Which is better A7N8X-X Vs. A7v8X-X MainBoard?

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I am looking at these two board, one is $20 more then the other. I
realize the a7n8x-x has 400 fsb. Are there any know problems with either
one of these motherboards? Which should I get? thanks.
 
lbbs said:
will use xp 2500
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Then you definitely want a NF7-S. Nearly all XP2500+'s will overclock
to XP3200+ speed by simply increasing the FSB to 200 MHz. Sometimes you
have to increase the core voltage a little for it to run stable at that
speed, but it's not a problem since it can be adjusted in the BIOS (this
is also true of the ASUS MB, but the NF7-S is the preferred MB amongst
seasoned overclockers ;) ).
I have a XP1700+ running at 2200 MHz with a FSB of 220 MHz on my NF7-S.
You may also want to look around in
_alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd_.
 
lbbs said:
I am looking at these two board, one is $20 more then the other. I
realize the a7n8x-x has 400 fsb. Are there any know problems with either
one of these motherboards? Which should I get? thanks.
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The main difference is the VIA KT-400 vs the nVidia nForce chip sets.
Both boards can work at 400FSB. I am sending this e-mail with an
A7V8X-X, a locked Athlon 2500+, set to 2.2GHz (normal 1.8), and a
Ti-4200 3xAGP video card. SiSandra measures memory as about 2.5MB/s
bandwidth and the CPU at 2.2GHz.

Read reviews on these boards to see how hard drives are handled and what
accessories come with each chip set.
 
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Robert Gault said:
The main difference is the VIA KT-400 vs the nVidia nForce chip sets.
Both boards can work at 400FSB. I am sending this e-mail with an
A7V8X-X, a locked Athlon 2500+, set to 2.2GHz (normal 1.8), and a
Ti-4200 3xAGP video card. SiSandra measures memory as about 2.5MB/s
bandwidth and the CPU at 2.2GHz.

Read reviews on these boards to see how hard drives are handled and what
accessories come with each chip set.
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The A7V8X can't run at 200FSB without overclocking the pci and AGP bus which
is very likely to cause problems. The highest officially supported FSB for
the (now superseded) KT400 is 166MHz (333FSB). The A7N boards on the other
hand use the nForce 2 400 chip set which is rated for 200FSB (400DDR) and
has a AGP / PCI bus lock so that they are always in spec. It also gives
better performance at any FSB compared to a KT400 board.

Of the two boards listed the A7N would be far away the better choice if
performance an/or overclocking is your aim....However for overclocking I'd
also agree that the NF7 V2.0 was a better choice still. If you just want a
cheap reliable system then I'm sure the A7V won't disapoint.....It may also
be worth looking at boards using the KT600 chip-set...they give decent
performance, 200MHz FSB, lots of 'features' and are quite cheap.
 
I a will be buying one other these system build for me, but I will not be
overclocking it. just for general use. Just wanted to know for the
average user, which is the preferred mobo, that will be reliable.
 
lbbs said:
I am looking at these two board, one is $20 more then the other. I
realize the a7n8x-x has 400 fsb. Are there any know problems with either
one of these motherboards? Which should I get? thanks.
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I have 2 A7V8X-X, the first with XP2500+, with absolutely no problems.
However the 2nd board seems to have problems with a slightly older
Athlon. This board has a faulty/buggy BIOS (I'm guessing). I would vote
for the A7N8X-X.

Furthermore, I've heard of a few remote problems with the KT400 chipset
(on the A7V8X-X), although I haven't seen these yet.
 
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