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Felix The Assassin · 02-09-2004, 12:05 AM

Good question. How much fast stuff do you have? How much fast stuff are you planning to get?
If you don't have DDR400 in matched pairs, don't have the money to get, and most importantly, don't have a cpu with 400Mhz FSB, then the nForce2 chipset is not the best chipset to get.
From Toms:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherb...908/index.html
On the downside, not many KT600 boards left.
Then to add fuel to your thirst, here is the real side by side comparison. Again from Toms.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherb...107/index.html
Since I could not get the Epox, nor the MSI, I went with a light version of the nForce2 Ultra board. Ended up with the MSI K7N2 Delta-L. I had a few problems at the start, like my 2 year old memory that has ran flawlessly in my ASUS and ECS mobo's with my "ahem ancient" Athlon would not sync on this MB, and it seems to reboot on occassion. Thats a dif I can't figure, and it's so intermittant(sp) I can't get it to replicate. But I do like the features. However, I still have night-mares about being an ATI graphics dude with an nvida chipset MB with a Radeon graphics card.

Happy hunting

02-09-2004, 12:05 AM	#4
Felix The Assassin The Dreadnoks Join Date: September 27, 2001 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 61 Posts: 3,608	Good question. How much fast stuff do you have? How much fast stuff are you planning to get? If you don't have DDR400 in matched pairs, don't have the money to get, and most importantly, don't have a cpu with 400Mhz FSB, then the nForce2 chipset is not the best chipset to get. From Toms: http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherb...908/index.html On the downside, not many KT600 boards left. Then to add fuel to your thirst, here is the real side by side comparison. Again from Toms. http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherb...107/index.html Since I could not get the Epox, nor the MSI, I went with a light version of the nForce2 Ultra board. Ended up with the MSI K7N2 Delta-L. I had a few problems at the start, like my 2 year old memory that has ran flawlessly in my ASUS and ECS mobo's with my "ahem ancient" Athlon would not sync on this MB, and it seems to reboot on occassion. Thats a dif I can't figure, and it's so intermittant(sp) I can't get it to replicate. But I do like the features. However, I still have night-mares about being an ATI graphics dude with an nvida chipset MB with a Radeon graphics card. Happy hunting __________________ The Lizzie Palmer Tribute Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy 35th President of The United States The Last Shot Honor The Fallen Jesus died for our sins, and American Soldiers died for our freedom. If you don't stand behind our Soldiers, please feel free to stand in front of them.