I am changing my mobo and need some help in picking which 1 should go with here is what I narrowed it go to 1.ASUS A7V KT266 DDR 200/266 w/o Audio

2.MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU

If possible I need some help before the 3rd for that is when I get my disabilty pay. Thanks to all for your help and time.

You could also consider A7V266-E which comes with the new VIA KT266A chipset ->

h*tp://cgi.asus.com.tw/products/motherboard/ddr266/a7v266-e/index.html

Not to educated on the MSI boards but Ive been using ASUS for years and there extrealy stabile, and overcloking is great with them.

-Chris

Epox is the best KT266A board, just check any hardware site and it is rated the best

I bought one last week and it is great. If you want to view a few reviews, try:

www.amdmb.com

www.amdzone.co.uk

I would like to thank everyone for thier help and responce to this post.....Thanks

Make sure you get the new KT266 board. Don't get confused with the one that came out in April...the new one was released in September and is night and day compared to the old. From what I have read, that chipset is the fastest out there. Look at ht*p://www.tomshardware.com

Rick:cool:

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Rick, this KT266A board is for intell or AMD. I read the article that you enclosed. Thanks for the Infor.

AMD, and get the Epox

Ive been using ASUS for a while too rock solid i would never use anything else, See my specs.

Regards,

BAH

Bah now that is BAD pony that you got there.

Someone asked me to do a PC upgrade for him, so here it is:

Epox EP-8KHA+ DDR (Socket A AMD Thunderbird/Duron) - Motherboard

http://www.crucial.com/UK/store/PartSpecs....dule=CT3264Z265

£101.64

TaiSol CGK760092 CPU Cooler - Duron/Thunderbird (Socket A) - Heatsink

http://www.taisol.com/products/pdf/cgk760002.pdf

£17.63

AMD Athlon XP 1800 - CPU

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Produc...56_3734,00.html

£195.05

Crucial 512MB DDR RAM PC2100 - RAM

http://www.crucial.com/UK/store/PartSpecs....dule=CT3264Z265

£43.18

Elsa Gladiac 721 GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB DDR AGP Retail VO - Graphics card

http://www.elsa.com/international/europe/p.../gladiac721.htm

£207.97

Videologic DigiTheatre Speaker System - Speakers

http://www.videologic.com/Products/VL-6038...roduct=VL-60382

£205.62

SoundBlaster Audigy PCI Retail - Sound card

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/audigyde/

£79.89

Pionner 16xDVD 40xCD Int IDE OEM - DVD-ROM

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/...44,1742,00.html

£64.62

Plextor PlexWriter 40r24w10rw Int IDE - CD-RW

http://www.plextor.be/English/products/pxw241040A.html

£142.17

Maxtor DiamondMax+ D740X 80GB UDMA133 - Hard drive

http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/...X_datasheet.pdf

£177.42

Teac 1.44MB Internal 3.5" - Floppy disk drive

http://www.teac.de/en/02_01_02_produkte/02_01_02_04_g1.htm

£8.22

Microsoft Internet Pro USB & PS/2 - Keyboard

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/ikp_info.asp

£28.19

£1271.6

I'd personally go Athlon XP and the Epox as it is the [i:7e4fc059ad]fastet[/i:7e4fc059ad] single CPU out there avaliable to the end user.

Any chance that the Athlon XP processors will work on my 2 month old Mobo? (MSI-6380 K7T266 Pro)

Yes Sir, it will

http://www2.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techn...%5e2338,00.html

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_.../K7T266_Pro.htm

May possibly need a BIOS update, not too sure though.

AMB that is one awesome setup you did there! Whew...he should be set for awhile! I just upgraded but didn't quite have the money or patience to wait for anybody to make a board with KT266A Chipset. I feel cheated...then again I always do because my computers are always outdated about two months after I buy them!:cry

Rick:cool: