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I'm putting together a new system that's going to use an AthlonXP 1800.
I am looking for a good but affordable mobo to go with the chip and was hoping for some suggestions.
I'm looking for good performance/stability/features in the $70 or less price range. I'm not looking to build a speed-demon or overclocking system, just a reliable and well-performing system. I have PC133 SDRAM that I wouldn't mind using, but am also open to upgrading to DDR ram.
I've found boards using the KT400 (Biostar M7VIT), KT333(Biostar M7VIP), KT266a (AOpen AK77pro), and KM266 (ECS L7VMM) chipsets that all fall into my range. Which would be best in price/performance? Any opinions on these boards or know of any others that fit the bill?
I'll be adding a Geforce4 440mx agp card and a Seagate Barracuda iv drive to whatever I end up building.
So would there be any significant performance improvements with the newer chipsets? ie KT400 vs Kt33 or KT266a vs KM266?
And how are nforce chipset boards? I'm not really looking at nforce2 but I've found 1 or 2 nforce boards that are cheaper.
Any info is appreciated, thanks!
I am looking for a good but affordable mobo to go with the chip and was hoping for some suggestions.
I'm looking for good performance/stability/features in the $70 or less price range. I'm not looking to build a speed-demon or overclocking system, just a reliable and well-performing system. I have PC133 SDRAM that I wouldn't mind using, but am also open to upgrading to DDR ram.
I've found boards using the KT400 (Biostar M7VIT), KT333(Biostar M7VIP), KT266a (AOpen AK77pro), and KM266 (ECS L7VMM) chipsets that all fall into my range. Which would be best in price/performance? Any opinions on these boards or know of any others that fit the bill?
I'll be adding a Geforce4 440mx agp card and a Seagate Barracuda iv drive to whatever I end up building.
So would there be any significant performance improvements with the newer chipsets? ie KT400 vs Kt33 or KT266a vs KM266?
And how are nforce chipset boards? I'm not really looking at nforce2 but I've found 1 or 2 nforce boards that are cheaper.
Any info is appreciated, thanks!