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    If the Asus A7M266-D motherbaord can handle a single Athlon XP2400+ it should see 2 as MP2400+ if i get these unlocked?

     

    Anyone know of a better board that will see it as an MP instead of XP with one setting change? Id rather buy a board that definatley can see xp as mp and spend a few pound more.

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    One of my reasons is that i found when i try to burn a cd, i cannot use my pc to run a game. Apparently having 2 cpu's this can be advantage that 1 will run a game and the other can burn a cd, I do a lot of cd burning and like to be able to do something over than browsing the internet. If i can get 2 Athlon XP CPU's running dually then this will save about £130 and i could use the extra to have 2400+ XP's that have thoroughbred core using 0.13 micron, Thus this should be the case if the A7M266-D can handle a 2400+ it should be able to think its running dual Athlon XP 2400+

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    When i compare the 2 boards, i get USB 2 on both but the P4 board has Raid which to be honest i will not use coz i cant fill 140GB's of HDD as it is but they will be upgraded next year anyway. P4 has been known to have excellent compatibility and not known to crash but yet i have never had any probs with my AMD systems. Also i know nothing about P4 systems as i havent had 1 or built 1 even. So even at that i might be better to stick to AMD. The boards both also take DDR RAM 266mhz. Iv heard some great things about Dual processor machines and toms hardwares benchmarks prove what they can do compared to single processor system

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    Apparently you can run Dual Athlon XP, so maybe this is an idea rather than Dual Athlon MP. A pair of Athlon XP 2100+ and the Asus A7M266-D board will be cheaper than a P4 2.53 and the Asus P4B533-E board, but looking at the Asus site on info of the A7M266-D it will only take a single Athlon XP??http://www.asus.com.tw/mb/socketa/a7m266-d/overview.htm .If this is the case i could at least purchase a single Athlon MP2200+ and then get another when i get my next pay.

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    Well usually it would be straight to AMD but i am sick of AMD now, this 1800XP is my 6th AMD Computer and i have had 1 cyrix laugh but as yet never had a Pentium 4, i am definetly thinking of P4 2.53Ghz and a P4B533-E w/ 1GB DDR RAM. As i think Athlon MP's may not really be for gaming, I am wanting to adventure into something new like P4 or Dual Athlon though. Does anyone know anybody that owns a dual Athlon MP system and does gaming? Does the Athlon MP have 3DNow+ ? I would think it would be an Athlon XP that can handle being with a second processor.

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    I have an issue with my K7S5A board at the minute, when i turn it on it doesnt start up at all and i have to keep pressing reset till it boots which is a pain in the backside, maybe i just need a bios upgrade.

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    Ok guyz at first i was looking to buy a P4 2.4Ghz 533 with an Asus P4B533-E motherboard but i came across a dual Asus Socket A board and i am now thinking of getting a dual Athlon MP 2200+ with an Asus A7M266-D, this means though that i wont have a computer at christmas and will have to wait until january to get this and it will cost an extra £100. I dont know what to do at the moment so im wondering what you guys reckon on this?

     

    The comp will be used for Gaming mainly and i am ordering a MSI GF4 Ti4600 and a sony 21" monitor next week so i am a heavy gamer really!

     

    Any suggestions on what i should do would be good, thanx guyz

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    I had a problem with my old fan, it was running at 4500rpm instead of 6000 for sum reason but i replaced with a 70mm 4800rpm hsf which i am getting tops of 48C when when running the comp for 2days running unreal tournament mostly thru that time. Plus i bought my aluminium case which helps a large amount which i wasnt really expecting it to at first. smile

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    Well these are the specs of the computer i should have in about 3-9weeks 8)

     

    Lain-Li Alimuninium Case w/550Watt PSU

    Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 533mhz (i decided to go for a Intel chip)

    ASUS P4B533-E w/RAID

    1GB PC2100 DDR Ram

    Leadtek MyViVo Geforce4 Ti4600

    Creative Soundblaster Audigy Player

    WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio Card

    10/100 Genius NIC Card

    19" Philips CRT Monitor wink

    80GB IBM/60GB IBM 7200RPM Hard Drives

    48x/12x/40x Lite-On CDRW

    16x/48x LG DVDRom

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