Mobo recommendation needed.

Randy-GRandy-G
edited November 2003 in Hardware
What are some good budget mobos with 5 PCI slots and will support the fastest XP CPU? Am also right to assume that current XP mobos aren't Athlon 64 compatible?

I've come across this one, what do you guys think of it: http://www.fticomputer.com/cgis/detail.cgi?product=MB-CT-7NJL3&ses=&cat=MB

Also, considering replacing this KT7 with an MSI Turbo2/XP 2600 combo (keeping my 1.5 of SDRAM)? Any thought on this?

Thanx.

Comments

  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    first question

    If you cannot afford an Abit NF7-S then go for the Abit NF7. The mobo you selected doen'r look bad and I don't recall any bad reviews but I have never run one.

    second question

    I would not run any of the old VIA chipsets if it could be helped. If you don't plan on OC'ing the 2600 I would consider an ECS K7S5A Pro and flesh to the Cheapoman BIOS found at OCWORKBENCH. These are rock stable mobos that support SD and DDR memory (you can only run one type at a time) but they are not for OC'ing.
  • BobyJoBobyJo N C Texas
    edited October 2003
    I would recommend using the nF2 with MCP+T.
    That T gives you a lot more OC'ing features than the plain MCP does.
    I had one MSI mobo and it was an Intel variety.
    The bios on that board was very bad.
    I finally returned it for an Abit mobo same variety.
    I am happy with the Abit board.
  • Randy-GRandy-G
    edited November 2003
    Thanx for all replies in this and the other thread.

    I will not be overclocking at all, so any recommendations for this route would work best. Thanx.
  • rapturerapture
    edited November 2003
    ASrock make cheap boards, they are the budget divison of ASUS so you know you are getting good parts for a good price.

    If you want to go the cheap no overclocking route get one of those or something by MSI.
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