System Setup

[PurPo]

I was wondering what everyone thought of the system I was going to upgrade to. Also can you tell me anything bad that you see with what I want to do.

CPU: AMD XP 2100+
Motherboard: Asus A7V333
Memory: DDRam 512mb

All other components I already have. Just upgrading. Thanks.

 

[Pwent]

What type of DDR and what latency? 2x 256 MB modules?

I reccomend the KT4U from MSI, AGP 8x, DDR400 support, ATA133, USB 2.0, Firewire(?), etc... More upgradable...
And the previous version is one of the few current ones without major issues.

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[upec]

Asus A7V333 is a great motherboard. My cousin have one. It is very stable.

 

[upec]

KT400 based board is not yet available and we do not know if the chipset is going to be stable or not.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

ive found that asus boards are allways the most expensive. you will be able to find other kt333 boards which are just as good for less money.

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[Kaliman]

in all honesty, there is some problem with every single KT333 board on the market right now. I love Asus but with the lack of overclocking options and the dissapointment of some users i have decided not to purchase it. Any hopes for the gigabyte board that i had were shot to hell by its millions of problems, the board that i am 90% sure i am going to get is the Epox 8k3a+ Seems to be an insane overclocker and stable at the same time, i really don't give two flying fu.cks that it doesn't have usb 2.0 since i probably won't use it and can always add in a usb 2 card. The only problem with this board that i've come across is a soft rebooting issue that is resolved by the latest bios flash and abnormaly high temp readings, but i think that is because the sensor uses the core's internal temperature.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

of course the cpu will read a higher temp when reading the internal diode. mine does
around 50C at full load in a 20C with a bigass MCX-462 heatsink.

but it doesnt really matter. if it doesnt crash then its ok.
and one should always use the latest bios.

another thing ive found thats useful is
<A HREF="http://www.aoaforums.com" target="_new">http://www.aoaforums.com</A>

they actually have a guy who works for epox on the forum! definately a bonus

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[upec]

A7V333 is one of few board that actually running stable with 333MHz CPU bus.