Going DDR

[yngtm27]

Ok, I've decided to upgrade to a DDR mobo. I've pretty much narrowed down my choices to the following short list:

(1) Shuttle AK31 Rev2
(2) Abit KG7 Raid
(3) MSI K7 Master

Opinions? Let me know if I've left out any mobos that are also good candidates. Note: I've left out the Epox 8K7A+ because I have an Enermax 465VE psu. It has been shown that there is a problem combining this psu with the Epox 8k7a (specifically a problem with the 5v rail).

I will be using the mobo with the components in my current system excluding the PC133 SDRAM of course. Thinking of upgrading to Win2k as well.

 

[smb]

I just installed a Shuttle AK31 r2. It's an excellent motherboard, for me anyway. I got better overclocking results with the same cpu than with an MSI Turbo Limited. Actually The MSI motherboards as a whole have an AGP/USB irq sharing issue. I don't know why MSI did that. Have you looked at the Epox-8HKA ?

 

[bond007taz]

Personally I would go with the ASUS A7M266. I love this board - i had my duron 650 in it and was able to overclock it to over 1ghz with the DDR. I put my 1.3ghz athlon in and I have it overclocked to 1.45ghz with standard PC1600 memory. SWEET - this is just my opinion.

 

[Athlon4all]

Abit KG7-RAID

 

[Moving Target]

Just got a Epox 8KHA/T-Bird1.2 and I'm very happy

 

[alyosha]

Why do people go DDR?

 

[Squibby]

alyosha: because DDR costs the same as PC133 and it performs much better.

Squibby

 

[yngtm27]

Thanx for the replies. I'm really leaning toward the KG-7 RAID because it has the AMD 760 chipset. However, the Shuttle board is quite cheap and the performance reviews are excellent.

 

[bond007taz]

yngtm27 - ya great idea. Go with a motherboard using the AMD 760 chipset!!! A whole lot better than the other stuff!