What motherboard should I get for an AMD Athlon XP 3200+?

Punkrulz · November 1st, 2004

Hey guys,

I am going to be upgrading my computer to the AMD Athlon XP 3200+. I would upgrade to the AMD 64, however I received a free water cooling kit from Danger Den and Xceleratorgaming [http://www.xceleratorgaming.com], which the block will work up to the XP Series of Processor... if I expanded to the 64bit, I would have to get a new block and I don't want to do that right now.

So I am upgrading as far as I can go within the XP Series. One of the problems is that since I have very little time on my hands with working two jobs and fire fighting, I have not had the time to research what boards will accept this processor, what's good about them, what kind of features, memory, etc... so this is why I am here.

What kind of motherboard do you guys recommend for the Athlon XP 3200+? Can you describe what memory will fit on it? Features, links, all is appreciated!

**zeke_mo** · November 1st, 2004

So what are you going with, the 64bit or the XP?

**LordOfLA** · November 1st, 2004

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. Best you can get fro Socket A.

Punkrulz · November 2nd, 2004

As I stated I'm going with the 3200+, because I dont' want to have to upgrade the water cooling set...

toretto · November 3rd, 2004

i have an xp 3200 in a gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2

Gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro2

read up on this, it rocks,
currently is running two wd120jb's in raid 0
has 1 gig of crucial pc3200 ddr in dual channel mode.

i installed the coolermaster jet 7 blower on the cpu
and i installed a northbridge blower on the northbridge and cooling fins on the southbridge.

it has the 120gb drives in raid 0
a 40gb on an ide channel for mp3's
a dvd dual layer burner
and a dvd rom.

it only has an ati radeon 9500 in it right now. but it is a sweet maching.

chaos945 · November 3rd, 2004

I'm waiting for the last of the socket A's to hit that special price.

I use the Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 1.04 now and its great, despite a few onboard jeebees with my early revision. The new one is supposed to be even better.

**ShepsCrook** · November 3rd, 2004

I have 2 Asus A7N8X Deluxe boards. Great boards. Very stable.

**Admiral Michael** · November 4th, 2004

Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 and it rocks!

**ShepsCrook** · November 4th, 2004

Oh and switch out the 3200 with an Athlon XP Mobile 2600

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Punkrulz Somewhat eXPerienced Joined: December 2001 Location: Woodbury, NJ Posts: 790 Reputation: 50 Power: 134	What motherboard should I get for an AMD Athlon XP 3200+? Hey guys, I am going to be upgrading my computer to the AMD Athlon XP 3200+. I would upgrade to the AMD 64, however I received a free water cooling kit from Danger Den and Xceleratorgaming [http://www.xceleratorgaming.com], which the block will work up to the XP Series of Processor... if I expanded to the 64bit, I would have to get a new block and I don't want to do that right now. So I am upgrading as far as I can go within the XP Series. One of the problems is that since I have very little time on my hands with working two jobs and fire fighting, I have not had the time to research what boards will accept this processor, what's good about them, what kind of features, memory, etc... so this is why I am here. What kind of motherboard do you guys recommend for the Athlon XP 3200+? Can you describe what memory will fit on it? Features, links, all is appreciated! CPU: Intel C2D E8400 {3.0GHz} \| Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R \| RAM: GSkill DDR2-1000 2x2gb \| HDD: Western Digital 640gb SATA \| GFX: EVGA Geforce GTX-260 216c \| Speakers: Creative Inspire 5200 \| Operating System: Windows Vista Business x64 If you're happy with my assistance, please click on the on the left side under my name!

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. Best you can get fro Socket A. If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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Punkrulz Somewhat eXPerienced Joined: December 2001 Location: Woodbury, NJ Posts: 790 Reputation: 50 Power: 134	As I stated I'm going with the 3200+, because I dont' want to have to upgrade the water cooling set... CPU: Intel C2D E8400 {3.0GHz} \| Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R \| RAM: GSkill DDR2-1000 2x2gb \| HDD: Western Digital 640gb SATA \| GFX: EVGA Geforce GTX-260 216c \| Speakers: Creative Inspire 5200 \| Operating System: Windows Vista Business x64 If you're happy with my assistance, please click on the on the left side under my name!

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toretto Mentally Absent Joined: February 2004 Location: Mankato, Minnesota, USA Posts: 226 Reputation: 70 Power: 103	i have an xp 3200 in a gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 Gigabyte GA-7n400 Pro2 read up on this, it rocks, currently is running two wd120jb's in raid 0 has 1 gig of crucial pc3200 ddr in dual channel mode. i installed the coolermaster jet 7 blower on the cpu and i installed a northbridge blower on the northbridge and cooling fins on the southbridge. it has the 120gb drives in raid 0 a 40gb on an ide channel for mp3's a dvd dual layer burner and a dvd rom. it only has an ati radeon 9500 in it right now. but it is a sweet maching. Most Used: Genuine Intel(R) D850GB system board Windows* 2000 version 5.0 Service Pack 4 build 2195 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz Bus Speed 400 MHz L1: Data Cache 8KB, Execution Trace Cache 12K Micro-ops L2: Advanced Transfer Cache 256 KB 1,024 MB Kingston PC800 Rambus Memory Ati Radeon 9800 256 1 120gb WD 2 80gb WD HD's striped Sony Dual Layer DVD burner <----Did anything I Said help you at all... please share the love and click the reputation icon.

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ShepsCrook Red Sox Fan! Joined: September 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,484 Reputation: 590 Power: 125	I have 2 Asus A7N8X Deluxe boards. Great boards. Very stable. There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Antec P182b, i7 920, 12GB Ram,HD6870, X-Fi Platinum, 128GB SATAIII Crucual, 2x 640GB AALS This is Bunny Dead ---> (\__/) No world domination <--(='.'=)--<< For him today.. hahaha (")_(")

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zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,965 Reputation: 1290 Power: 126	So what are you going with, the 64bit or the XP?

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chaos945 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2003 Posts: 932 Reputation: 300 Power: 126	I'm waiting for the last of the socket A's to hit that special price. I use the Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 1.04 now and its great, despite a few onboard jeebees with my early revision. The new one is supposed to be even better.

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ShepsCrook Red Sox Fan! Joined: September 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,484 Reputation: 590 Power: 125	Oh and switch out the 3200 with an Athlon XP Mobile 2600 There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Antec P182b, i7 920, 12GB Ram,HD6870, X-Fi Platinum, 128GB SATAIII Crucual, 2x 640GB AALS This is Bunny Dead ---> (\__/) No world domination <--(='.'=)--<< For him today.. hahaha (")_(")

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