mobo A7A266

[overdoze]

I plan to buy this ASUS A7A266 and place 3G of SDRAM in it. I want to buy it b/c I need that much ram for my apps. I think it is a hot board. Anybody has any input on this board. I'm not familiar with Ali chipset. Let me know your good and bad experience with this board. Should I buy it. Are there any other mobo I could use with at list 3G ram?
Thanks.

 

[Bobby Manus]

well just so you know there is only 3 sdram slots and 2 ddr ram slots. I dunno about you but i have never seen any 1 gig sticks of sdram yet hehe. Once they come out it will suport it is what it means... So you will actually only be able to get 3 512mb stick giving you 1.5gb of ram... Might not be the mobo you need you could get one with 4 sdram slots and no ddr slots...

 

[Amedeo602]

In addition, you'd be spending more $$ on the A7A than on a mb that doesn't support DDR. I have an A7A and I like it, but I use the DDR. I think you'd be better off with a motherboard dedicated to large amounts of SDRAM.

PS: don't use sdram and ddr together. the ddr takes up 2.5 volts, while the old sdram uses 3.3 volts..you can fry your ddr.

 

[Jetset]

If you go to pricewatch.com and look under system memory, you will see stores selling 1gb,2gb, and even 4gb modules of ram.