Boards w/ DDR and SDRAM??

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Ralph D.

Can anyone recommend a solid board with both DDR and SDRAM slots? I have a
K7S5A now and will never own one again as it refuses to get along with DDR.
I have also looked at a Syntax SV266A (not an A-D) and read good and not so
good comments (although the neg. ones just seem to trash Syntax in general).

Do any of the more mainstream manufacturers produce one that also has a
enough PCI slots to grow on for a while? I sure wish that one of the 333/400
boards did this, but I'm sure none would.



Thanks!!!







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Bruce Cockburn
 
Why not just buy a board that takes DDR only? You cant run DDR and
SDRAM at the same time so it would seem logical to choose one or the
other.

You seem to indicate that you have tried DDR on your K7S5A, so why not
get a new board with DDR only.

I personally would recommend an ASUS board, though ABIT are rather
good too.

Any ATX board will come with a good number of PCI slots. Avoid mATX as
they usually only have 3 or 4 PCI slots.

Harry
 
Harry said:
Why not just buy a board that takes DDR only? You cant run DDR and
SDRAM at the same time so it would seem logical to choose one or the
other.
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This board will eventually move along the family food chain of computers at
some point and need to use the existing SDRAM that's available.
You seem to indicate that you have tried DDR on your K7S5A, so why not
get a new board with DDR only.
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Because the DDR will migrate to the next board I buy while the board will
migrate to Son or Dad's or ???'s box where there is little demand for more
than SDRAM and won't likely be for a while, either.
I personally would recommend an ASUS board, though ABIT are rather
good too.
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Any good ASUS or ABIT boards of this RAM format? I thought I read about an
ASROCK at one point that did... but I don't see it now.
Any ATX board will come with a good number of PCI slots. Avoid mATX as
they usually only have 3 or 4 PCI slots.
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Yes... there's an MSI and an ECS that are dual RAM types, but only have 2
PCI which would never do for me.



Thanks for the reply.
 
So pass the K7S5A down, with the SDRAM now and buy a DDR board and
plug in the DDR for yourself.


I think you would be better off trying to look for a pure DDR board
and phase out the SDRAM option.

As I recall the K7S5A is the best dual memory board around - and even
then its pretty poor board in comparison with pure DDR boards.

I guess cost is an issue for you, so you may want to consider a low
end DDR board. An ASUS A7V8X might be a good start. The microATX
version of this board has onboard graphics and sound (with an AGP 8x
slot should you wish to upgrade later)

My kids PC has this board and it cost me £32. It runs all the games
they need (F1 2002, Dogz 4 etc)

With 256Mb ram it was the best buy I have had for a long time.


HTH

Harry
 
Ralph said:
This board will eventually move along the family food chain of computers at
some point and need to use the existing SDRAM that's available.
Click to expand...

Just how much unused SDRAM are you trying to salvage?
 
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