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after scanning thru some sites ive decided that the Asus A7V600-X is one of the best ill get for under 60 quid. Just wanting to know what any of u mofo's think of this mobo before i let my g's flow. :o
if anyone has anyother suggestions or a better price please let us know, cheers
:)
oh yeah the Asus A7V600-X is 46 quid from overclockers uk is that a decent price?
it's cheap, but don' expect too much from the Via KT600 chipset - it's pretty much trounced by the nVidia nForce2 400 Ultra, and prices on nForce2 also starts at £45
Plus, the -X versions apparantly don't support Dual Channel memory mode. I was trying to find out if to get that exact motherboard and couldnt figure out what the -X stands for (it doesnt say on their website) , eventually someone told me it was lacking the dual channel mode, and also as the guy says, the KT600 usually has inferior performance to the Nforce2 chipset.
Oh and a question, while we're here, is the MSI K7N2-L Delta motherboard a nForce2 400 Ultra chipset?
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Originally Posted by directhex
the kt600 can't do dual-channel in ANY form :P
and if the description says "400" and "nforce 2" at some point & the cpu support lists 3200+, then it'll do the job
lol! can't believe i didn't know that! :)
SO what DOES the -X stand for?!
taking ur advice guys, thanks
found this on dabs is it any good
asus SoA nforce 2
thanks agai for the advice
it only has single-channel, but then so did the on you were looking at. its bigger brother (the a7n8x deluxe) is a fine board, so sounds good - not bad on a budget
does dual channel make much of a difference?
im not wanting to overclock and really the board is just to replace my old n force 2 board that i am giving to a mate (it has onboard geforce 4 mx ) so he can build a cheap cheap system, he has gave me 5o quid for the motherboard and my modem so it isnt really an upgrade just a replacement.
was on toms hardware and apparently the Asus A7N8X is dual channel but im not sure about the x tag at the end does this mean it isnt duakl or not
the -X is not.
and it doesn't really make a lot of difference, athlons are hard-pushed to make use of the bandwidth
sorry for being such a noob but is this mobo dual channel
SoA nForce2 ATX AGP8x 3DDR A L
Yup! seems ok for the money too!
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Originally Posted by revol68
thanks it does seem a bit of a deal, are biostar a decent brand?
kind of an unknown quantity. one of the small manufacturers, like chaintech. nothing remarkable about them really.
okay after even more searching i have now settled on and just purchased the Soltek SL-75FRN2-L "Golden Flame" seems very nice and the snazzy colour my tempt me to buy a windowed case at somepoint.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ek_sl75frn.jpg
spe for it
please take a look and telll me i have'nt wasted 52 quid,
cheers
seems fairly standard, can't see anything intrinsically wrong with it. i'm a firm believer in buying boards from lesser known manufacturers (no, ECS Jetway & PC Chips aren't lesser known, they're widely known to be utter **** which isn't the same thing, before anyone comments), as my Chaintech & Albatron boards were light years ahead of my Abit board in terms of functionality, stability & general polish
not sure if the -L or the -RL is gold, one of them's a lovely shade of lavendar
http://www.soltek.com.tw/soltek/imag...age/75frn2.jpg
i'm more of a sucker for silver anyway
http://www.bit-tech.net/images/review/191/10.jpg