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Socket A suggestions

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Wolfsbane2k

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Hi.

I'm trying to find a secondhand socket A mobo so i can build a sub £100 (~sub $150) machine for a friend of mine, so i want to stay with socket A as i have a barton 3000+ spare.
What is the best to go with - nforce2 boards, or Via boards?

So what do people recommend? Looking for a really stable board with a FSB of 400 and that's about it, although some oc would be nice.

Cheers,

Wolfsbane2k
 
Nf2 board were worlds better than Via boards, but anything NF2 board that was worth anything is now gonna be rare and expensive... :-/
 
NF7-s v2.0. Have it, and runs everything great per my specs. This is a great board, only complaint is louder chipset fan (replacing soon), and only 2 back I/O Port USB 2 ports (more on header).

Regardless, If you can find one, get it!

Both out of stock, http://www.nulime.com/p11766/cat147...s/Motherboards/ATX-SKT-nForce2-SATA-RAID.html ; http://www.excaliberpc.com/ABIT_NF7-S_Motherboard/NF7-S/partinfo-id-550170.html

but I got a deal on a 3200+, NF7-S v2.0 and a SI97 for 135bucks on dfi-street's FS forum, so look around there and diff fs forums. Good luck, and I heard the Asus NF2 one is good too, but not sure.
 
I was looking at the NF7-sv2.0, as a local shop has it for £35.00, which isn't that bad.

Is it better to stay with NF2 boards rather than NF3s?
 
NF3s are s939 (Athlon 64) boards with AGP support. Your barton will not work with it.

If your looking for a top of the line mobo for socket A, and a local shop has it for cheap, I would get it now :)
 
dchrsf said:
NF3s are s939 (Athlon 64) boards with AGP support. Your barton will not work with it.

If your looking for a top of the line mobo for socket A, and a local shop has it for cheap, I would get it now :)
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Ah, spot on. I was having some difficulty chasing some NF3's down, so couldn't find information out on them!

Cheers!
 
Abit NF7's were good NF2 boards. Would be a good board to get if you can find them. Another to try for budget is an AN-35 believe it was by Soltek or maybe Shuttle. Not as luxury equipped as the NF7 but will do in a pinch.
 
NF2

Shuttle AN35/N, ULTRA etc

NF-7/NF7-S V2.0

Jetway N2PAP, OEM board

AN7

DFI Lanparty

SiS 748

DFI

Gigabyte

ECS
 
all except for bios issues that plauged them.. had 2 of them with dead bios chips. Asus was very hard to deal with as far as a warranty for them.
 
ftbusdatia said:
all except for bios issues that plauged them.. had 2 of them with dead bios chips. Asus was very hard to deal with as far as a warranty for them.
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Had 2 of those boards. Both worked great until I killed one. The other i'm still using ;). It's too bad they don't overclock for shit though.
 
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