Michael; Before you rush into that new Asus board, check out this one -- (
http://www.msi.com.tw/Product/mainboard/k7pro.htm ) . Personally, I'm a big
fan of Aus, but their K7 boards have been reported as having bugs, and
that's exactly what happened to me. If you decide to get the Asus board
anyway, make damn sure that you buy "Matched Ram" ! All your Ram should be
from a popular company ie; Kingston, Celestica, Infineon. Otherwise you'll
have nothing but problems.
You'll probably notice that Asus isn't even on AMD's recommended M/B list if
you check out their web-site. Considering their reputation, that's gotta
make you wonder about this board of theirs'. But I'm panting and drooling
over a Dual-K7 board my self! Hmmm, a pair of K7-1Ghz CPU's, 1Gb of RamBus
Ram, Elsa Synergy Max 3 Video card, and 50 Gb's Hard drive, ... Boy will I
be able to play Solitare or what!!!
P.S. The MSI boards have been no problem what-so-ever! Cheers!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] new system recommendations
> I've heard that ASUS would be releasing a dual processor board for the
> Athlon, but I haven't seen anything official. I myself am planning to
> build an Athlon 700 system this summer, and I've been watching the reviews
> at www.anandtech.com
>
> The board that I'm most impressed with at this point is the Abit KA7. It
> has 6 pci slots (something that has been lacking in the most stable
> boards), 4 Dimm slots supporting up to 2 GB of RAM, 2x / 4x AGP port, 4
USB
> ports, UDMA 66 and I believe they will be offering a version later this
> summer that also supports the new UDMA 100 when it's available.
> Check out these links for more info:
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1222&p=1
>
> http://www.ocworkbench.com/hardware/abit/ka7/ka7p1.htm
>
> The second link is more a review about overclockability, which I don't
know
> if you're interested, but this seems to be the only area where the abit
> board doesn't rate as high. I include it for reference.
>
> Whatever you end up working with, let me know the outcome, k?
> Mike
>
> "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> > Looking to put together a new Mandrake 7 system with an Athlon 700+
> > cpu. I'm looking for recommendations for a mobo that will be rock
> > solid. I curently do not need but and am concidering the possibility of
> > a dual cpu board, perhaps one I could just drop one in for the time
> > being. Anyone got a favorite?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Joseph S. Gardner
> >
> > www.handi-krafts.com
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> >
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> > No windows, no gates.
> > Apache inside
> >
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> > ICQ #63389227
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> Michael Holt
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