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syntax
07-02-2003, 5:29 PM
I am looking for a very fast very reliable board as a replacement for my system. The Abit I have now is junk.

Athlon XP 2800+
Hercules 9700 Pro
WD 40GB 7200RPM HDD
512mb Corsair PC3500
430W Antec Power Supply
Abit KD-7 Raid

Any suggestions?
Mntsnow
07-02-2003, 6:23 PM
Welcome to XPC Syntax :)

I can wholeheartedly recommend Soyo, MSI and Gigabyte boards as I've enjoyed all that I have used from those manufacturers.

What other requirements do you require out of the motherboard such as

Raid?
Serial ATA?
On-board items such as Nic, Sound ect?
How many USB ports?
Firewire?

:)
syntax
07-02-2003, 6:25 PM
NO raid, I need onboard sound and LAN. At least 2 USB ports. What is ATA? Beyond that I dont know much about mainboards. I just want something that complements my system well and I can rely on.
Mntsnow
07-02-2003, 6:56 PM
Well Serial ATA is the latest and greatest when it comes to "ide" type harddrives. (Faster interface and much smaller cables)

Well With On-board Sound and LAN I would suggest

Soyo SY-KT333 DRAGON Plus

MSI KT4 Ultra (MS-6590-010) this one doesnt come with Onboard lan though but adding one is easy :)

Gigabyte GA-7VAX One of my fav's for recient builds for customers
syntax
07-02-2003, 7:02 PM
Ive been looking at the Soyo KT400 dragon lite. How does this mobo compare to the soyo above or the gigabyte?
Mntsnow
07-02-2003, 7:32 PM
The Dagon KT400 is great too. and actually with your Cpu would be a better choice than the kT333 I actually listed...I listed it as I just reciently built one with that board for my son and that thing is so stable!
akaBruno
07-04-2003, 4:49 AM
The Abit NF7 2.0 and the Epox 8rda+ are the two best overclocking nForce2 mobos out there.
akaBruno
07-04-2003, 4:51 AM
BTW, the nForce2 is the way to go as the best K7 platform.
BBA
07-04-2003, 5:42 AM
How about a DFI Lanparty?


Check it out: http://www.lanparty.com.tw/LP1/features/features_us.jsp