Upgrade AMD XP Motherboard

[Macca]

Hi,

I am looking to squeeze the last possible performance out of my system by
replacing the motherboard. I am tryig to delay when i have to replace most
of my main components.

My current motherboard is an ABit KR7A-RAID motherboard. I have an Athon XP
2600+ proceesor.

I have an AGP 8x Geforce 5600 Ultra graphics card and 768MB of PC2100 DDR.
My hard disk is a 180Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda.

I would like to upgrade my motherboard and want to keep all the above
componets although I have some 333Mhz memory that I can use

I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have to
sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny components that are
coming out now.

I'd appreciate any suggestions on what would be a good motherboard to get?

Thanks In Advance
Macca

 

[Cuzman]

Macca wrote:

" I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have
to sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny components
that are coming out now. "


I'd suggest an Abit NF7 v2.0. It's pretty much the same as the
much-loved NF7-S v2.0, but without the SATA support (which you won't
need if you only have an IDE hard drive).
http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPC-Abit_NF7

I'd also suggest selling your motherboard and all of your RAM at
www.ebay.co.uk . Buy 2x 512MB PC3200, which will run fine with your XP
2600+, and will carry over to a future upgrade.

 

[GlimmerMan]

wow .. $50 (pound) that really isnt gonna get you anything better.. I
suggest going a little higher in the price and something good. By the
way im from australia so my currency is like 2.5 x less than yours and
here $125AUD dont get you much.

 

[WebWalker]

I'd also suggest selling your motherboard and all of your RAM at
www.ebay.co.uk . Buy 2x 512MB PC3200, which will run fine with your XP
2600+, and will carry over to a future upgrade.

I have to agree here since the RAM is dirt cheap nowaday. Using the
old RAM will slow down your new system.

 

[theyak]

Hi,

I am looking to squeeze the last possible performance out of my system by
replacing the motherboard. I am tryig to delay when i have to replace most
of my main components.

My current motherboard is an ABit KR7A-RAID motherboard. I have an Athon XP
2600+ proceesor.

I have an AGP 8x Geforce 5600 Ultra graphics card and 768MB of PC2100 DDR..
My hard disk is a 180Gb IDE Seagate Barracuda.

I would like to upgrade my motherboard and want to keep all the above
componets although I have some 333Mhz memory that I can use

I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have to
sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny components that are
coming out now.

I'd appreciate any suggestions on what would be a good motherboard to get?

Thanks In Advance
Macca

Save your money. Changing the motherboard in that system is pointless.

 

[General Schvantzkoph]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:31:35 +0100, Macca wrote:

although I have some 333Mhz memory that I can use

I am looking to spend £50 maximum as this is a stop gap before i have to
sheel out on replacing everything with all the new shiny components that are
coming out now.

You can't buy what you've got now for £50 let alone something better.
Your current system isn't bad, it's not possible to even double your
performance until the dual core processors come out and they are going to
set you back a lot more than £50. You can get a slightly noticeable
improvement by going with an Athlon 64 3400+ but that will cost you at
least $250 (you do the conversion but that's a lot more than £50)

 

[GlimmerMan]

I agree, I'd save it and buy a new system in a year or so, You will
not get much if any performance difference.