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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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Gone Forever.......
What is your price range? Do you want overclcoking ability? How about onboard sound?
Nothing in life is as certain as death, but death is not a wall but a doorway to a new adventure
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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).
jmichna
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I second everything jmichna just said!
-Ramon
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Gone Forever.......
I "third" what jmichna said.
Nothing in life is as certain as death, but death is not a wall but a doorway to a new adventure
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Extreme Member!
Ahhh....what the heck! I quadruple that suggestion. I just wish that EPoX had a pink PCB or something.
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Senior Member
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
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.
MY GAWD.....
This must be some kind of record.... no dissension in this esteemed group!?!?!
Could be the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius....
jmichna
Last edited by jmichna; 08-21-2002 at 12:48 PM.
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Gone Forever.......
Nothing in life is as certain as death, but death is not a wall but a doorway to a new adventure
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Extreme Member!
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?
-Ramon
No but this bad boy is:
Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition
Tiger, tiger, burning bright,
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
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Ultimate Member
I'm an Aquarius, and my vote is for the Epox 8k5a3+
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