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Old March 10th 05, 10:24 PM
Steve Wolfe
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I am looking for some recommentations for AMD XP-M boards. Need an
adjustable multiplier. Also, the low-end power supply does not have an
auxillary +12 V line, so I would like to find a board with a LAN, but does
not require the extra line of juice.

Will moderately overclock with a 166 MHz FSB.


I put together a machine out of spare parts, which ended up having an
NF7-M and an Athlon MP1800 - and it ran just fine without the +12V
connector. I also stuck an XP-M in it temporarily at somewhere around 2.2
GHz, and it ran fine without the +12V as well. My guess would be that other
NF7 boards would as well, but I can't guarantee it.

The NF7-M boards are alright if you want the onboard video (which for
onboard video is very good), they'll do nearly 400 MHz FSB if you up the
voltage to the northbridge, and a bit over 400 if you use an add-in video
card as well. However, if you're looking for even more FSB (or just don't
want/need the onboard video), something like an NF7-S would probably be a
better choice.

steve