Good MB for xp2100+??

Stormfury

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I wanted to get a few suggestions on a motherboard for the xp2100. I'm leaning towards the Soltek SL-75ERV. It takes DDR RAM and I don't know if thats good memory(is RDRAM better?) Thanks for the help.
 

victorchew

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Isn't the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP is the best from the review at this site? Why everyone say Asus is the best? How about the MSI, Epox, ABIT and Soltek?

thanks.

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dweilbacher

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The ASUS if you are looking for On-board Features, but at a price.

The Abit KX7-333R if you already have a good sound card. The KX7
sells for about $100. I chose the ABIT and have been very happy.

Some suggested the Gigabyte board. Question/Concern... This board
has a maximum multiplier of 12.5. With that multiplier and 133 bus,
you get an XP2000+. Since the multipier is via DIP switches, it can
not be upgraded(like a bios multiplier). So how can this board support
an XP2100+ (or for that matter any higher clocked AMD CPU i.e Tbred) ???
The 12.5 mulitplier via DIPs seems very limiting to me.

Abit KX7-333R, Abit Siluro Ti4400, XP1800+, 512MB Crucial DDR2100, WD 120 GB HD, Santa Cruz.