Hardware Advice Needed!!!!

[Cieprus]

I was wondering if someone can please help me with buying some kick @$$ hardware...

I need to know the top name brands for motherboards, Im very unfamilure with them... And I was wonder what the best Motherboard-CPU combo would be.

Im looking at a AMD XP 1700, Alot less then the 1800 and just a lil more then the 1600 it looks like.

I wanna know what a good buy would be..Im all over pricewatch.

Well thanks alot!

 

[8-4-7-2]

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1578

Epox KHA8+
ASUS A7V266E
Iwill XP333-R
A-Bit KR7A

I will get the Epox. In the article it is criticized for only having 3 RAM slots, but that's all I need. And I don't RAID either. So it's prefect for me

 

[SludgeX]

I would stay far away from the Epox 8KHA\8KHA+ boards until Epox solves the major problems when trying to use them with the GeForce4 4400/4600 video cards.


Also, I have one question. Are you planning on overclocking your CPU Cieprus?

 

[8-4-7-2]

Problems with GF4?
Please elaborate! I want to get one of those cards!

 

[SludgeX]

The problem is that the the GF4 literally will NOT fit into the AGP 2.0 slot of the Epox mobo.

Here's the link to the HardOCP article:
http://www.hardocp.com/articles/visiontek/epoxvtti4600.html

I also know that other than the VisionTek, cards from PNY and LeadTek weretested, and the results were the same (i.e not fitting into the AGP slot of the Epox).

 

[Cieprus]

Ive didnt overclock the CPU i have now, because, I dont know what you call it but...Its not the chip its the big thing with the fan assembly, so I would have had to take it apart and break some crap, Soo If Its just a chip then Id probally try to overclock it.

 

[SludgeX]

Well, my suggestion was going to be that if your not going to overclock or if you aren't too sure about overclocking, definitely go with the AthlonXP.

But if your sure about to OCing, I'd take a good hard look at the P4 1.6A and 1.8A. The 1.6A can be overclocked easily to 2.1-2.4 Ghz and the 1.8A can go to 2.2-2.7 Ghz. Plus, you can OC both only using stock cooling. Which means you won't need to spend any extra money on fans or heatsinks (unless of course you want to ).

 

[Cieprus]

Wow, thats alot of Herts , but I really like AMD... What to do what to do...

 

[ben harkins]

I have an AMD XP 1700 and an ASUS A7V-266E. I have to say I'm very satisfied with both, although you do pay a little more for the ASUS quality. If you ask me, it's worth it.