The Abit NF7-S is a very nice board and so is the Asus A7N8X deluxe i would
choose between these 2 in todays market. The later barton 2500+ to my
understanding are outstanding overclockers and should definately go higher
than a 2800+ barton, plus the barton 2500+ will save on your wallet :-). As
for ram i would be looking at pc3500 either OCZ or Kingston HyperX and for
the cheaper option pc3700 TwinMos ram. As for cooling i would be looking at
getting the thermalright SLKs for excellent cooling.

On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:41:31 GMT, "Dave Phillips"
wrote:

:I could use some suggestions...
:
:I want to upgrade from by ABIT KT7A motherboard with 1.2 GHz Thujnderbird
:chip to a faster board, Athlon XP CPU, etc.
:
:I am thinking about the Abit NF7-S board with a Barton core chip. I have
:read about overclocking and have never done that before.....
:
:1. Does the NF7-S overclock well?
:2. Should I get the 2500+ chip and overclock it or go to the 2800+ and
:overclock it?
:3. If I overclock, what speed RAM (PC2700, PC3200)???
:4. What about cooling? I have the normal case fans and have added one extra
:in the front. Will I need additional cooling???? Suggestions?
:
:
:Dave
:

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Lee.