best board for 2500+barton

[tomwolfman]

i'm looking for a board for a barton 2500 cpu maybe and 512mb memory.whats the best combination at the moment with good overclocking.haven't bought anything yet

 

[DahDee]

The Albatron KX18D Pro II is an outstanding AMD motherboard, one of the newest, fastest, most feature-laden Ultra boards and IMHO the best bang for the buck out there. I've posted links to multiple great reviews of the Albatron in various threads in this forum, and you can start with some info in my thread here.

Edit: Albatron KX18D Pro II for $98 shipped at Newegg

Edit2: I also would recommend Kingston Hyper-X PC3200 with a Barton 2500+; I'm using the KX18D Pro II with a 2500+ and 1GB of this RAM, and as you can see in my thread and sig I'm pretty happy with the results

 

[tomwolfman]

thanks ill take a look

 

[DahDee]

Here's another thread where I posted some reviews/links on the Albatron KX18D Pro II:

More info here

As you can see in this thread, Abit and Asus boards also come highly recommended. I just think the Albatron, the new kid on the motherboard block, is a better performer and a better value. It's also better looking if you have a windowed case and/or care!

 

[Fern]

I just went through the process. I'll be putting it together this weekend or next. My research led me to purchase the Abit NF7-S (also $99 shipped from newegg) and corsair TWINX 3200LL ram. I was thinking about the Kingston HyperX, but saw an article that tested them head-to-head in OCing and the corsair came out better, so went with the corsair. But I think its helpful to first choose your mobo, then go to those forums and see what ram works best in the mobo. Some boards get picky about the ram.

 

[gunblade]

I would suggest the Abit nf7-s 2.0. It is feature-rich, running well and come with a serial-parallel converter to hook up your hd to the sata connector.

 

[Corporate Thug]

nf7-s hands down

 

[tomwolfman]

thanks ill take a look at he abit board ,unfortunately the albatron board doesnt seem to be readily available here in europe

 

[tomwolfman]

thanks again i may go with the abit board unless this i get this used epox 8rda3+ board i'm lookin at for cheap.what pc3200 memory works best with the abit ?

 

[beatle]

Originally posted by: shady06
nf7-s hands down

Definitely. I believe most of the RAM incompatibility issues have been cleaned up from earlier this spring/summer. As always, pick a known brand name like Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, Kingston, or Samsung.

 

[DahDee]

Originally posted by: shady06
nf7-s hands down

 

[high]

Actually the abit is not even close to hands down anymore...have a look at the DFI Lan Party Rev. B. A lot of people are hitting 270+ FSB no problems with 2500+'s. Looks like the Abit is only second or 3rd now, if not less. Very impressed with ASUS and MSI's offerrings for AMD as well.

 

[tomwolfman]

Originally posted by: high
Actually the abit is not even close to hands down anymore...have a look at the DFI Lan Party Rev. B. A lot of people are hitting 270+ FSB no problems with 2500+'s. Looks like the Abit is only second or 3rd now, if not less. Very impressed with ASUS and MSI's offerrings for AMD as well.

keep talking! names of boards?

 

[high]

DFI Lan Party NF2 Ultra Rev. B - Best Board / Best Accessories / Highest Price Tag
ASUS A7N8X-DX - Great Board / Average Accessories / Decent Price Tag
MSI K7N2 Delta-L - Great Board / VERY weak accessories / awesome price tag (under $60 US)
ABIT NF7-S - Used to be the best overclocker & option filled Nforce 2 Ultra board. A lot of companies have stepped up and like I said, abit just isn't the BEST anymore. Still an AWESOME board, don't get me wrong, but they are by no means and I mean NO MEANS hands down better than those 3 boards I just named off.

Like I said, if $ isn't an option, get the DFI, but if you want an awesome board for ~$60, get the MSI. The -L has no raid or sata, only drawbacks

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06
nf7-s hands down

well said!

do u see anyone else recommending the albatron board? no? didnt think so.

with boards from abit, asus, DFI, and epox, the albatron doesnt even come close

 

[DahDee]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06
nf7-s hands down

well said!

do u see anyone else recommending the albatron board? no? didnt think so.

with boards from abit, asus, DFI, and epox, the albatron doesnt even come close

No need to get testy! Others actually have recommended the Albatron in this forum, but some wouldn't notice because they've already made up their minds "hands down" that this excellent board "doesn't even come close." Redikkerus! I've seen numerous KX18D Pro II reviews, in addition to my own experience with the motherboard, and I have seen not one review that says anything close to the trash-talk you're throwing around. To the contrary, the KX18D Pro II has received excellent reviews and deserves to be mentioned along with boards from other better-known makers. My brief response to your original post was a simple plea to avoid using such definitive statements; silly to do so, especially coming from someone like you who posts in this particular forum regularly, obviously knows something about the subject, and should therefore know that the choice is not so clear-cut these days. If you insist on taking offense at that, I can't really stop you even though that was not my intent. *Shrug*

 

[drewdogg808]

Originally posted by: high
Actually the abit is not even close to hands down anymore...have a look at the DFI Lan Party Rev. B. A lot of people are hitting 270+ FSB no problems with 2500+'s. Looks like the Abit is only second or 3rd now, if not less. Very impressed with ASUS and MSI's offerrings for AMD as well.

270+?! :Q damn....any links on that?

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06
nf7-s hands down

well said!

do u see anyone else recommending the albatron board? no? didnt think so.

with boards from abit, asus, DFI, and epox, the albatron doesnt even come close

No need to get testy! Others actually have recommended the Albatron in this forum, but some wouldn't notice because they've already made up their minds "hands down" that this excellent board "doesn't even come close." Redikkerus! I've seen numerous KX18D Pro II reviews, in addition to my own experience with the motherboard, and I have seen not one review that says anything close to the trash-talk you're throwing around. To the contrary, the KX18D Pro II has received excellent reviews and deserves to be mentioned along with boards from other better-known makers. My brief response to your original post was a simple plea to avoid using such definitive statements; silly to do so, especially coming from someone like you who posts in this particular forum regularly, obviously knows something about the subject, and should therefore know that the choice is not so clear-cut these days. If you insist on taking offense at that, I can't really stop you even though that was not my intent. *Shrug*

yes its a good board, but asus and abit (and some people will say DFI but i personally dont think so) have a stronghold on the mobo market becuase their products are so damn superior, the only reason i put abit ahead of asus is because of asus bad customer support


what exactly did i say that was trash talking? its no secret that abit and asus are just head and sholders above the competition


btw, i dont work for abit nor do i own any stock so i dont take offense to it, but you may want to elaborate on why you disagree with my original statement with somthing more than a

 

[DahDee]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: DahDee

Originally posted by: shady06
you may want to elaborate on why you disagree with my original statement with somthing more than a

I already did; you don't seem to understand, so let's just drop it and move on. If you must have the last word, be my guest.

 

[rodan]

MSI K7N2 Delta-L - Great Board / VERY weak accessories / awesome price tag (under $60 US)

Anyone have a link to this board for $ 60?

 

[jhites]

Originally posted by: rodan

MSI K7N2 Delta-L - Great Board / VERY weak accessories / awesome price tag (under $60 US)

Anyone have a link to this board for $ 60?

I would be interested in this also. The search that I did on PriceWatch gave a low of $77 but you can pick up a Shuttle AN35N400 for under $60 if you are looking for low end. The Shuttle is a good solid budget board but does not have dual channel.

 

[rodan]

I would be interested in this also. The search that I did on PriceWatch gave a low of $77 but you can pick up a Shuttle AN35N400 for under $60 if you are looking for low end. The Shuttle is a good solid budget board but does not have dual channel

I was looking at the Shuttle AN35N400 at New Egg. Doing some comparison among the boards with the chipset " NVIDIA nForce2 SPP + MCP " and the " nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP ". I thought I read a review that insinuated this Shuttle AN34N400 was dual channel.
I have to sell a thing or two before I buy, anyway. Hopefully I will know what I want, when it's time to buy.

 

[tomwolfman]

if i get the abit board and a barton 2500,should i keep my 512mb of pc2100 or throw it out and get pc3200,what performance increase is there for upgrading my memory

 

[jar5tyle]

Get the 3200. Major performance increase, you'll be able to run at 200FSB.

 

[tomwolfman]

ok will do thanks