AMD VIA Motherboards
This week, we have to give Asus and Via credit yet again for creating the K8V SE Deluxe. For a price not far from MSI's K8N Neo Platinum, Asus creates a viable place to set your new A64 chip using Via's K8T800 chipset. Still, the only motherboard that we are aware of which sports the Marvell VCT, or Virtual Cable Tester, the other features of this board (such as plenty of storage interfaces, GB lan and firewire) all come together to give great bang for the buck. While not as capable as some nForce3 chipset motherboards when it comes to overclocking, the Via chipset provides just as much stability and stock speed as one would expect from a high-end A64-based machine.
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AdamRader - Sunday, September 5, 2004 - link
#1: #2 hit it right on the nose. Given the options, NewCastle is the one I would recommend. Coincidentally, this is the same chip that I use on my primary workstation.#3: I'm not sure if that can be done with the way the CMS is built, but I will certainly pass this on to Jason to see if it's feasible.
alm4rr - Saturday, September 4, 2004 - link
Can you move the price guide to under the link to go to the next section? It's just a lot to scroll through when reading the article for info (instead of looking for price info).Thx
JarredWalton - Saturday, September 4, 2004 - link
I purchased the Newcastle 3200+ 2.2 GHz a few weeks back, for two reasons. First, the improved clock speed is generally better than the improved cache size. Two, it was about $35 cheaper than the Clawhammer. For that price, I picked up a Zalman CNPS7000a heatsink/fan and overclocked my 3200+ to 2.42 GHz without any difficulty. I don't know about Adam, but I would go with the Newcastle cores for most setups, given the price difference. Not to mention the Clawhammer cores seem to be on the way out (hence the price difference).l3ored - Saturday, September 4, 2004 - link
which a64 3200 are you recomending? newcastle or clawhammer?