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Subject: Re: Which motherboard would you consider the best and most reliable for AMD?

Author: Matt Taylor

Date: 16:15:18 12/21/02

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On December 21, 2002 at 18:44:33, Terry Ripple wrote:

> I want to build a pc using one of the stronger AMD processors and haven't had
>the time to research which motherboards are the most reliable and give a good
>bench mark. Can you recommend any one in particular?
>
>I'am also wondering where there are some reliable internet stores to make my
>purchases trouble-free!
>
>Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
>
>Best regards,
>           Terry

I haven't trouble with most of the stores off of Pricewatch that I've ordered
from. I've ordered from probably upwards of 20 different stores, and I had only
one bad experience (waited 3 months to get a pair of disks for my ATA RAID
array).

As for motherboards, other people here could steer you better than I can;
however, I have a high opinion of Asus, MSI, and Tyan. I have seen too many
broken Abit boards to like them much anymore.

One of the things you will probably want to look for is DDR333 support. The 166
MHz FSB is very important in my opinion. You can only use it with AthlonXP 2700,
and I've seen AthlonXP 2600 sold in 166 MHz FSB versions, though I didn't know
AMD released any. The originally said it was just the 2700 and 2800 models.

-Matt



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