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Originally posted by aarchaon
I am also upgrading, and after a lot of research, this is what I have decided on:
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Processor
I am limited by my budget. That motherboard can support up to AMD Athlon XP 3000+. The mobo has built-in sound, and is built around the nForce2 chipset, which is IMO the best out, next to the nForce3 (which is only compatible with the 64 bit processors).
You may want to wait for the price of the 64 bit processors to come down, as they are very expensive at the moment, but will be insanely fast.
hope this helps.
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I'd save money and buy a Barton 2500+ instead. It beats out the 2600+ in a lot of tests. The Barton 2500+ can be found for $90 at most places. Hell, if you bought a decent CPU fan for it, it overclocks to 2.2 GHz with ease. That motherboard you're getting is considered one of the top two Athlon XP motherboards out there, along with the Abit NF7-S Rev 2.0. Good choice!
*EDIT* I forgot to ask, are you getting the 2600+ 333 FSB or the non-333?
-Lasereth