i got 2 pcs at home one is good, no need for upgrades second is not that graet, and planning an upgrade soon, very soon first cpu i'm planning to use an amd cpu, just because its cheaper i probobly will get AMD Athlon XP 1700+ but i check in one store and i found two versions one is .13 micron and one is .18 micron .13 micron version .18 micron version i think that .13 micron is better, but will it work in this motherboard AOPEN Motherboard for Socket A Processors, Model# AK77-8XN AOPEN Motherboard for Socket A Processors, Model# AK77-8XN i'm also gonna get MICRON/MICRON ORIGINAL 512MB 64x64 PC2100 DDRAM RAM and i got Thermaltake Volcano 9 in my house oready do you guys think that this will do? i don't want anything top noth please leave comments
I would go for the .13 micron as it reduces the temperature of the cpu. I think you should get the ASUS A7V333 as i know that does support the cpu and is @ a very good price and also the aopen will be a little more expensive because of the KT400 chipset. On a memory note i find crucial the best but what you said will do!
http://www.aopen.com/products/mb/ak77-8xn.htm dis mobo??? Looks real good! And go for 0.13 - lots of ocing!!
yeah that the one what i don't understant .13 micron is smaller then .18 micron, so it still will fit on that mobo? and work fine with the heatsink that i posted
.13 micron is the track size on the chip. The chip is still mounted on the same size and socket type as the .18 micron chip. It will work fine on almost any Socket A motherboard.
ok everything went smoth this was the first amd system that i build but how come my amd athlon xp 1700+ runs at 1.1ghz please help
Set the FSB to 133mhz. You have it set at 100mhz right now (XP 1700 = 1466mhz = 133x11. 11x100 = 1100mhz)
thanks but i got it oready i tryied setting it in bios, but it only went to 128 in bios there was a jumper on the board, it works great now great system aopen makes great mobos
