Best boards for an AMD Thunderbird 1.3Ghz?

Kaworu · Post by **Kaworu** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:15 pm

Ok, theoretically, say I switched from Intel systems to AMD. THEORETICALLY cause you know, Intel is Much faster then AMD {/sarcasm}

So, what would be the best board to use? Maybe looking for something all PCI, built in RAID, perhaps DDR if I'm daring?

I was looking at the Soyo k7fhfabi832hbq something or other Dragon Motherboard, but nobody has it. It was looking like a decent board, and having the Soyo 6BA+ board which is way faster than the Abit boards I had. Any opinions on what to buy? If I do?

GraingerGuy · Post by **GraingerGuy** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 6:01 pm

If you are going to go with DDR, the Epox 87ka+, Shuttle AK31, and Shuttle AK32 have all been getting really good reviews.

Sdram - IMO I think the Iwill KK266 is the best one out there.

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 6:27 pm

Kaworu, Kakerot and I just finished building new boxes with the Epox 8K7A mobo's. They use DDR ram and pretty nice. Only thing you need is a good power supply, as they suck it down. Otherwise it's a nice board, lot's of room, and well built. The + model has built in Raid.

sethpa

Kaworu · Post by **Kaworu** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:32 pm

How do those Epox boards overclock? I usually dont overclock, but hey, its a t-bird!

madthumbs · Post by **madthumbs** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 8:45 pm

8k7a -said to be one of if not the most tweakable mobo's but uses a lot of jumpers /dips instead of bios adjustments.

Rayzor · Post by **Rayzor** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 9:16 pm

and I'm getting ready to put together my first AMD rig using an EP-8K7A+,
all I am waiting for is the Enermax EG365P power supply, and that gets here tomorrow
Woo-Hoo! >?

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 9:40 am

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 12:57 am

I just finished up my new PC w/ an Epox 8K7A... and I'M ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT