need help choosing athlon xp motherboard

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:42 pm

hi i just scored a Amd athlon xp 3200...(soooo happy when i got it)...the problem is i dont know what motherboard to go with...the computer is gonna be used for mostly gaming but, i want it to be overall fast...i want a motherboard that supports Dual ddr400 up to 3 gigs (if there is any) cause i already have dual channel ddr400 corsair memory...i was looking at the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe but its hard to choose cause there are soo many opinions out there?...so if anyone can point me to a good, fast, reliable, and stable motherboard i would deeply appreciate it. thanx

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:45 pm

i forgot to mention i already have a ati radeon 9800 pro..so video is good..and if anyone else needs more info i'll reply

thanx again

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:49 pm

Pretty sure the consensus here will be the ABIT NF7-S.

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:53 pm

Originally posted by Burke
Pretty sure the consensus here will be the ABIT NF7-S.

hmmm i totally forgot about abit....thanx alot! i'll look into it...more opinions is welcomed

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:04 pm

Originally posted by Burke
Pretty sure the consensus here will be the ABIT NF7-S.

Abit NF7-S is the best board out for AMD.

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:03 pm

thanx for the input...so will my athlon xp 3200+ with 2x512MB Corsair XMS 3200 dual channel overclock nicely with the abit NF7-S version 2?..i dont know much about overclocking but im searching right now trying to understand.. thanx again

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:07 pm

o yea and i forgot to ask...it says it takes up to 2gb max for ddr400 on the abit motherboard...if i use both my ddr400 can i use a 333? if so what will happen? sorry im a noob at this

thanx

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:28 pm

Originally posted by sukka4life
thanx for the input...so will my athlon xp 3200+ with 2x512MB Corsair XMS 3200 dual channel overclock nicely with the abit NF7-S version 2?..i dont know much about overclocking but im searching right now trying to understand.. thanx again

I dont know how high of an overclock you will get with that 3200+ but it should be decent.

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:29 pm

Originally posted by sukka4life
o yea and i forgot to ask...it says it takes up to 2gb max for ddr400 on the abit motherboard...if i use both my ddr400 can i use a 333? if so what will happen? sorry im a noob at this thanx

If you use ddr333 you ddr400 sticks will run at the ddr333 speeds. So when you overclock you ddr333 stick will be a bottleneck.

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:31 pm

Originally posted by extreme
If you use ddr333 you ddr400 sticks will run at the ddr333 speeds. So when you overclock you ddr333 stick will be a bottleneck.

so that is bad?....then i should stick to just my 2 ddr400?

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:36 pm

Originally posted by sukka4life
so that is bad?....then i should stick to just my 2 ddr400?

If you are overclocking it can be a problem, but if not then it is not going to hurt ya at all. Although i think running 3sticks of RAM will take away dual channel.

Duzmor · Post by **Duzmor** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:23 am

Originally posted by sukka4life
so that is bad?....then i should stick to just my 2 ddr400?

run the DDR 400 in slot 1 & 3 on the abit Nf7-s Board and you love it !!! I have had Asus - Epox (2) and The Abit Nf7-s Board- And the Abit is the best Overclock Board Around - Run a Good Power Supply the Board the Loves Volts- I run a Antech 430 true Power

You will not Go wroung with Abit Nfs-s Board

Duz !!

fish59 · Post by **fish59** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:32 pm

Originally posted by extreme

Abit NF7-S is the best board out for AMD.

The DFI Infinity is the best now.

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:40 pm

Originally posted by fish59
The DFI Infinity is the best now.

linky of a review?

or tested the board personaly?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:47 pm

The last year DFI has really started to pick things up!

Still a shocker from fish, but good to hear.

fish59 · Post by **fish59** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:08 pm

You can start here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... adid=25254

Many other user comments out there to be found.

Have NF7-S now and am quite satisfied.These are good boards.
Will have Infinity this week and will post comparison.

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:08 pm

thanx everyone for the replies!!! its making it much easier for me to decide which motherboard to get....hopefully whatever i get it will be better than my giga-byte motherboard

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:59 am

the nf7-s v2 is a great board. got mine earily for x-mass and put it to gether wiht out a hech,
the only thing is when i updated my chipset drivers it says one of my hard drivers has consistancy problem so i undinstalled it. i figured if the drive is bad i dont want to kno about it yet

and this board over clocks well, from the reviews i have read and what i have pusshed my 2500+ to, ive pushed it to aorund 3400+ speeds.

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:42 am

Originally posted by pimptrizkit
the nf7-s v2 is a great board. got mine earily for x-mass and put it to gether wiht out a hech,
the only thing is when i updated my chipset drivers it says one of my hard drivers has consistancy problem so i undinstalled it. i figured if the drive is bad i dont want to kno about it yet

and this board over clocks well, from the reviews i have read and what i have pusshed my 2500+ to, ive pushed it to aorund 3400+ speeds.

hmmm i hope i dont run into any probs like that...im still trying to find someone that has this board with the athlon xp 3200 processor and 1024 of dual ddr400 and has any problems with it or tried to overclock...but i do know if i want to overclock i'll need some cooling....anyone can show me some good cooling fans for cpus, video cards, and case fans? also is there anything else i should pick up? my ram has heatsinks already and i have a stock heatsink and fan for my athlon 3200 i dont know what else to have to make it run stable..sorry im a noob

but thanx for the replies!! i really appreciate it!! awsome forum!

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:01 pm

well dont worry this probaly wont happen to you, the drive it's doing this to is more then likely bad my brother got it from the local Comunity collage and it has bad all over it

fish59 · Post by **fish59** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 5:20 pm

First thing is all NF2 boards are picky about RAM.What works great on one could be **** on another.Good memory is a must.

I run NF7-S 231x11.5=2657 with Barton 2500
2x256 Mushkin 3500 black level 2

My DFI Infinity came today so I'll let you know how she is sometime this weekend.

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:32 pm

Originally posted by fish59
First thing is all NF2 boards are picky about RAM.What works great on one could be **** on another.Good memory is a must.

I run NF7-S 231x11.5=2657 with Barton 2500
2x256 Mushkin 3500 black level 2

My DFI Infinity came today so I'll let you know how she is sometime this weekend.

I looked forward to it!!

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:11 pm

got your self a nice puch on that fsb thier fish.

how do you kno if it's the memory or the cpu holding you back on your OC?

sukka4life · Post by **sukka4life** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:31 pm

Originally posted by fish59
First thing is all NF2 boards are picky about RAM.What works great on one could be **** on another.Good memory is a must.

I run NF7-S 231x11.5=2657 with Barton 2500
2x256 Mushkin 3500 black level 2

My DFI Infinity came today so I'll let you know how she is sometime this weekend.

cool please tell us how it goes...im reading up on the DFI...and happy new years to everyone

Thor Walez · Post by **Thor Walez** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:49 am

Get Abit "NF7-S v2.0" or "AN7 nForce2 Guru"

and 2 sticks DDR500 ram e.g. A-DATA or s.th else!

oc that b!tch as high fsb as possible !!!! 225-230mhz should be possible --> Mine is "only" 215 so I decide to let it run at default 200mhz speeds with 3200+ setup b/c I have only Winbond ddr400 rams.

-Thor

fish59 · Post by **fish59** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:36 am

Originally posted by extreme
linky of a review?

or tested the board personaly?

Personaly