alternative is to wait for dual-core CPUs for a real improvement,
otherwise, you may end up being underwhelmed by your £50 outlay. Unless you
have one already, a current h/d may give you a better value performance
gain. Can you push your existing components further?

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[Richard]

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Get either an NF7-S v2.0 or a NF7 v2.0. Overclockers.co.uk have the NF7 for
£43 before delivery charges, £56 for the NF7-s. Don't bother with the
NF7-S2. Cheap components.

If you have a sound card get the NF7, if you dont get the NF7-S. The S also
has Firewire and SATA.

Then get a modded bios from tic tac et al. The D26 Mantray ones are latest
and greatest.

 

[Guest]

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Thus spake Richard:
> NF7 for £43 before delivery charges, £56 for the NF7-s. Don't bother
> with the NF7-S2. Cheap components.

Sorry, I meant the NF7-S v2:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63166
Another possibility is to spend a further ~£70 (its price is creeping up now
& availability down) on an XP-M 2500+ (unlocked) which takes socket A up to
& beyond an XP3200+:
http://www.cpucityshop.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=28_29_31&products_id=392
If you push this CPU hard, you would need good cooling in the case & on the
CPU itself.

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