Need Help On Mobo Pick

Warlord · 02-20-2002, 08:10 PM

Want to ugrade from currently 2 AMD System 1) 500,I have 512 megs of pc133, Vision Tech Personal Cinema 64 meg AGP,Nic, 15 Mator @5400 and 30 WD@7200,AT Case. 2)AMD 400,32meg ELSA Winner II 32 meg AGP,384 megs pc133, 2) 6.5 WD.@5400.
Want to go into XP1700 OR 1800, but having hard time on which MOBO to use,I want to keep the cost down and use my old Curcial pc133 along with the other cards, not looking to overclock but might in the future,just want stable working system to play C-Strike and Wifey to work on word processing.
Or the hell with it and overclock Duron 1.2 or Athon 1.4 and see how high it can fly. I know I'll have to get new case/power supply,MB, CPU and HSF, but I want to keep the cost down to budget of $250-$300. Will keep one of the older AMD unit as a back up sense they are all network anyway.
Thanks for the help and opinions. Future Power have a 400 Watts P.S. and case for dirt cheap should I chance it or stay with name brand?
Can't seem to get how much watts power supply from AMD site for there cpu's. Dam am I doing too much reseach?

DREDD · 02-20-2002, 09:15 PM

I would suggest upgrading to DDR memory too...it will help a tremendous amount.

If you go with DDR I suggest the Abit KT266A solution or the Epox 8KHA+ KT266A

if you don't go DDR then I'm afraid I'm out of the loop on those types of MB

Ladogaboy · 02-20-2002, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DREDD
if you don't go DDR then I'm afraid I'm out of the loop on those types of MB

Yeah, if you want to stick with your old PC 133 ram, you'll probably have to go with an older VIA chipset, or I think that SiS makes a chipset that supports both DDR and SDRAM--those boards are pretty cheap too.

Also, I think Durons are the best bang for the buck right now. They will show a major improvement over your K6-2/3s. The newer Thoroughbred AMDs will be coming out shortly, and that might change a few things up too...

Heihachi · 02-21-2002, 04:09 AM

If you decide to go DDR (which I recommend.. here's a VERY helpful article via Anandtech...

Of course I assume you'll go w/ kt266a chipset. If you're too lazy to read the whole thing... go to the conclusion section.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1578

I'd personally get the Iwill333 board... Got all the abit options.. but $40 cheaper.

bachviet · 02-26-2002, 12:41 AM

Go with DDR ram instead of PC133! The VIA KT266A chipset kicks a$$... I have the cheapest VIA KT266A MB and it kicks the crap out of the VIA KM133 or KT133 chipsets! Here is the pic:

Warlord · 02-26-2002, 07:57 AM

Thanks for all the help,order XP1700 and Curical 512 DDR PC2100
with Soyo Mobo.......There goes the lunch money........Couldn't pass up deal on Outpost for Barebone system XP1700 for $199.00.
I'm sure it going to be leap from my old AMD K6 400 and 500s.
The XP Chip on the higer end sure seem to have jumped up in price lately. Is this FHS. ok for my system ? not looking to overclock it yet. Was going to get Volcano 7 but Newegg was out of stock on them.

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http://www.thermal-integration.com/

bachviet · 02-26-2002, 08:09 AM

I wouldn't suggest the MB with AliMAGIK chipset except the Iwill XP333-R! If you live in Southern California, you could actually wait for Fry's deal (owns [/url]www.outpost.com[/url]) and get a better deal. I got my Shuttle AK31 MB (KT266A but it's the cheapest of the kind) and the bare XP 1700+ for $159 + tax last week! There is a deal goin' on right now for a XP 1800+ and Epox EP-8KHA+ MB (KT266A) for $179. But anyway congratulation.

Warlord · 02-26-2002, 01:54 PM

Was going to go with Epox but will see what this thing does after I get it up and running. Not bad deal, got XP 1700 today was surprise it was retail with 3year warranty and fan heat sink. Would have guess
OEM.....
XP 1800 and Epox for 179.00 COOL!!!!!
Didn't have that here in nor cal had cheap ECS and xp1800 for 179.00
Anyway Thanks Again ! .....Out For Now. (.) (.)

02-20-2002, 08:10 PM	#1
Warlord Ensign Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 43	Need Help On Mobo Pick Want to ugrade from currently 2 AMD System 1) 500,I have 512 megs of pc133, Vision Tech Personal Cinema 64 meg AGP,Nic, 15 Mator @5400 and 30 WD@7200,AT Case. 2)AMD 400,32meg ELSA Winner II 32 meg AGP,384 megs pc133, 2) 6.5 WD.@5400. Want to go into XP1700 OR 1800, but having hard time on which MOBO to use,I want to keep the cost down and use my old Curcial pc133 along with the other cards, not looking to overclock but might in the future,just want stable working system to play C-Strike and Wifey to work on word processing. Or the hell with it and overclock Duron 1.2 or Athon 1.4 and see how high it can fly. I know I'll have to get new case/power supply,MB, CPU and HSF, but I want to keep the cost down to budget of $250-$300. Will keep one of the older AMD unit as a back up sense they are all network anyway. Thanks for the help and opinions. Future Power have a 400 Watts P.S. and case for dirt cheap should I chance it or stay with name brand? Can't seem to get how much watts power supply from AMD site for there cpu's. Dam am I doing too much reseach?

02-20-2002, 09:15 PM	#2
DREDD Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 339	I would suggest upgrading to DDR memory too...it will help a tremendous amount. If you go with DDR I suggest the Abit KT266A solution or the Epox 8KHA+ KT266A if you don't go DDR then I'm afraid I'm out of the loop on those types of MB __________________ WindowsXp Pro Albatron PX845PEV Pro @ 158Mhz FSB Intel P4 2.26 @ 2.68Ghz w/Stock Intel HSF Enermax 431Watt PSU ATI Radeon 9700Pro @ 345/337(674DDR) 512MB Corsair XMS3200 DDR @ 421Mhz 40GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP 7200RPM ATA/100 60GB Maxtor 7200RPM ATA/100 Pioneer 16x DVD-Rom Teac W540E CDRW (40x/12x/48x) Hercules Game Theater XP 6.1 soundcard

02-26-2002, 08:09 AM	#7
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	I wouldn't suggest the MB with AliMAGIK chipset except the Iwill XP333-R! If you live in Southern California, you could actually wait for Fry's deal (owns [/url]www.outpost.com[/url]) and get a better deal. I got my Shuttle AK31 MB (KT266A but it's the cheapest of the kind) and the bare XP 1700+ for $159 + tax last week! There is a deal goin' on right now for a XP 1800+ and Epox EP-8KHA+ MB (KT266A) for $179. But anyway congratulation. __________________ Dell Dimension 9200 \| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz) \| 4x1GB DDR2 \| 256MB nVidia GeForce 8800GT Dell Studio 17 \| Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6GHz) \| 2x2GB DDR3 1066MHz \| 1GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Intel P4-C 3.0GHz \| ECS 865PE-A \| 3x512MB PC3200 \| 128MB PNY GeForce 6600GT

02-26-2002, 01:54 PM	#8
Warlord Ensign Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 43	Was going to go with Epox but will see what this thing does after I get it up and running. Not bad deal, got XP 1700 today was surprise it was retail with 3year warranty and fan heat sink. Would have guess OEM..... XP 1800 and Epox for 179.00 COOL!!!!! Didn't have that here in nor cal had cheap ECS and xp1800 for 179.00 Anyway Thanks Again ! .....Out For Now. (.) (.) Last edited by Warlord : 02-26-2002 at 02:11 PM.

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02-21-2002, 04:09 AM	#4
Heihachi Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: La Crescenta, CA, USA Posts: 676	If you decide to go DDR (which I recommend.. here's a VERY helpful article via Anandtech... Of course I assume you'll go w/ kt266a chipset. If you're too lazy to read the whole thing... go to the conclusion section. http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1578 I'd personally get the Iwill333 board... Got all the abit options.. but $40 cheaper.

02-26-2002, 12:41 AM	#5
bachviet What's Da Pho*? Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SoCal (714) Posts: 13,296	Go with DDR ram instead of PC133! The VIA KT266A chipset kicks a$$... I have the cheapest VIA KT266A MB and it kicks the crap out of the VIA KM133 or KT133 chipsets! Here is the pic:

02-26-2002, 07:57 AM	#6
Warlord Ensign Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 43	Thanks for all the help,order XP1700 and Curical 512 DDR PC2100 with Soyo Mobo.......There goes the lunch money........Couldn't pass up deal on Outpost for Barebone system XP1700 for $199.00. I'm sure it going to be leap from my old AMD K6 400 and 500s. The XP Chip on the higer end sure seem to have jumped up in price lately. Is this FHS. ok for my system ? not looking to overclock it yet. Was going to get Volcano 7 but Newegg was out of stock on them. Themal Integration Dr.Thermal TI-V77L http://www.thermal-integration.com/

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