System Building Advice!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:06 pm

Hey folks, I'm upgrading a PC to a Barton 2500+ (512K cache) and I need a good nforce 2 mobo suggestion for less than 70 bucks.

Will I have any problems running one stick of Crucial 512MB PC2700? We will probably go a 2nd stick of 512 down the road for the dual channel support.

Thanks!

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:04 pm

Find something out of the MSI K7N2 family. My mobo is a K7N2 Delta ILSR with alllll the bells and whistles....I know theres a discount model for under 70 somewhere within that line

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:04 pm

NF7-S is one of the greatest NF2 mobos out there. Try not to save too much money on the mobo tho, everything in the system depends on it so you want quality there. If you dont need Serial ATA then you can save a few bucks and get a vanilla NF7.

-Krom

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:21 pm

Yeah Krom - I agree. Spend more on the Mobo. It's in your box for 2+ years (?) which means amortization of less than 70 cents per weeks! I think you can afford more than 10 cents a day for a motherboard.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:33 pm

Easy. Shuttle A7N35N Ultra. I've got a machine built around one, and I have no problems whatsoever. You don't have to pay out the ass to get a nice board.

[edit]Damn this BB code. I want my HTML back...

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:03 am

This isn't my money I'm spending, hence the cost limit.

I was looking at this board, but it is getting some bad reviews and I don't think that will be getting purchased.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... WSE&depa=1

I don't need serial ATA or on board video etc. Just the basics. The board you posted, Krom, looks good though.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:01 pm

yeah, i'd go with the one krom posted. its a few dollars more than you said you wanted to spend, but its probably worth it to fork out a few extra.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:20 pm

Krom wrote: Try not to save too much money on the mobo tho, everything in the system depends on it so you want quality there.

-Krom

i agree aswell. you always want a good mobo to support your system

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:42 pm

I have the NF7Sv2 and it's performed flawlessly for me. The onboard sound is excellent and meant to use less system resources than even the best of Audigy cards.

On the flipside, one thing that kinda sucks is the fact that theres a limited amount of audio pins on the mobo, so I have no place to plug in the leads to the headphone/mic jacks on the front of my case. If anyone knows how to do it without soldering stuff, please let me know.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:01 pm

Knife+Electrical Tape

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:01 pm

EPoX nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "EP-8RDA3I" -RETAIL