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Jan 30, 2003, 01:11 AM
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Demonic
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So...which nforce2 mobo??
Here's the deal, i'm considering upgrading my mobo from my 8k5a2+ to a nforce2 ...and there is three different boards i'm currently considering.
ASUS A7N8X deluxe
Abit NF7-S
Epox 8RDA+
Which one do you guys recommend?
Regards //Cartman
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Jan 30, 2003, 01:15 AM
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Unbiased.
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I don't know much about any of em, but going just by brand I can say that I personally love Epox boards - very stable at screaming FSBs so far for me (but not in me personal rig though  ... damn OCZ to a bloody burning inferno in hell!) |
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Jan 30, 2003, 10:19 PM
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Hmm...well to be able to tell you I would have to ask you what do you plan to use out of your current system?
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Jan 31, 2003, 04:17 PM
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I know my Abit NF7 (non S) hit 212 ram (424 DDR) with stock voltages....I mean 2.7v without a Vmem mod.
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Jan 31, 2003, 04:32 PM
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Evil Je$ter
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ASUS A7N8X deluxe! Lot of built in features  |
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Jan 31, 2003, 04:38 PM
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Evil Je$ter
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Feb 1, 2003, 10:23 AM
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Demonic
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i bought the nf7-s....  and i love it!!!....so far anyway... |
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Feb 3, 2003, 06:33 AM
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Re: So...which nforce2 mobo??
Well if you want my opinion, the Epox 8RDA is the best board out for stability and overclockability, im running it with 2100+ Tbred B CPU and 512MB DDR PC3200 XMS corsiar ram and I'm currently at a little over 2500MHz on air cooling :-)
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Feb 3, 2003, 12:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Cartman
i bought the nf7-s.... and i love it!!!....so far anyway...
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The NF7 supports Barton's. |
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Feb 4, 2003, 06:08 PM
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Demonic
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Originally posted by Dom
The NF7 supports Barton's.
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Yepp!... |
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Feb 6, 2003, 02:07 PM
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Freedom is a feature.
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And what about Chaintech 7NJS? Why it wasn't in the poll?
Last edited by RIV@NVX; Feb 6, 2003 at 02:12 PM.
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Feb 7, 2003, 02:17 AM
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Driverage Snipe
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EpoX is the best OC'er, bar none
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Feb 7, 2003, 03:16 AM
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I have the asus A7N8X and its running sweet. |
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Feb 7, 2003, 04:08 AM
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Freedom is a feature.
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One of these NForce2 boards has extremely lame C-Media sound instead of NVIDIA's one. Which one?
Because this one sucks before even starting discussion.
BTW, Chaintech 7NJS is good featured, and most expensive. |
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Feb 7, 2003, 10:11 AM
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Quote:
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EpoX is the best OC'er, bar none
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OK. Now think about WITHOUT Vmods. Then it is the Chaintech. Chaintech lets you change Vdimm to like 3.1 and the ram to 2.x. Now that's a crazy board stock |
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Feb 7, 2003, 02:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by RIV@NVX
One of these NForce2 boards has extremely lame C-Media sound instead of NVIDIA's one. Which one?
Because this one sucks before even starting discussion.
BTW, Chaintech 7NJS is good featured, and most expensive.
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I believe that is the Chaintech. |
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Feb 7, 2003, 04:51 PM
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Freedom is a feature.
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Quote:
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I believe that is the Chaintech.
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I heard this is Asus, but now I am not sure anymore... (actually read a review where Chaintech is highly recommended). Chaintech even has that front 5.25 bay. |
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Feb 7, 2003, 06:04 PM
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What 5.25 bay? What are you talking about?
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Feb 7, 2003, 06:20 PM
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Freedom is a feature.
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Quote:
Originally posted by DriveEuro
What 5.25 bay? What are you talking about?
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http://gamer.vip.hr/hardware/nforce2.php?id=23
Check the review images, it is there. |
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:05 PM
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Does the NF7 support dual-channel DDR? If so, will it support DDR333 or just DDR400?
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:08 PM
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ANY nForce 2 supports Dual Channel
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:10 PM
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Quote:
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ANY nForce 2 supports Dual Channel
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OK. So will it support DDR333? |
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:11 PM
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Yeah, DDR400 even
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:15 PM
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I just wanted to make sure, 'cuz on Abit's site it says it supports "dual DDR400". Which I didn't know what that ment, I mean 2 sticks of DDR400 or dual-channel DDR400.
Thanks.
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:17 PM
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What board are you looking at? NF7? NF7-S? Actually you can take 3 sticks of RAM in these boards. But only two on dual channel.
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:22 PM
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NF7-S
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:31 PM
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OH OK. These Abit boards are great. Without a memory volt mod you can hit 212 FSB easy, that's running the 2.7 volt max. I can hit 212 with timings at 4-2-2-2
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Feb 10, 2003, 06:41 PM
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Cool. Here's the system I'm thinking of getting;
ABIT NF7-S
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