A7N8X-E Deluxe experiences? or other motherboard recommendations?
Randy Kelsoe
randykel at swbell.net
Fri Dec 19 00:23:40 UTC 2003
Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
>Yeah, I've been trying to figure out why the AMD Athlon XP CPU's are 333FSB,
>yet the motherboards are 400FSB? I just saw something about the current
>Barton CPU's are 333, but that 400's are due out soon? I'll probably have
>to buy my stuff in installments, so maybe I could buy the RAM this month,
>the motherboard next month, and then by the time I'm ready for the CPU, the
>400's will be out? :) I *definitely want to do the dual-channel memory
>thing, though.
>
>
The mobo is capable of using the 400FSB, or 333, 266, or 200. The Athlon
3000 and 3200 come in 400FSB models, but they are expensive (~$400-$500).
If you don't need the GigaBit lan, SATA, and RAID, you could go with the
GA-7N400 (no nic), or the GA-7N400-L (with onboard lan) for less money.
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