Does it (NFORCE, Barton)

[Okt]

Does the SOLTEK 75FRN2-L NFORCE2 support the AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ Barton? Also what would be a good type of ram to get with those?

 

[Steven Q Urkle]

yes it does.
Its an insanly crazy yellow board.
how much ram did you want?

you can get CL3 generic ram (like samsung or infideon) or cl2 brand name ram, like OCZ, kingston, ect for almost twice the price.

 

[Xtasy0]

yes it does, get pc3200 DDR if you're going to overclock the barton to 400fsb(200mhz). the system will run better if both the cpu and ram can handle 400fsb.

 

[Okt]

yea but i am on a very limited budjet, right now i might just get the MOBO and Processor, slap them in my old comp with that ram and go for a bit, I am also looking for a cheap case hopefully under 80$ canadian

 

[Draklyne]

Try newegg.com - I'm not sure if they ship out of the States, but I am sure that their prices are pretty low (30USD price range for decent cases). These are supposed to be pretty good-

CaseTek Aluminum Cases

 

[Okt]

Yea i have been looking on NCIX I still amk thinking the whole video card thing. I currentally have a GF4 MX 440 and just about anything would be better. I am looking at the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro but i might wait for the XT to drop the 9800 down. Also I am woundering if the NFORCE2 is a good board for its price. I figured this because of the 8x AGP and dual channel memory support.:cheers:

 

[Draklyne]

nForce2 is really the only way to go for AMD processors right now, unless you have nVidia. I'm also watching for the 9600 Pro's price to drop so I can buy a couple and overclock them like mad. 100+MHz overclocks!

 

[Steven Q Urkle]

do you need a powersuply with the case?
do you want a cool looking one, or will a beige box do?

 

[Okt]

I don't really care about the case, but i do have one right now. I am now thinking that i should just slap together my the mobo into my old comp with the AMD 2500+ Barton with my old ram(a singloe 512mb stick) with my GF 4 MX, using my existing Power supply and that stuff. :cheers: