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Socket A Motherboard and Chip for an Athalon?
moonpatrol 4 lyfe:
can anyone reccomend a kick butt motherboard / cpu combo for MAME with an AGP port (for Arcade VGA) for Socket A (Asus mobos are good).
pointdablame:
Find a used Asus A7N8X motherboard, its the best SktA board I've used.
And you should really talk to a mod about putting all 3 of your threads into one.. there is no need to clog up the forum with 3 threads that essentially ask the same question.
moonpatrol 4 lyfe:
how about these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-A7N8X-E-Deluxe-MB-with-Athlon-XP-2500-Processor_W0QQitemZ6835304148QQcategoryZ99238QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-A7N8X-E-AND-Athlon-XP-2800-Barton-333MHz_W0QQitemZ6835045418QQcategoryZ99238QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
pointdablame:
yeah, those are the ones. I've used 2 A7N8X's and one A7N8X Deluxe personally, and loved them all. THe A7N8X-E is, I believe, a newer version of the motherboard, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
They're great boards though.
moonpatrol 4 lyfe:
Thanks again pointdablame. How much would you say a used one is worth? (with and without the processor?) What kind of ram do I need to buy with these boards, and can I find it new, or do I need to buy it used?