Hello,

I'm looking for a good AMD socket A mobo for an office pc so it doesn't have
to do complex 3d graphics or whatsoever.
Would integrated vga do for this kind of job and if yes, which chipset would
be advisable?

Any suggestions/experiences for a stable/fast mobo?
TIA

Peter

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:56:49 +0100, "Peter" <peter> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm looking for a good AMD socket A mobo for an office pc so it doesn't have
>to do complex 3d graphics or whatsoever.
>Would integrated vga do for this kind of job and if yes, which chipset would
>be advisable?
>
>Any suggestions/experiences for a stable/fast mobo?
>TIA
>
>Peter
>

With no need for 3D, yes, an integrated chipset board will be fine.
Even the relatively slow, older KM266 chipset boards would be fine,
though today it makes more sense to buy an nForce board. How new may
depend on the CPU support (and upgradeability) you need.

One decent board at an affordable price-point is an Asus A7N266-VM.
Right now that board is on sale too, here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-433

If there's more in the budget then you might consider
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-466
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-483
Those support faster FSB CPUs, and video is a lot faster if you use
two memory modules for dual-channel mode, but for office work it
probably won't matter, the first board is more than fast enough for 2D
work, DVD/video, even old games.

Hi Kony,

The issue is to get a fast/stable system without any unnecessary extra's.
A simple add-on vga is not that expensive I guess but if you can get a mobo
with an integrated vga/nic and save at that point it's a welcome bonus.

Thanks a lot for this lead!


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> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:56:49 +0100, "Peter" <peter> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm looking for a good AMD socket A mobo for an office pc so it doesn't
have
> >to do complex 3d graphics or whatsoever.
> >Would integrated vga do for this kind of job and if yes, which chipset
would
> >be advisable?
> >
> >Any suggestions/experiences for a stable/fast mobo?
> >TIA
> >
> >Peter
> >
>
> With no need for 3D, yes, an integrated chipset board will be fine.
> Even the relatively slow, older KM266 chipset boards would be fine,
> though today it makes more sense to buy an nForce board. How new may
> depend on the CPU support (and upgradeability) you need.
>
> One decent board at an affordable price-point is an Asus A7N266-VM.
> Right now that board is on sale too, here:
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-433
>
> If there's more in the budget then you might consider
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-466
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-131-483
> Those support faster FSB CPUs, and video is a lot faster if you use
> two memory modules for dual-channel mode, but for office work it
> probably won't matter, the first board is more than fast enough for 2D
> work, DVD/video, even old games.