AT7-MAX2 or NF7-S

[oo_7]

As the title says, i am looking at getting a New mother board at the end of the Month. Now i have read afew reviews on both these mobos and Both look really, really good. I am not sure if i should go for the nForce2 chip set or the KT400... What is the best for Overclocking?
Thanx in advance.

AT7-MAX2 or NF7-S

 

[Jerky]

hmmmm, i'm not sure. i'm looking into getting a p4 system, but now that the bartons are out i'm rethinking that. and so far the kd7 via chipset mobos seems to be a better option than the nforce 2 chipset mobos, since the nf7 and nf7-s don't have the mega awesome soundchips that the asus nforce 2 mobos have.

 

[oo_7]

Sound is the last thing i worry about as i use my pci sound card. I am just looking for a mobo that i can OC to the Max... I have ordered the Abit NF7-s and will have it on Friday
Will see how things go and will post back once i have had a go at it... A m8 just got one and was really happy with it, so i hope i am too...

 

[brywalker]

Its a tough decision, you're looking at performace vs stability.

The NForce2 chipset is very quick, but it is just WAY too immature. I know 3 people with boards based on the set and have nothing but problems, and drivers come out like every week.

On the other hand, the KT-400 has a real bottleneck, but is STABLE AS HELL! Drivers have matured and its almost as good as it gets.

Personally I'll take stability over performance. I would rather not have the fastest rig on the block, but never have downtime.

 

[LastRide]

I am pretty sure you will be happy with the NF7-S.Especially if you get the new i.2 version with added VDD and other goodies.

 

[Skitzer]

I recommend the NF7-S.
You can lock in the PCI/AGP at 33/66 and run the fsb and memory speeds syncronously or asyncronously.
The sound is every bit as good or better than my old SB Live.

I just sold my NF7-S rev 1.1 (which I thought was an awesome board) and have the rev 1.2 on the way. I wouldn't have bothered but I want to see if I can push my 1700+ TBred B to more than the 2200 that I was getting with the rev 1.1 due to vcore only going up to 1.8v.

Good luck on your choice ... both boards are excellent

 

[noCode]

The overclockers choise is surely the NF7-S, revision 1.2 is probably the best OC board out there.

AT7 MAX2 has IDE RAID and cool looks, but is a slower/older chipset.

The main thing is that you don't get lockable PCI with the KT400, and if you are going overclock FSB above 166MHz you might want that.