Motherboards

Shodai · #1 04-Apr-2004, 18:53

I am looking to buy a new motherboard and a new video card. I have the video card already chosen(www.newegg.com) but I have absolutely no idea which motherboard to buy. I want one that has a processor in it already(or comes with it, whatever).. mine is only an AthlonXP 1700+(1.47ghz). So what I am looking for is a motherboard with an AGP slot, an AMD processor that is fairly up to date(64bit = bad) for all under $250. Some tips/recommendations on fans/heatsinks would be greatly appreciated as I have never installed a motherboard/processor before.

Thanks for the help.

- Shodai

Div · #2 04-Apr-2004, 19:36

Looking at NewEgg, the AMD Athlon XP 3000+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail + a decent Abit or Gigabyte m/b like the GIGABYTE KT600 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "GA-7VT600 1394" -RETAIL should run you under $250.

Shodai · #3 04-Apr-2004, 19:49

Hm.. the $161 for a 500mhz speed increase doesn't sound too hot. What would you recommend if I went with Intel instead of AMD?

Processor: www.newegg.com

Do motherboards normally come with onboard sound/lan/video? I don't know if I have a sound card or if its onboard. I have an ethernet adapter, that would be the onboard LAN right?

System specs:

Quote:

Processor
Model: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+
Speed: 1.46GHz
Model Number: 1700 (estimated)
Performance Rating: PR2118 (estimated)
Type: Standard
L2 On-board Cache: 256kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es): ISA AGP PCI USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support: No
MP APIC: No
System BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
Mainboard: ECS M810D
Total Memory: 991MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model: Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS740 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Total Memory: 1024MB DDR-SDRAM
Shared Memory: 32MB
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel: Philips 150B
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive: Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk: Maxtor 2F040L0
CD-ROM/DVD: LG CD-RW CED-8080B

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A: N/A
Hard Disk (C: 38.3GB (11.4GB, 30% Free) (FAT32)
CD-ROM/DVD (D: N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s): 1 COM / 1 LPT
Keyboard: PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse: Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device: MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Device: Standard Game Port
Device: C-Media AC97 Audio Device

Communication Device(s)
Device: Generic AC-Link Modem for SIS

Operating System(s)
Windows System: Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)

Network Services
Network Drivers Enabled: Yes
Adapter: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

Thanks

- Shodai

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