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Sep 17, 2004, 12:25 AM
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Intelligence?
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Best socket a motherboard
Hey yall, ive been wondernig what mobo to buy with my new 2600 Barton. id like to overclock it to maybe 2.1-2.2 ghz. Im just torn between what motherboard would be the best to buy. I saw the GIGABYTE GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo and was impressed. Anything that would be better?
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Sep 17, 2004, 12:33 AM
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Delete Me
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i haven't been keeping up with socket A too much lately, but as i recall Abit makes some exceptionally good socket A offerings you should look into, such as this:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...127-167&depa=1 |
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Sep 17, 2004, 12:57 AM
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confutatis maledictis
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DFI LanParty is good, maybe one of the Asus A7N8X models
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Sep 17, 2004, 01:08 AM
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Like a Fish
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dude...... ABIT NF7-S!!!!! you can get 2.3Ghz out of that thing easy voltage at 1.7 and FSB @ 200 (400FSB). the Asus A7N8X-Delux E is good also. More expensive tho. |
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Sep 17, 2004, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Pac-Man
dude...... ABIT NF7-S!!!!! you can get 2.3Ghz out of that thing easy voltage at 1.7 and FSB @ 200 (400FSB). the Asus A7N8X-Delux E is good also. More expensive tho. |
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...131-478&depa=1 $84 A7N8X-E Deluxe |
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Sep 17, 2004, 08:39 AM
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NGO Crew
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ABIT NF7-S2.0 or A7N8X-E Deluxe.
if you gonna choose something else make sure 2 things:
1.nForce chipset
2.SoundStorm
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Sep 17, 2004, 08:47 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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I would go with Abit or DFI.
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Sep 17, 2004, 08:53 AM
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Former Mobility Modman
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My Epox 8rda+ still rox. it's a good board with an Nforce2 chipset and is good overclocker.
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Sep 17, 2004, 09:08 AM
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第3 子供
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I agree w/Vampy. The DFI nForce 2 based boards are awesome along with the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe which I can personally vouch for.  |
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Sep 17, 2004, 09:36 AM
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Via has their new Kt880 board, has 4 dim slots, and is comparible to the Nforce2 boards.
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Sep 17, 2004, 11:52 AM
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Like a Fish
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Originally Posted by patje
My Epox 8rda+ still rox. it's a good board with an Nforce2 chipset and is good overclocker.
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before i got my intel set up, i had that same board. It wasn't that good at any OCing above 200Mhz. It kept crashing on me randomly even at 1.9 volts. |
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Sep 17, 2004, 02:39 PM
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if you want a solid board with lost of extras try the gigabyte 7nnxp |
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Sep 17, 2004, 02:56 PM
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Colour Commentator
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I got an Abit NF7-S rev 2 after I asked the same question and I haven't regretted it a bit!  |
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Sep 19, 2004, 07:20 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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my friend got his 1700+ to 2.2Ghz with his Abit NF7-S. I also heard that the DFI Lan Party boards are also great for OCing.
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Sep 20, 2004, 09:53 AM
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Flash Banner Hater
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Maybe the new WHQL drivers will resolve the one serious drawback of Nforce2 based motherboards - IDE DRIVER TROUBLE.
VIA's Hyperion drivers work!
Sis chipset drivers work!
Nvidia's drivers are trouble - a price worth paying for top of the pack performance?
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Sep 20, 2004, 10:33 AM
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第3 子供
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Originally Posted by Matth
Maybe the new WHQL drivers will resolve the one serious drawback of Nforce2 based motherboards - IDE DRIVER TROUBLE.
VIA's Hyperion drivers work!
Sis chipset drivers work!
Nvidia's drivers are trouble - a price worth paying for top of the pack performance?
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Every nForce 2 (A7N8X based) board I've seen hasn't had IDE troubles. Then again that was mostly Western Digital hard drives... unless there is another brand that has had issues I haven't seen any.
The drivers previous to 5.10 WHQL, 5.10 themselves, and 5.03 (remix) are all working just fine. My nForce 2 based board hasn't given me any issues on the primary or secondary IDE channels. |
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Sep 20, 2004, 12:35 PM
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Like a Fish
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all the nForce 2 boards i've used and worked w/have never had any problems with the IDE controllers. The only board that i've worked w/that gives IDE controller problems is the ECS K7S5A. Most of the time upon booting, the board would not recognize the hard drives or the optical drives that were installed.
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Sep 20, 2004, 07:19 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Sep 21, 2004, 03:36 AM
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Like a Fish
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nice link there dulittle.......
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Sep 21, 2004, 07:14 AM
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Watching
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Originally Posted by TexasNemesis
Hey yall, ive been wondernig what mobo to buy with my new 2600 Barton. id like to overclock it to maybe 2.1-2.2 ghz. Im just torn between what motherboard would be the best to buy. I saw the GIGABYTE GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo and was impressed. Anything that would be better?
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The gigabyte is pretty good...
... for overclocking - nothing beats the Abit NF7-S Rev 2... we're talking 2.5GHz Bartons on air. The DFI NF2 board is a good overclocker too...
... the main thing to look out for is the NF2 chip... only get a socket a mobo with NF2 |
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Sep 21, 2004, 09:45 AM
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Flash Banner Hater
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The main Nvidia IDE issues tend to be with writers and writing software - falling back to Windows native drivers (with a small loss in HD performance) is the usual answer, putting Nvidia's IDE drivers in the same class as the "Intel Application Accelerator" IDE drivers which have similar issues.
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