Best MB for AMD Athlon 1000 or 1.2?

[Hawk]

Hey guys, Hows it going today? Thought you all might help me out on this. Many brains are better than one searching. I'm looking to get an older MB for an AMD Athlon 1000 or a 1.2. But, I'm not sure which board will be the best for this proc.
Maybe a board that can take a 1000 or 1.2 proc. and be upgraded later. Obviously, It's not going to be the latest setup, but I want to use parts I already have. Thnx for replies.

[mmonnin]

Well most likely you will have to buy used since its going to be a very old board.

If you want upgradability for a faster CPU later on then get a board with the nForce2 chipset. Chipsets are backwards compatible so almost anything socket A will be able to support that 1.0 or 1.2 CPU. I'm guessing its a 100FSB SDRAM board that you have now?

But anyway, the Abit NF7-S or DFI Lanparty or Asus A7N8X would be overkill for that CPU but it would allow you get the fastest Socket A CPU later on if you wanted.

Well I just read the part about using the sutff you have so thats out of the question. How about Abit's Kt133 board? This area is really before I was a PC enthusiast.

[edcentric]

What do you have for memory?
That is the real killer. Any socket A mobo will run the cpu.
I have an MSI mobo that will run either SD or DDR RAM. It has saved my but by letting me run a lot of old stuff.

[Hawk]

I have 2 types of ram #1-- Viking pc13332X64CL3
#2-- Kingston KVR133X64C3/128 CE
Sorry, I didn't post it on the first.
mmonnin, I had the proc on an Asus A7V MB and it finally died.

[edcentric]

OK, no DDR for you.
You need a mobo with the KT133A chipset.
There might still be some of the MSI mobos out there.

[Hawk]

OK, So thats what I need to make sure of-- a 133 chpst? Then choose which brand I want to go with. I have an Asus A7N8X I could use, but I didn't know if that would run it. And I have an Asus A7V8X also, but I don't want to use that one because it has SATA onboard. Thats going to run my 2 Raptors, if I can get it to set them up.
Thnx guys, appreciate the discussion to help me figure it out.

[Omega65]

ECS K7S5A Pro (http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7s5a_pro.html)
FSB 100/133mhz
SDram/DDR (2 slots each - can use one or the other)
USB 2.0 4 ports
10/100 Ethernet
CMedia Sound CMI9738/4CH Sound

Can be found on Ebay ~$35

[Hawk]

Thnx Omega, I'm looking at one now. ECS K7S5A (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80163&item=6744551322&rd=1) It has Ultra DMA 33/66/100) too.
Oh, And the Asus A7N8X uses DDR, so thats out.
Here's another MB I was looking at also.. but it's only Ultra DMA 33/ 66.
MSI K7T Pro AMD Athlon Socket A Motherboard - MS-6330 (http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/ms6330v10c.html)
So, I'm still looking to make sure what I can go with.
You all have been a great help with this and I thank you.

[muddocktor]

Hawk, stay away from that MSI K7T Pro board as that's based on the original KT133 chipset, which can only run 100 fsb procs. If you want a KT133A board, get the K7T Turbo 2 mobo, which uses the KT133A chipset and can run any Tbred or Barton proc that runs on a 133 fsb. I had the K7T Turbo 2 for a while and it was a good board. The ECS board is also a good choice too.

[Hawk]

Thnx a bunch guys, I went with the ECS K7S5A Pro. With an Athlon 1000 & pc133 ram it will be quite an upgrade to old pc the inlaws had.--- AMD K6-III 500... Putting it all in a new case for them too. The most they do with their pc is go online once in a while to check stocks, e-mail etc.. And mother in law likes the microsoft card games. So, They don't need a killer machine. Thnx again guys for the input and discussion. It helped. :thumbsup:

[Leonardo]

If you can, find a board based on the KT133A chipset. Some of the KT133 (non-'A') boards were very problematic, requiring the builder to sort through several BIOS revisions before finding the sweet spot. The 'A' chipset version will not the end-all solution, but should be less risky than the 133. Recommend a BIOS update on whatever board you buy.