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On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:00:09 +0000, Wisdom seeker wrote:

> Hi,
>     I had a particular motherboard recommended and available locally.
> I am upgrading and have gotten a great deal from someone I know on an
> Athlon XP 1700+.  Sure faster would be nice but I'm trying to do too much
> on my Athlon 750Mhz system which is one or two generations older.  So,
> this motherboard was recommended by a local computer dealer ECS L7VTA VIA
> KT400 Chipset ATX AMD
> 
The MB is fine, though an Nforce2 board would be better IMO.

> It's not listed on AMD's website.  

Not a big issue.

> It does seem to support this CPU and up
> to 2700+.  It supports AGP 8X and has USB 2.0 which is what I wanted. Is
> this new and thus not listed on AMD's web site?  Anyone have any other
> recommendations to look for in a motherboard?  What's the difference
> between DDR2700 and DDR2100, specifically?  I do want to be able to have
> the option of cpu upgrades in the future. Bruce

Well, It's PC2100 or PC2700, but if it were me, I'd get PC3200 minimum.
The cost difference isn't that much, if any, and it will work with up to
200MHz.

This might help.

http://www.satotech.com.au/faq_mob.htm

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