[WTB] Mobo for Mobile 2500+ Barton
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[WTB] Mobo for Mobile 2500+ Barton
like title says, looking for something reasonably inexpensive yet great mobo
eBay.
Good luck finding anything worthwhile however. I tried to replace an old nForce2 board last year for my brother who had inherited my old system. The only thing that was reasonable was a refurb Jetway board for <$50. But two tried to purchase and all were out of stock. I think we ended up getting him one of the PCChips boards for ~$40, which was a ripoff.
Here's a good place to start. Stick with the namebrands though, as the cheap boards will not have much in the way of features or reliability. Be sure to get dual-channel DDR if you can, it makes a big difference.
My fav nForce2 board of all time, the A7N8X-E deluxe, can be had for ~$100, now. It has the Soundstorm chip for built-in Dolby Digital Live encoding over SPDIF, dual-channel DDR, and GigE. The only downside is nForce2 boards are not supported under Vista (no drivers).
Good luck finding anything worthwhile however. I tried to replace an old nForce2 board last year for my brother who had inherited my old system. The only thing that was reasonable was a refurb Jetway board for <$50. But two tried to purchase and all were out of stock. I think we ended up getting him one of the PCChips boards for ~$40, which was a ripoff.
Here's a good place to start. Stick with the namebrands though, as the cheap boards will not have much in the way of features or reliability. Be sure to get dual-channel DDR if you can, it makes a big difference.
My fav nForce2 board of all time, the A7N8X-E deluxe, can be had for ~$100, now. It has the Soundstorm chip for built-in Dolby Digital Live encoding over SPDIF, dual-channel DDR, and GigE. The only downside is nForce2 boards are not supported under Vista (no drivers).