Help My Poor Friend Out ^_^

dreammmatt · Jul 17, 2003

Hi there, my friend (who registered for a forum name, but didnt get activated yet) needs a question answered relatively soon - - here is what he asked me to ask:

I plan on upgrading my crappy Asus A7S333 into a nforce 2, and i have narrowed my search to 2 mobos, the MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR or the Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro which one would be more worth the price or are there any othe nforces with similiar features. And what woudl be a good heatsink to go with them.

heh...I told him my 2cents, but he doesnt care, he wants to hear it straight from you guys, thanx!

hkgonra · Jul 18, 2003

I think almost everyone recommends the nf7-s , or 8rda.

fubulg6000 · Jul 18, 2003

He can't go wrong with either board. Althought he would get a better experience out of the 8rda+ or a7n8x. On the heatsinks- cant go wrong with any of the slk's. (slk800, 900)

kent_b29 · Jul 18, 2003

I would suggest the thermalright sk-7 if he has price in mind. It's a lot cheaper and you only give up 1 or 2 degrees. As far as Mobo's the three most popular seem to be the abit NF7, epox 8rda, and the asus one(can't remember the name of it).

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Kent

altec · Jul 18, 2003

I dont think that either the MSI or the Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard offer PCI lock...so why even bother with them?

I would suggest the Abit NF7-S Rev. 2, the Epox 8RDA+, the Chaintech Zenith, or the Asus A7N8X.

dreammmatt · Jul 18, 2003

dont...all...nForce2 boards offer AGP/PCI locks? you do realize that it isnt listed as "PCI-anything" you set the PCI bus by setting the AGP speed. The AGP and PCI bus are in a 2-to-1 ratio, so by setting the AGP speed, u are setting the PCI speed. Some people didnt know that.

dreammmatt · Jul 19, 2003

now he wants to know if a slk-800 (or something like it) would fit the gigabyte board

altec · Jul 19, 2003

Not all of the nForce2 motherboard have a PCI lock. The boards with a confirmed PCI lock are the Abit, Epox, Asus, and Chaintech nForce boards. The ones that I know of that do not have PCi lock are the MSI, Gigabyte, and the Leadtek nForce2 motherboards.

Fast420A · Jul 20, 2003

What about the Soltek? Does it have locks?

Manslayer · Jul 23, 2003

Heh im his freind and uhh yeah im not gonna do a whole lot of overclocking so teh need for an abit would be unnecessary. i was also just looking at the aopen AK79D-400 Max im sort of leaning towards teh gigabyte though

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