What to get to replace current rig?

GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 LifeAkron, PA Icrontian
edited July 2004 in Hardware
what to get?

When my socket 754 board comes back I am selling it along with my A64 cpu and going back to socket A for now. reason being
#1 Not worth the problems
#2 To much money ( and i need the cash )
#3 will go socket 939 beginning of next year


Now i need to get a socket A board with 1000 gigabit LAN connection on it for my network.

I was thinking a Abit AN7 with a barton 2500+ anyone have any other ideas? wanna stay pretty cheap.

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I wish I had a 1000gbit connection. Heh.

    Despite that, <b>the AN7 is crap</b>. It's gigabite connection <b>is..not..worth</b> the absolute misery that is that abomination of Abit engineering.

    I would expect a piece of **** like the AN7 to come from Gigabyte, or an off-brand company for $40.. But no, Abit managed to make it. And they made it complete with a lack of overclocking ability, a slew of BIOS problems, boot errors, and OS load errors.

    The NF7-S remains to be the premiere choice.

    If you need gigabit, buy a gigabit card. However, if you want to stay "Cheap," I don't see how you're going to do it when you need to retrofit your entire LAN for gigabit equipment. Router/switch, cards...

    Do you really push that much data around on your LAN?

    But otherwise, I hope this post helps in guiding your decision.
  • CycloniteCyclonite
    loves his NF7-S and Barton 2500+...
     Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    loves his NF7-S and Barton 2500+...
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    NF7-S and XP Mobile Barton
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    mtgoat wrote:
    NF7-S and XP Mobile Barton
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    NF7-S2G if you don't plan on messing with multi's and don't mind no soundstorm.

    definitely mobile xp baton
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Thrax my whole network is outfitted with gigabit lan ( I found an extra gigabit card in my closet )
    So the NF7-S 2.0 is a great board i owned 2. Ill go with that
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-166&depa=1

    But I wanna know why the mobile Xp? its only 266 FSB
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-401&depa=1
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Gigabit eh? Good job. :D I wish I had GbE in my house.

    As for the suggestions of the mobile XP, here's why.

    It's multiplier unlocked. AMD CAN'T lock them because they need to be unlocked to adjust their clockspeed on the fly for their mobile PowerNow technology.

    It's also one of the best overclocking Athlons around. 2.4GHz with a 220MHz FSB, provided you have good RAM, really won't be a problem with the NF7 and the Athlon-M.
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