Mother Boards

[ranga5]

Planning to build a new intel 2.2 P4 system.Of the many mother boards seen i came across one that looked tops. Abit-IT7.P4-478 fsb 400/533mhz, DDR200/266,1agp,4pci slots, 2ATA controllers 4ATA 133 Raid via hp 374, 10usb2.0,realtek alc650 5.1.No lagacy ports.Any opinion pl. Havent seen any review on this. Looks great. Like any opinion good/bad before ordering. thks

 

[jlanka]

you can't really go wrong with ABIT.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[CompIliterate]

what's the lastest model of Abit that supports AMD? What's your opinion on the Soyo Dragon KT333 Lite?

 

[Crashman]

I did, my Abit board is garbage.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[jlanka]

which one?

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[Crashman]

Supposedly the King of the BX Slot 1, the BE6-II. It has memory problems that only this board from all my boards has, with the most reliable kind of memory made.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[upec]

I think Abit motherboard are great. I have the ABIT BX6 Rev 2 for a few years. I have use many RAM in the system. I begin with 128 MB of PC 100 at cas 2 and now I have 1 Gig of PC 133 at cas 2. I never have any problem.

 

[jlanka]

Interesting. I never tried that model, just the BX6 (both revs). I'll steer clear of it.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[Crashman]

Yes, I think my problems are related to this one board.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[Crashman]

Oh, my bad, I should have told you, the favorite board in here for the P4 and DDR SDRAM is the Asus P4S533, it seems to be the fastest SDRAM board. The absolute fastest boards are using the i850E chipsets and PC1066 RDRAM. And the easiest high speed CPU overclock is done with the P4 1.8A

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[FatBurger]

I've heard good things of the IT7, and both my motherboards have been Abit.

However, you might look into the Gigabyte i850E. It's pricey, but RDRAM is better than DDR performance-wise, and the Gigabyte board has 10 USB 2.0 ports, 6 PCI lots, etc.

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