Which Motherboard?

[dave stockdale]

Going to upgrade. Want a decent Motherboard. Which to choose?
Had set mind on Gigabyte a GA-7N400Pro2 mb as intend to use Athlon XP2800
Barton and 512mb Crucial.
However a few newsgroup contacts have mentioned issues with the
GByte..difficulties with Bios etc, so now considering alternative similar
good quality mobo.
Any advice/comments/opinions would be welcome.
At least the reviews I've read show that the NVidia nForce2 chipset seems to
be the bees knees so would like to stick to that.
Thanks

 

[Dave C.]

Going to upgrade. Want a decent Motherboard. Which to choose?
Had set mind on Gigabyte a GA-7N400Pro2 mb as intend to use Athlon XP2800
Barton and 512mb Crucial.
However a few newsgroup contacts have mentioned issues with the
GByte..difficulties with Bios etc, so now considering alternative similar
good quality mobo.
Any advice/comments/opinions would be welcome.
At least the reviews I've read show that the NVidia nForce2 chipset seems to
be the bees knees so would like to stick to that.
Thanks

My vote would be the following. -Dave

http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3I&lang=1

 

[Terry Parker]

Going to upgrade. Want a decent Motherboard. Which to choose?
Had set mind on Gigabyte a GA-7N400Pro2 mb as intend to use Athlon XP2800
Barton and 512mb Crucial.
However a few newsgroup contacts have mentioned issues with the
GByte..difficulties with Bios etc, so now considering alternative similar
good quality mobo.
Any advice/comments/opinions would be welcome.
At least the reviews I've read show that the NVidia nForce2 chipset seems
to be the bees knees so would like to stick to that.
Thanks

Asus A7N8X. Got two models of this board running w/1600+ and 2800+. They
just don't have problems. I can't believe they are so cheap!

 

[dave stockdale]

Asus A7N8X. Got two models of this board running w/1600+ and 2800+. They
just don't have problems. I can't believe they are so cheap!

 

[ray hartman]

Going to upgrade. Want a decent Motherboard. Which to choose?
Had set mind on Gigabyte a GA-7N400Pro2 mb as intend to use Athlon XP2800
Barton and 512mb Crucial.
However a few newsgroup contacts have mentioned issues with the
GByte..difficulties with Bios etc, so now considering alternative similar
good quality mobo.
Any advice/comments/opinions would be welcome.
At least the reviews I've read show that the NVidia nForce2 chipset seems to
be the bees knees so would like to stick to that.
Thanks

DS:

I have the Ga-VT600-L to be quick, stable, friendly and ... perfectly
boring when mated to a Barton 2600+. Other NG posts seem to agree.
Quick, stable and boring works fine for me, tho perhaps not for you.

 

[Nate C.]

My vote would be the following. -Dave

http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3I&lang=1

For whatever it's worth, I had an Epox motherboard fritz out on my about a
year ago because of bad caps. I know I'm just one example but I'll never
buy an Epox again since I feel the problem suggested bad quality control.
With so many good alternatives, why take a chance...

Nate

 

[dave stockdale]

DS:

I have the Ga-VT600-L to be quick, stable, friendly and ... perfectly
boring when mated to a Barton 2600+. Other NG posts seem to agree.
Quick, stable and boring works fine for me, tho perhaps not for you.

 

[Dave C.]

http://web.epox.com/html/motherboard.asp?product=EP-8RDA3I&lang=1

For whatever it's worth, I had an Epox motherboard fritz out on my about a
year ago because of bad caps. I know I'm just one example but I'll never
buy an Epox again since I feel the problem suggested bad quality control.
With so many good alternatives, why take a chance...

Nate

Many motherboard makers had the same problem around the same time. It had
nothing to do with epox or quality control at epox. Epox was as much of a
victim as you were. All the bad caps mainboards should be off the shelves
now. But if there are still bad caps out there, not buying Epox won't help
you avoid them. -Dave

 

[HM]

DS:

I have the Ga-VT600-L to be quick, stable, friendly and ... perfectly
boring when mated to a Barton 2600+. Other NG posts seem to agree.
Quick, stable and boring works fine for me, tho perhaps not for you.

Hi there.

I have just built a PC with almost exactly the components you have chosen:

Gigabyte GA-7N400Pro2 Mb
Athlon (Barton) XP2800+
2*512 Crucial DDR400 memory running in dual channel mode.
Maxtor SATA HDD
Excaluber 9600XT Video card.

I have overclocked to 3200+ by reducing th emultiplier to 11* and increasing
the FSB to 400 MHz with absolutely no stability problems whatsoever.
I am delighted with th emotherboard - excellent documentation and very easy
to set up. Overclocking not quite so versatile as some others but perfectly
feasable.

Good luck,

Harry

 

[Matt]

At least the reviews I've read show that the NVidia nForce2 chipset seems to
be the bees knees so would like to stick to that.
Thanks

Biostar M7NCD Pro is very solid and loves any DDR RAM sticks.