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    What AMD motherboard should I buy

    I am going to build a new computer and to keep the initial cost down I want to use a All In Wonder 32MB Radeon video card I allready own. I would like to buy a motherboard which supports an AMD XP 2000+ processor. I game online a lot and would appreciate any advice I could get.

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    What is your price range? Do you want overclcoking ability? How about onboard sound?
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    If you want to assemble a pc that starts with some solid backbone components (and compromises on those you can easily U/G later, like vid card, sound, memory, etc.) AND you have any interest in overclocking/performance tweaking, then you could not go wrong with an EPoX 8K3A+, or it's newer, slightly more featured big brother, the 8K5A2+. the 3A+ offers HighPoint onboard RAID and decent onboard sound... the 5A2+ offers RAID, sound and onboard NIC, plus USB2.0 support.

    I just upgraded a few months ago to the 8K3A+ and it's a solid, very fast mobo, that is the backbone of my system. I'm currently running an XP2100+ (usually kept overclocked to 1807mHz @ 139mHz fsb)... and the latest BIOS "8k3a2815.bin" will support AMD cpus at the XP2800+ level (if... and when... they become available).
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    I second everything jmichna just said!

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    I "third" what jmichna said.
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    Ahhh....what the heck! I quadruple that suggestion. I just wish that EPoX had a pink PCB or something.
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    I've got the 8K3A+ great board! Bills right though they could have made it in a different color

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    Re: What AMD motherboard should I buy

    Originally posted by crunch1966
    I am going to build a new computer and to keep the initial cost down I want to use a All In Wonder 32MB Radeon video card I allready own. I would like to buy a motherboard which supports an AMD XP 2000+ processor. I game online a lot and would appreciate any advice I could get.
    i'm running my AMD XP 200+ using these ones:

    Plain
    http://www.abit-usa.com/pt_main_back...ODEL_NAME=KR7A




    with RAID
    http://www.abit-usa.com/pt_main_back...NAME=KR7A-RAID

    Last edited by AllGamer; 08-21-2002 at 02:27 AM.

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    Originally posted by RamonGTP
    I second everything jmichna just said!
    -Ramon
    Originally posted by gibsinep
    I "third" what jmichna said.
    Originally posted by BipolarBill
    Ahhh....what the heck! I quadruple that suggestion. I just wish that EPoX had a pink PCB or something.
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    This must be some kind of record.... no dissension in this esteemed group!?!?!

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    Last edited by jmichna; 08-21-2002 at 12:48 PM.

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    I still want a pink PCB, a window with curtains and some indirect lighting - maybe wall sconces
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    Originally posted by BipolarBill
    I still want a pink PCB, a window with curtains and some indirect lighting - maybe wall sconces
    What about a clear PCB? is that even possible?

    -Ramon

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    Originally posted by RamonGTP


    What about a clear PCB? is that even possible?

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    No but this bad boy is:




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    I'm an Aquarius, and my vote is for the Epox 8k5a3+

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