Gonna buy a new mobo/proc combo today!

[xbassman]

Yesterday I fried my XP2000+ palomino!

I am looking for a few suggestions though. Here is the rest of my setup.

Directron 201B Case
(All the fans have been replaced w/variable speed units.)
Antec True430 power supply
2-Corsair 256 mb pc2700 (CAS-2) dimms
(These I may replace since my daughter is getting a computer upgrade for her birthday in Sept.)
Asus GeForce 2-GTS 32 MB Video
(Fan is giving out on this old card and for that reason I am considering a board with onboard graphics for now)
WD 80 GB "Special Edition" HD

Other accessories are:
Toshiba DVD, Plextor burner, USB:mouse,scanner,printer, camera.

Here is what I am looking @ so far:
AMD Barton 2500+ Retail ($90)
ABIT NF7-M, nForce2 mobo w/onboard audio, vga, and LAN ($115)

Still need to look at RAM and a new heatsink. Heat is definately a concern. I hate running all those fans full tilt!
(I think I ruined my pally reinstalling my Thermalright AX-7. That HS takes quite a bit of downforce to install)

I will probably over clock a bit (as usual)
Also I am not really up to date on all the improvements...any affordable P4 solutions?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions....

 

[xbassman]

One more thing....
The only thing, so far about that Abit board that I am kinda hesitant about is the fact that it only has 2 IDE connectors.
I have been running separate IDE channels on all devices for quite some time and am not really sure what effect master/slave setups would have on say CD copies and such.....

 

[riddelrp]

Originally posted by: xbassman
Yesterday I fried my XP2000+ palomino!
Here is what I am looking @ so far:
AMD Barton 2500+ Retail ($90)
ABIT NF7-M, nForce2 mobo w/onboard audio, vga, and LAN ($115)

I just built a system on this platform half a week ago (typing on it now). Only diff is I used the Epox EP-8RDA+ Mobo (83 from newegg). I you don't need the onboard VGA take a look at the Epox.

Other then that all my components are almost exactly the same as yours (and oh yeah, I like it).

Good luck,
riddelrp

 

[xbassman]

I just built a system on this platform half a week ago (typing on it now). Only diff is I used the Epox EP-8RDA+ Mobo (83 from newegg). I you don't need the onboard VGA take a look at the Epox.

The reason I am looking at the onboard vga is that I really don't have the cash right now to build it like I would like. I figured the onboard would probably be better than my aging GeForce-2, then I can disable it when the DX-9 cards drop in price to a reasonable level.

 

[riddelrp]

Originally posted by: xbassman

I just built a system on this platform half a week ago (typing on it now). Only diff is I used the Epox EP-8RDA+ Mobo (83 from newegg). I you don't need the onboard VGA take a look at the Epox.

The reason I am looking at the onboard vga is that I really don't have the cash right now to build it like I would like. I figured the onboard would probably be better than my aging GeForce-2, then I can disable it when the DX-9 cards drop in price to a reasonable level.

Good call. I'm just even more strapped for cash, or I would have jumped for the onboard video. I'll personally be fine with a GF2 until x-mas (merry christmas to me!).

-riddelrp

 

[rdegler]

I purchased a epox 8rga+ from newegg for $99.

great mb.

I even used generic ddr ram and no problems.

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