Today's my Day.

CobaltCobalt Connecticut
edited April 2004 in Hardware
Good friend gave me a XP2700+ today. It's a HUGE step up from my current 900mhz Thunderbird. Now, all I need is a new motherboard and DDR ram. I was looking on newegg and saw this Soyo Dragon motherboard for $60 bucks. What do you guys think?

Note, I don't need anything special, just pretty decent enough so it works. And I'm also looking around in the $60 price range for the mobo.

Anyone got a few DDR sticks they want to sell to me for cheap? :)

Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    I haven't been keeping up with motherboards lately, but I can tell you where to look for RAM - right at our very own Short-Media Forums Deal Depot & Trading Post ! :bigggrin:
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    I had the Soyo KT333 Ultra Dragon Plus Platinum Edition (Man! What a mouthful!) and I loved the bored. I had to upgrade becuase I ended up with a CPU that it didn't support, but it's still running 100% in a friend's computer with no problems.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2004
    MSI KT4AV-L for $54 at newegg.

    Super stable board. I have one Folding which hasn't rebooted in over a month. It doesn't have the reputation of being a great overclocker, but I have a 1700+ running at 2000+ speed with stock AMD HS/Fan.
  • HotrodsunHotrodsun Salem, OR
    edited April 2004
    How about this one? CHAINTECH nForce2 Ultra 400 , Model "7NJL4" -, $44.50 after mail-in rebate.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited April 2004
    Try the albatron kx18d pro (nforce 2 ultra 400) for $62 @ newegg..........good board with lots of features and pretty affordable too!

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-170-113&depa=1

    I would definitly get a nforce2 board instead of a via400/600.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    ryko wrote:
    Try the albatron kx18d pro (nforce 2 ultra 400) for $62 @ newegg..........good board with lots of features and pretty affordable too!

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-170-113&depa=1

    I would definitly get a nforce2 board instead of a via400/600.

    Me also, if you want to OC. Otherwise, MSI over Chaintech. The KT4VL or AV-L has a decent chipset (same one, AFAIK, I have the plain VL and it has what the Prof's AV-L has mostly, and is stable but not VERY OC'able-- I have a Barton 2500+ running as a Barton 2800+ on mine now), one of the best of the Via chipsets for AMD. The advantage of the Nforce2 over the Via, is also that the Nforce2 will take faster RAM, but Corsair C2PT or even VS DDR333 is reasonable enough (first is much more expensive, second slower all around) if you do not want an extreme edition box.

    Depends on what you need NOW, and possibly for next 6-8 months minimum if you like me have a limited budget. The MSI and Chaintech will be less upgradable than and NForce2 or Ultra board. But you will pay up front to have that future use possibility NOW. I would almost say, go for a real good motherboard, then upgrade CPU later, and RAM.

    John D. Who adds-- "think of motherboard as foundation upon which all upgrades depend."
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