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System Building Advice!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:06 pm
by JMEaT
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!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:04 pm
by Avder
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
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:04 pm
by Krom
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
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:21 pm
by Mobius
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:33 pm
by Mr. Perfect
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...
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:03 am
by JMEaT
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:01 pm
by kurupt
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:20 pm
by AceCombat
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
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:42 pm
by Pun
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:01 pm
by JMEaT
Knife+Electrical Tape
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:01 pm
by MD-2389