shassouneh 0 Posted November 10, 2003 Hi All, I seem to be running into problems with my computer that may be related to my motherboard. For more details you can check out this topic The bottom line is, I may need to buy a new motherboard to support the following hardware. Can anyone give me any recommendations on a good solid RELIABLE board? Thanx Atlon XP Palomino core 2000+ (1.67 GHZ) 768MB DDR 2100 RAM Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 440 128MB Sound Blaster PCI512 sound card 3 hard drives (one maxtor 40GB 7200 rpm, one maxtor 80GB 7200 rpm, one 30GB Quantum Fireball) 1 52x CD burner (Cendyne) [ALL DRIVES ARE IDE] Can onyone help? Thanx Share this post Link to post
Sylus 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I'm using MSI's K7N2-Delta, which has an nForce2 chipset, and it's very reliable. Any hardware problems I've had since I bought this board were the other component's fault. Share this post Link to post
jwl812 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I just replaced my SOYO mobo KT133A with a Shuttle AK39N - VIA KT400 I did alot of research and the Shuttle AK39N had everything I needed - 8X AGP, support for DDR400, 6 channel onboard Realtek Audio,built in 10/100 ethernet, and 6 USB 2.0 ports all for about $70 US! (NEWEGG.COM) I've been running this board for about 3 months now with nary a problem. Check it out. http://us.shuttle.com/specs.asp?pro_id=251 Some prefer the NForce 2 chipset, but I have had excellent results using VIA chipsets and I tend to stick with what I know and what works for me. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ which runs on a 266mhz Frontside Bus. I bought DDR333 memory, because it seems the VIA chipsets run the Fontside and the memory controller asynchronously very well with a nice performance boost to boot compared with running DDR266. I have read the NForce 2 chipsets recommend against asynchronous timings as it will cause degraded performance. The VIA chipsets don't seem to be hampered by the timing issues and VIA releases driver updates regularly. Ayway, thats my 2 cents, good luck and I am sure you will receive plenty of good advice here. Share this post Link to post
Copernicus 0 Posted November 11, 2003 I'm sort of likeing this ASUS A7V8X-X. Nice setup, but I think that a mainboard with Serial ATA ports on it. The A7V600 is not expensive($78 at newegg.com) and has onboard SATA. I'm thinking of replacing this mainboard with it. Share this post Link to post
jmmijo 1 Posted November 11, 2003 I really like the Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.xx board. Very nice and has onboard SATA raid support and Dual-Channel memory support. The onboard Soundstorm is a nice feature too however I only have a 2.1 speaker system as this is my main workstation/server machine. Share this post Link to post
shassouneh 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Thanx for the replies everyone. I don't need nForce or DDR 400. Pleaselook at the specs above. They're nothing fancy. As for MSI, my motherboard (that just died btw) was an MSI, so i am very skeptical about MSI right now. I tried MSI and ECS and both ended up being more trouble than they are worth. There is this CHEAP Soyo motheboard available online (open box) for $30 shipped. I heard many good things about Soyo. What do u guys think? Do you think Soyos are solid and/or reliable? Share this post Link to post
jwl812 0 Posted November 13, 2003 The board I replaced was a SOYO. The board quality was superb. The only reason I upgraded was to go DDR. The KT133A board ran without a hitch for several years and is now in my daughters computer. I switched to SHUTTLE only because SOYO's tech support is severely lacking. Back when I first installed the board, I got a beep error on boot up. It took many LONG DISTANCE calls to California before I could get someone that understood my problem (or that I could understand ). :x Share this post Link to post
shassouneh 0 Posted November 18, 2003 Quote: I switched to SHUTTLE only because SOYO's tech support is severely lacking. Back when I first installed the board, I got a beep error on boot up. It took many LONG DISTANCE calls to California before I could get someone that understood my problem (or that I could understand ). I just bought a Soyo Dragon Plus (K7V) board. I should have bought this a LOOONG time ago. EXCELLENT board! As for their tech support, their online tech support is excellent. It helped me trouble shoot the issues I first faced that had to do with faulty memory and shorting with the case. Thanx for the replies everyone. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND my Soyo board (and any Soyo board) to anyone, ESPECIALLY to anyone who just wants a motherboard that WORKS Share this post Link to post
