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davidamarkley

11-06-2002, 11:48 PM

Hey, Guys!

I got another question for you...

What is THE best motherboard for an Athlon?

Money is no object, as long as it's less than $400. :D

I'm wanting just a single proc board, with raid.

What's the best?

Thanks, David

jmichna

11-07-2002, 12:17 AM

Best for what purpose?
Stability?
Reliability?
Tweakability?
Raw Speed?
Overclockability?
Durability?
Longevity?
Compatability with other components?
Ability to fit larger form-factor CPU HS?
Expandability?
USB2.0 required?
Firewire required?
Onboard sound required?
Onboard NIC required?
Frequent BIOS updates desired?
Regarding RAID, will you want to run only RAID-0 or RAID-1, or will you want other capabilities like RAID-0+1, JBOD?

If several/all of these are concerns, then rank them in importance. I'm sure folks will then be able to give you more focused opinions.

BlackTruckRyder

11-07-2002, 01:41 AM

Epox 8k9a2, 8k5a2, 8k3a+
Abit AT7-MAX2
Asus A7V8X

Those are just a few i have been checking out lately. I would recomend any Epox.

Go to www.newegg.com and check them out for yourself.
:t

davidamarkley

11-07-2002, 05:47 PM

I was wanting the best performance, overclockabilty, and RAID 0.

I have been lokking at the ASUS A7V8X and Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition.

I'm kinda wanting to wait for the nForce2 or the Via KT400A chipset to come out.

Thanks for the replies! :t

RamonGTP

11-07-2002, 07:19 PM

Another vote for EPoX here...

-Ramon

pauloh22

11-07-2002, 11:58 PM

i am quite fond of soyo boards. i picked up an ecs once, and returned it the next day for a kt-333 lite. that ecs was SOO unstable

NDD

11-08-2002, 12:01 AM

EpoX

Benssax

11-08-2002, 12:06 AM

Abit KX7-333R

jmichna

11-08-2002, 12:20 AM

EPoX... any of the newer boards (big brothers to my 8K3A+)
HighPoint RAID (RAID-0, -1, -0+1, JBOD) + adjustable stripe sizes
Very Fast
Very Steady
Many, many OC tweaks

I've built with PCChips, Abit, Asus and EPoX... when I'm building for myself... EPoX :D

jmichna

Grentarc

11-09-2002, 01:17 AM

Abit AT7-Max2

Epox boards are good for high clock speeds, but just about any Abit board of the same chipset will beat an Epox clock for clock at memory benches. Abit AT7-Max 2 has SATA RAID onboard as well as the normal ATA 133 RAID onboard. voltages to go high enuf to launch ur chip and ram into a geosynchronous orbit, and tweakability to match.