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  1. Fowler

    Fowler mmm Cosworth

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    :rolleyes: Yep thats the problem, I want to start my new system and I am lookin to spend around £100 - £150 on a mobo and am not sure what board to get tbh!

    Looking to put an AMD in the board as P4 are just to expensive, so whats the best I can get for that price? Or should I consider a P4?

    ................ :worried:
     
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  2. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    I just got myself as Asus P4PE with all the trimmings, it's a very nice board with bags of extra features, though Abit's IT7 Max2 is as good :)

    I'm sticking with Intel for a while i think...

    Rob.
     
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  3. 8-BALL

    8-BALL Theory would dictate.....

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    nForce 2
     
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  4. SilverBullet

    SilverBullet Banned

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    im making up a new rig and like the features of the albatron KT400-8x, im coupling it with a athlon XP, i have done some research in nforce2 boards and they are faster, but also a bit expensive, and im on a tight budget.
     
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  5. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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  6. felix the cat

    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    nforce 2 has shown to be extremly powerful and fast...

    asus abit n gigabyte would be the ones i would look at..
     
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  7. 8-BALL

    8-BALL Theory would dictate.....

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    Provided you get one without the integrated graphics, they shouldn't be too expensive.

    However, I would recommend one with the MCP-T southbridge with the advanced sound processing.

    8-ball
     
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  8. DJMyst

    DJMyst yeah baby

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    Definitely the Asus or Leadtek nForce 2 board with XP2700 and 512MB PC3200 DDR would be one blazing system. And the Geforce FX will be out in Feb so you can have the best graphics too. :D:D:D:D:D
     
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  9. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    Well it would be blazing, but with AMD stopping competing with intel and the 2700+ not actually being very cheap or clocking very well it's hard to recommend...

    [​IMG]

    :)

    Rob.
     
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  10. Styles

    Styles What's a Dremel?

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    I would suggest getting an Nforce2 board.
    That's what I am going to be purchasing in the next couple of days. . . . specifically the Epox board.
     
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  11. Bogomip

    Bogomip ... Yo Momma

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    I decided on an nforce2 as well :) The ABIT NF7-S. Looks bloody fantastic! I hear and have read the asus is excellent too though. In the benchmarks the differant was minimal however. The whoopassness of the nforce2 seems to have made it very hard to make a bad mobo :)
     
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