Athlon XP motherboard and DDR 333 help.

[Kows]

I'm looking for a good motherboard that supports DDR 333 and athlon XP. I was looking towards Soyo or Soltek, as they have the best older reviews on TH. Anyone have any suggestions? (p.s. I would like that the mobos you suggest stay under $250, although that shouldn't be too hard)...I would also like onboard raid and lan, if at all possible.

 

[paparazi]

It is difficult to find much info on these boards at the moment as they are so new.
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP with raid
MSI KT3 Ultra " "
ASUS A7V333 ? ?

Note* AGP 8X support on the yet released KT333a * not KT333
but then there are no cards to support it at this time.
KT333a release any time now! Martin Just trying to help, sometimes falling short, I am only human after all.

 

[Kows]

What about the new Soltek board, the SL-75DRV5? Has anyone tried this board or could anyone tell me about it?

 

[jakesnake]

Hi try looking at this link and you should fine what you want for the right price

http://www.motherboardexpress.com/index.cfm

 

[mparra]

Or you can check this site which can beat that price.

http://www.telatrend.com

 

[paparazi]

Don't think this Soltek board is raid?? Martin Just trying to help, sometimes falling short, I am only human after all.

 

[ANFPS26]

Motherboardexpress' prices are rediculous! Way too high! "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[cdogg]

Read for yourself:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020403/index.html

This has benchmarks, list of features, and screen shots of the latest releases from top vendors.

 

[Pattons]

Kows, you might want to try this link

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http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/A15979.html

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it's an Asus board, with via chipsets, support for 3Gigs of PC2700,all AMD processors from 600MHZ up to 2 GHz, 266 MHz FSB, on-board raid@ ATA 133, USB, 1394, and 6 channel audio, no on-board LAN, but I hope I came pretty close with this one.
[PC3]

 

[CitrixEngineer]

There's also the new Abit AT7 "Legacy Free" board (no ISA, Lpt or Com ports - entirely USB 2.0 and Firewire). I've seen no reviews on it, but given Abit's history and reputation, I would buy one for my next system

All benchmarks I've seen (including tom's) put the 333Mhz boards within a whisker of each other, so it's down to personal preference. I've used Abit boards for years because of their reliability and solid performance, but I bought an MSI KT3 Ultra recently - and can verify that it's a very fast, well-built board.


Hope this helps CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk