You should buy mobo with NForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset. If You sound maniac, choose that come with MCP-T Southbridge, the price is little higher. If You have more money, buy two identicel memory that can run dual channel, or "Dual Channel Kit". Maybe 256 MB x 2 is very good. But, you should not overclock your new machine. Because I had trouble when FSb is higher than 210 MHz (420 DDR). *I used Abit NF7-s mobo with AXP Tbred-B 1800+.*
Makacih | Budhi "mbUdh" Astiyadi | connect from Ulujami - Indonesia | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Slater | Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:52 AM | To: Mandrake Newbie | Subject: [newbie] OT on mobos and chipsets | | I'm thinking about building a new computer. My needs are | pretty typical home user stuff. I want to network it (haven't | decided on wired or wireless yet), be able to watch TV on it, | and possibly make dvd's from recorded TV. | Basically I've decided I want an AMD processor and to use a | SATA hard drive. | But when I go to look at mobos I'm amazed at the difference | in price from one to another. I'm really clueless about the | different chipsets and which one I'd want. Googling for a | comparison doesn't help too much; do you have to read the | reports on every mobo out there? | For my last builds I used Asus and it has been rock solid; I | think it was a little pricier than other comparable boards at | the time. | So, any suggestions on a mobo/chipset? What's the absolute | lowest cpu you'd go for, considering I'm a cheap bastard? | (I'm fairly happy with my 500MHz amd now, I just need a project.) | | TIA, | Todd
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