Matsonic 8308

[n7vxj]

:help: Does anyone know anything about this board? I want to find a new board that will support duron, and athlon chips.My k6-2 500mhz has gotten to slow for me.The all-in one boards seem fairly decent priced, and less hardware to buy.

[Mntsnow]

Welcome to XPC Dan!

Yes this board will support the newest Durons but it is truthfully one of the boards at the lower end performace wise. It still uses pc133 ram rather than DDR.
http://www.matsonic.com/ms8308e.htm

[n7vxj]

Given what you have told me,any suggestions on a board that doesn't cost an arm, and leg? Preferably, one that uses amd chips like the athlons.

[Mntsnow]

Personally I can whole heartedly recommend Biostar M7VIF 69 bucks (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=110668&Category_Code=M) or for a bit more MSI KT3 Ultra2 89 bucks (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=110076&Category_Code=M) and lastly if you want to go with a Raid capable board MSI KT3 Ultra 2 raid 107 bucks (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=110075&Category_Code=M)

You might be able to find all of these boards elsewhere for less but I have used Monarch before with great results so I just used their site to quickly browse for current pricing on these boards