Best upgradable mobo for XP T-bred 2400+

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Which is the best upgradable motherboard for a AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2400+
(Should take the T-bred 2400+ today and upgradable to support fastest
possible cpu's in a couple of years)

I reccon there may be some guess and /or aproximations about future
development in this question?

Is it stupid or wise, in your oppinion to choose a mobo for a cpu (or that
cpu) like that at this time?

Morgan O.

 

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> Which is the best upgradable motherboard for a AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2400+
> (Should take the T-bred 2400+ today and upgradable to support fastest
> possible cpu's in a couple of years)

If you haven't got a motherboard at all for that CPU, rather than an
upgrade, I would look at an N-Force 2 chipset motherboard, of which there
are many flavours some being more popular than others.
I have three such machines with those boards....
1. DFI Lanparty Ultra NFII
2. Abit NF7-S revision 2
3. Asus A7N8-X

1. The DFI is a superb board with bios settings that rival, and better, that
of the Abit. It is VERY well featured extremely stable and the bundled
package that comes with it is second to none. The only issue is with the
price compared to the other boards, but again when you see the bundled
package you realise that there is value for money there.

2. The Abit has been a great board, some argue better than the AN7, and
seems to be better than the very latest Version 2 (not revision 2) of this
board. The bios settings are great. The price is also good.

3. The Asus comes in many flavours now, with pricing to match. It has the
least settings of the three boards to configure, in the bios, and if
Overclocking is of
interest to you then I would rate it third. The same CPU and memory used in
that board will be significantly lower in achieved stable overclocking than
either the DFI or Abit - at least that is found in mine. The price is good.

They may all support the up and coming Sampr0n CPU, with a bios upgrade.
Both the Asus and the DFI will allow the Zalman 7000CU cooler to be fitted,
the NF7-S takes a bit of sawing on the retaining clip of the HSF due to the
capacitor location around the socket.

Each of the three boards, as well as the other brands (I have built up
systems using Epox and Gigabyte as well) have their devoted fans and each
has its merits, but if I was going to buy one and cost wasn't an issue then
it would be the DFI board. If cost was a factor then it would be the NF7-S.
If money was really tight then it would be the Asus A7N8-X-X, but understand
that some of the features on that flavour of the Asus board are missing.

I haven't even bothered to mention any of the Via chipset offerings, to me
there is little point, as I think that the Socket A market is best served
with the NForce 2 chipset boards.

Best wishes


Morgan

 

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:20:02 +0000, Morgan Ohlson wrote:

> Which is the best upgradable motherboard for a AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2400+
> (Should take the T-bred 2400+ today and upgradable to support fastest
> possible cpu's in a couple of years)
>
Any that supports a 200MHz FSB. SIS748, NF2-400 or ultra, KT600, or any
newer chipsets.

> I reccon there may be some guess and /or aproximations about future
> development in this question?
>
It's doubtful to me that you will see anything faster for the socket A
boards that's not available now. But in the very off the wall chance there
are, then you should be safe with one of the above.

> Is it stupid or wise, in your oppinion to choose a mobo for a cpu (or
> that cpu) like that at this time?
>
I think I'd just go ahead and get a 2500+. It's not much more and
overclocked you'd have the fastest there is, or is probably going to be,
now. Wise, in that it's cheap compared to newer models. Most people don't
need anything even close to this fast.

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:20:02 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
<morgan.ohlson@comhem.se> wrote:

>Which is the best upgradable motherboard for a AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2400+
>(Should take the T-bred 2400+ today and upgradable to support fastest
>possible cpu's in a couple of years)
>
>I reccon there may be some guess and /or aproximations about future
>development in this question?
>
>Is it stupid or wise, in your oppinion to choose a mobo for a cpu (or that
>cpu) like that at this time?
>
>Morgan O.

I would go with an Abit NF7S Version 2.
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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:54:11 GMT, Wes Newell wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:20:02 +0000, Morgan Ohlson wrote:
>
>> Which is the best upgradable motherboard for a AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2400+
>> (Should take the T-bred 2400+ today and upgradable to support fastest
>> possible cpu's in a couple of years)
>>
> Any that supports a 200MHz FSB. SIS748, NF2-400 or ultra, KT600, or any
> newer chipsets.
>
>> I reccon there may be some guess and /or aproximations about future
>> development in this question?
>>
> It's doubtful to me that you will see anything faster for the socket A
> boards that's not available now. But in the very off the wall chance there
> are, then you should be safe with one of the above.
>
>> Is it stupid or wise, in your oppinion to choose a mobo for a cpu (or
>> that cpu) like that at this time?
>>
> I think I'd just go ahead and get a 2500+. It's not much more and
> overclocked you'd have the fastest there is, or is probably going to be,
> now. Wise, in that it's cheap compared to newer models. Most people don't
> need anything even close to this fast.

Thanks all, Morgan, Avanger and Wes!

Morgan O.