Which Motherboard Should I Get Guys?!

Did ya already get it..?

[vee_ess]

It'll be picked up tomorrow and we'll most likely have it in by tomorrow, unless it is anything like when i built my system, in which case it won't be in for another month . I told MIK3 to go with the MSI too, since he isn't really going to be competing with CiKoTiC or accurateimage, and since he doesn't want the speed as much as the quality.

I had a 2200+ once. By far the worst AMD chip I ever owned.

Good luck with yours!

what model did you have..? and he is not overclocking, I had a week 249 2200+ that I bought and tested before install > for a buddy and it did about the same as the week 48 2100+ I had. Was a .13 chip though, not .15

dunno, was right when they first came out.

ah that was a .15, those chips sucked a fatty when it came to overclocking hahaha!

[MIK3]

Actually AI, we ended up finding an even better deal. I ended up buying the AMD XP 2400+ for 95. That's w/ a 3 yr warranty boxed (the thermal compound just didn't work for my standards, so I bought some Arctic Silver III). And then the mobo I went w/ the MSI K7N2...a dream. I love every bit of this combination. Give me more HD space and I'll be flying in no time. However, like vee_ess mentioned above...I'm not out there to compete w/ you guys by any means...haha, just in the lookout for a good quality motherboard that will last me a while. Glad I made the purchase. Now where did that "legal" copy of XP go? I mean...30 days...this is BS.

you DO know AS3 voids your warranty now, don't you?

yeah so friggin what hahaha I think everything I own has a voided warrenty for some reason, that is why I buy some stuff at fried electronics hehehe and all traces of as3 can be removed with goof off or similar products

Well ya'll I think I am going to head to Bestbuy tomorrow and grab a ATI 5800 Pro and slap that in with all the new hardware I got. I can't wait to see how everything runs and looks. This is the most upgrading I have ever done all at once and it is quite a jump over everything I have now. Now how much added preformance would I see if I did over clock stuff at his point? Just to tell u what I am running or going to be running.

Athlon XP 2700 (with a CoolMaster Aero 7 Heatsink on it.)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
512 Meg DDR Kingston 2.5cl
ATI 5800 Pro 128meg
I also had to pick up a new PowerSupply got a Antec 450watt.

BTW I have never overclocked anything, mainly because I can't afford new parts should I screw it up, and I don't have the know how either.