Guest AlphaTeam October 7, 2002 Share Guest AlphaTeam Guests October 7, 2002 I'm stuck between SOYO DRAGON KT333 ULTRA PLATINUM EDITION and Asus A7 - series. I'll be puting in AMD XP 2400 CPU, 512 MB of GEIL PC3500 DDR. Any thoughts and recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Premier October 7, 2002 Share DJ Premier Member October 7, 2002 Asus is known for the quality motherboards. I've been using Asus motherboards for over 7 years and they are really reliable. I'm not familiar with that particular Soyo so I can't really do a comparison. But I have an A7 series Asus and it's been going well for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlphaTeam October 7, 2002 Share Guest AlphaTeam Guests October 7, 2002 well im looking into the new KT400 series boards that has the new VIA chipset. Also a board that will support higher memory speeds (like DDR400+). I like ASUS for two reasons; stability and lower price in comparison to other KT400 boards. Well, thanks for the reply DJ, I should look into ABIT, gigabite, and MSI as well. I just wisj that nForce2 boards are out!!! Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap October 7, 2002 Share Zap Member October 7, 2002 I agree with DJ. I've been using Asus boards for a few years now and have no problems at all and they have been really stable. I run an Asus A7V333 currently with an AMD 2200 and a gig of Corsair 2700 XMS DDR memory. I havent any problems whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Man October 7, 2002 Share Camel_Man Member October 7, 2002 well the funney thing about kt400 boards is that it supports the 400 bus, but its not offically supported lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX October 7, 2002 Share NOFX Member October 7, 2002 the SOYO is pretty nasty, but asus seems to be the way that everyone goes cuz its good and reliable. But if you have a decent comp now, wait till this winter when AMD releases the new line of processors called claw hammer. Should be pretty fast. I heard they dont use a bus... http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/020227/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage October 7, 2002 Share Guest zerodamage Guests October 7, 2002 Kt400 in its current state performs LESS than Kt333 ram and boards. one exception is this gigabye kt400 board. take a look at it here: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1721 And it is looking like Nvidia's Nforce-2 chipset is leading up to be the best of the batch when it is released soon. Reviews of it here: http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1719 good luck. ZD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r October 7, 2002 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder October 7, 2002 msi, abit, asus...in that order for the 333 or higher remember AMD only has 266 bus...cept for the new new new ones. and AMD sux a$$, get the intel. anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchtower October 9, 2002 Share Watchtower Member October 9, 2002 Zap u Beast! GB ram... *looks at prehistoric Athlon 1ghz and 512 PC133 :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Premier October 9, 2002 Share DJ Premier Member October 9, 2002 AMD sucks you say? Why would you say that? They provide very good performance for the price. I've been using AMD for the past few years and they are great! I've never had quality issues as long as I don't try anything dumb like overclock. The Intel lovers should be happy that AMD is around or Intel chip prices would be double what they are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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