OT : MoBo and CPU Upgrade

I want to upgrade my MoBo and CPU. I have a 1 Gig Athalon. My current MoBo uses a Via chip set which I've always had trouble with. So I'd rather not deal with Via again. I had thought about moving into a P4 system but I understand they require a different case so now I'm leaning towards AMD again. Also I just got a GeForce 4 Ti4200. GTR 2002 runs ok but sometimes gets choppy, ditto some HEAT Mods. Also, thinking about requirements for N2003 and RL in the future. (Maybe just N2003 I don't want this thread to go down that road.) TIA ps I've never done anything more complicated than change a Graphics card, so if you could speak slowly and with small words. Thanks

If you want AMD but not VIA, the only way to go is with an nForce2-based motherboard. FYI, you'll probably need new RAM, since I highly doubt a 1GHz Athlon has DDR. ;) Anyway...the Asus A7N8X has gotten amazing reviews, and so have a lot of other nForce2 boards (it's just that the A7N8X Deluxe is the only one I've dealt with). CPU-wise, I'd go with a 2100+ if the budget allows...especially if you want to overclock, the 2100+ TBredB's at NewEgg for $101 (NOT the 2100+ at $88, thats the un-overclockable Palomino) seem to be THE CPU buy right now. Add a stick or two of DDR RAM (the nForce2 can use two sticks of DDR in a 'dual channel' setup), a good heatsink/fan, and you should be good to go. Milhouse "Rudeboy" <egilmour@shaw*NoSpam*.ca> wrote in message news:c%DV9.48600$[email hidden]... > I want to upgrade my MoBo and CPU. I have a 1 Gig Athalon. My currentMoBo > uses a Via chip set which I've always had trouble with. So I'd rather not > deal with Via again. I had thought about moving into a P4 system but I > understand they require a different case so now I'm leaning towards AMD > again. Also I just got a GeForce 4 Ti4200. GTR 2002 runs ok butsometimes

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> gets choppy, ditto some HEAT Mods. Also, thinking about requirements for > N2003 and RL in the future. (Maybe just N2003 I don't want this thread to > go down that road.) > > TIA > > ps I've never done anything more complicated than change a Graphics card,

so > if you could speak slowly and with small words. Thanks > >

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:47:20 GMT, Rudeboy wrote: > I want to upgrade my MoBo and CPU. I have a 1 Gig Athalon. My current MoBo > uses a Via chip set which I've always had trouble with. So I'd rather not I've had good experiences with the ECS K7S5A/LAN mobo, which goes up to XP2200+ speeds. Also, it uses the SiS chipset which seems to be less buggy than the VIA one, and provides two sockets for SDRAM so you can upgrade to DDRAM later should money burn a hole in your pocket. cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

I think, with BIOS upgrades the K7S5A goes higher than 2200, I'm not sure though.. Would be worth looking into. Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "Uwe hoover Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:47:20 GMT, Rudeboy wrote: > > I want to upgrade my MoBo and CPU. I have a 1 Gig Athalon. My currentMoBo > > uses a Via chip set which I've always had trouble with. So I'd rathernot

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> > I've had good experiences with the ECS K7S5A/LAN mobo, which > goes up to XP2200+ speeds. Also, it uses the SiS chipset which > seems to be less buggy than the VIA one, and provides two > sockets for SDRAM so you can upgrade to DDRAM later should > money burn a hole in your pocket. > > cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61