Ok, i have decided on a athlon xp1600.......any reasons i shouldnt go for this? Which is the best mobo for around £150ex vat??? I would like raid, and fast ram etc etc. No onboard crap is necessary. And which HSF?
Epox EP-8KHA+ or Soyo Dragon+ or Asus A7V266-E Epox is nice...but can't fit 80mm heatsink on anything but the Asus...
FOr mobo, I just got the MSI K7n Pro with the nForce chipset. The becnh results are alright but the features are amazing. If your looking for an all in one.
Go with the Soyo K7V Dragon+ from www.chillblast.com They are awesome Motherboards with everything you need onboard (apart from graphics of course). That with an Athlon XP CPU would be a fantastic combo. GO DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!
Though I am getting the Dragon + if you dont want the onboard you can also go for the Abit KR7-Raid which has the new highpoint controller (ATA133) etc etc and is meant to be super overclockable and fast. It cost about £159 at Chillblast. A lot of recent reviews has expressed disapointment in the Epox, but a lot of peeps on the Forums love them.
i have an athlon 1900+ with an MSI K7N420 Pro, its a really good mobo, imo...im running 3 chips of 512MB DDR SDRAM with ramskins on 'em so attractive!@
Since my last post as to what motherbaord to get, I must of course add the fantastic Abit KR-7A to that list. Via kt266a chipset, and in most benchmarks i've seen it slightly beats the other kt266a chipsets, including the epox....plus you can put a bigger heatsink on it. No handy post LED display debugger lights though like the epox has....
