Athlon XP motherboard recommendations? - GoFuckYourself.com

railz · 02-04-2002, 07:23 AM

Time to retire this POS computer. Looking at the Athlon XP over the P4 now and wondered if anyone has any reccomendations on a motherboard.

I generally stick with Abit - I love the jumperless configs, but stability and ram support is more important.

Any takers?

02-04-2002, 07:45 AM

EPoX EP-8K7A+ !!! Two thumbs up, great stability, affordable and awesome overclock options !

02-04-2002, 07:47 AM

I would actually buy a P4 1.6A right now those babies are cheap and run @ 2.2-2.4 Ghz with a standard HSF

You might wanna look into those !

railz · 02-04-2002, 07:58 AM

Really? What mobo is best for that? Standard HSF and it overclocks by 50% - wow.

Sounds like the days of the celery 300a's running at 450

02-04-2002, 08:05 AM

In fact, people talk about the Northwood P4s as the next gen 300As

Mobo recommendation... hmm ... ABIT BD7-RAID eventually... i845 chipset, DDR goodness - can't go wrong with that one.

02-04-2002, 08:08 AM

HardOCP has a nice writeup on the 1.6A:
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cpus/intel/p416a/

...so does overclockers.com:
http://www.overclockers.com/tips828/

02-04-2002, 08:12 AM

I believe that Tom has some info as well... http://www.tomshardware.com

railz · 02-04-2002, 08:13 AM

hehehe thanks man - I just found those myself.

Sounds like the AVC SuFlower HSF is the one ot go for. I was always partial to the old copper orbs back in the celery days. Wonder if I could mod one of those to fit.... hmm

Very impressive though - 1.6 straight to 2.2 with no problems.

redshift · 02-04-2002, 10:17 AM

as far as stablity goes im in love with the boards from intel - I've sold quite a few in the last few months with NO problems at all.

02-04-2002, 07:23 AM	#1
railz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,531	Athlon XP motherboard recommendations? Time to retire this POS computer. Looking at the Athlon XP over the P4 now and wondered if anyone has any reccomendations on a motherboard. I generally stick with Abit - I love the jumperless configs, but stability and ram support is more important. Any takers? __________________ This Space for Rent

02-04-2002, 07:58 AM	#4
railz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,531	Really? What mobo is best for that? Standard HSF and it overclocks by 50% - wow. Sounds like the days of the celery 300a's running at 450 __________________ This Space for Rent

02-04-2002, 08:13 AM	#8
railz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 2,531	hehehe thanks man - I just found those myself. Sounds like the AVC SuFlower HSF is the one ot go for. I was always partial to the old copper orbs back in the celery days. Wonder if I could mod one of those to fit.... hmm Very impressive though - 1.6 straight to 2.2 with no problems. __________________ This Space for Rent

02-04-2002, 07:45 AM	#2
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	EPoX EP-8K7A+ !!! Two thumbs up, great stability, affordable and awesome overclock options !

02-04-2002, 07:47 AM	#3
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	I would actually buy a P4 1.6A right now those babies are cheap and run @ 2.2-2.4 Ghz with a standard HSF You might wanna look into those !

02-04-2002, 08:05 AM	#5
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	In fact, people talk about the Northwood P4s as the next gen 300As Mobo recommendation... hmm ... ABIT BD7-RAID eventually... i845 chipset, DDR goodness - can't go wrong with that one.

02-04-2002, 08:08 AM	#6
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	HardOCP has a nice writeup on the 1.6A: http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cpus/intel/p416a/ ...so does overclockers.com: http://www.overclockers.com/tips828/

02-04-2002, 08:12 AM	#7
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	I believe that Tom has some info as well... http://www.tomshardware.com

02-04-2002, 10:17 AM	#9
redshift Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: anus fuckin' yo mama Posts: 1,044	as far as stablity goes im in love with the boards from intel - I've sold quite a few in the last few months with NO problems at all.