board with DDR & DDR2 support?

[Johhny B]

I want to know if there is a decent board that supports bothy DDR and DDR2. I have some platinum OCZ 3200 that I want to use until I can afford a couple of gigs of good DDR800 or 1066. I've come across good deals on a 4000+ and an 830D. I havn't decided yet on AMD or Intel for the build.

[HookeyStreet]

I want to know if there is a decent board that supports bothy DDR and DDR2. I have some platinum OCZ 3200 that I want to use until I can afford a couple of gigs of good DDR800 or 1066. I've come across good deals on a 4000+ and an 830D. I havn't decided yet on AMD or Intel for the build.

A motherboard like that doesnt exist, sorry m8 :(

[Tonyjack]

Well it does exist and it seems like a good mobo. look here (http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2810)

It's for socket 775, performance is comparable between ddr and ddr2

this board also support agp and pcie

the weakest point: overclocking

it depends what you plan to do with your rig...

[supraman]

AsRock 775Dual-VSTA (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=775Dual-VSTA). It supports both DDR1 and DDR2 and also AGP 8x + PCI-E. It's cheap too. Two downsides though; it's not overclocker friendly (normally tops out at 300MHz FSB and has no CPU voltage adjustment) and the PCI-E slot is only 4x electrically (does not support 8800 series). Very nice interim board though :)

EDIT: Damn, Tonyjack beat me to it ;)

[ktr]

ECS makes some too...

[pt]

there's also a version for amd

but the bad thing, is that when you move to ddr2 you will also have to buy a new cpu ;)

edit: here it is: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939Dual-VSTA&s=n

[Grings]

the board i have (asrock 939dual sata2) has an expansion slot that a daughterboard for am2(&ddr2) plugs into, bit of a messy solution though, i wont bother

[Taz100420]

ECS makes some too...

RS400A, I think

[ktr]

http://www.cooltechzone.com/images/reviews/motherboards/ecs_hybrid_003.PNG

This board makes me laugh...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=516&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=44&LanID=9

here are the cpus that you can choose from...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductDeskNoteDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeID=33&MenuID=53&LanID=9

[Rhino666]

The bridge that tries to make harmony between AMD and Intel fans. *lol*

[pt]

http://www.cooltechzone.com/images/reviews/motherboards/ecs_hybrid_003.PNG

This board makes me laugh...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=516&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=44&LanID=9

here are the cpus that you can choose from...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductDeskNoteDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeID=33&MenuID=53&LanID=9

wtf is that???
does anyone has that board?

[ktr]

you can buy all of that from frys...

[cdawall]

ECS P4M800 supports DDR1 and DDR2 not to mention conroes i have one and its an ok oc'r (celeron D @4.2ghz on stock air)

[sefu]

AsRock 775Dual-VSTA (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=775Dual-VSTA). It supports both DDR1 and DDR2 and also AGP 8x + PCI-E. It's cheap too. Two downsides though; it's not overclocker friendly (normally tops out at 300MHz FSB and has no CPU voltage adjustment) and the PCI-E slot is only 4x electrically (does not support 8800 series). Very nice interim board though :)

EDIT: Damn, Tonyjack beat me to it ;)

I sold a lot of this motherboards, and they have problems with a lot of pciex video cards, please read the manual of this motherboard first, http://download.asrock.com/manual/775Dual-VSTA.pdf


"Graphics Chip Model Name
Vendor
n-VIDIA ASUS Extreme N6200GE/TD
ASUS Extreme N6200TC256/TD
ASUS Extreme N6800GT
ASUS Extreme N6800/TD
ALBATRON PC6600GT
GIGABYTE GV-NX66128D
Inno3D GeFORCE 6600 LE
LEADTEK PX6200 TC/TDH
MSI PCX 5750-TD128E
SPARKLE GeFORCE 6200TC
ATI ASUS Extreme AX700PRO/TVD
ABIT RX600XT-PCIE
GECUBE Radeon X850XT 256M"

[Johhny B]

ECS P4M800 supports DDR1 and DDR2 not to mention conroes i have one and its an ok oc'r (celeron D @4.2ghz on stock air)

Too bad the P4M800 Pro-M has AGP.

I did come across the ECS P4M890T-M2 (V1.0B) (http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeID=32&DetailID=656&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=1&LanID=9) board that has PCIE instead and it does support Core 2 Duo. Just DDR2-533 though, not 800. Anyone have experience with this board?

[DaMulta]

http://www.cooltechzone.com/images/reviews/motherboards/ecs_hybrid_003.PNG

This board makes me laugh...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=516&DetailName=Feature&MenuID=44&LanID=9

here are the cpus that you can choose from...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Products/ProductDeskNoteDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeID=33&MenuID=53&LanID=9

Thats bad ass

[ktr]

Thats bad ass

sadly you can run only one of the cpu, not two :(

but it would be crazy to slap a x6800 and a fx-62 and run them at the same time :roll: :rockout: :pimp:



:slap:

[Johhny B]

Looks bleak.:ohwell: I think my only real options, if I want to get the most out of the cpu, is to limit myself to the 939 boards or to buy a cheap stick of 533 for now.

So what's the best, fairly inexpensive, boards for; 939, AM2 and 775 sockets?

[pt]

Looks bleak.:ohwell: I think my only real options, if I want to get the most out of the cpu, is to limit myself to the 939 boards or to buy a cheap stick of 533 for now.

So what's the best, fairly inexpensive, boards for; 939, AM2 and 775 sockets?

with ddr and ddr2?

[cjoyce1980]

socket 939 and AM2 boards are around the same price, plus AMD processors dont need high spec RAM to amazing performance out of them. there are lots of benchmarks out there showing that AMD's DDR and DDR2 performances are near enough equal, but to further proof yourself a little go for the AM2 board. at least there is head room you upgrade. plus you could sell your old stuff on ebay to fund new stuff.

[Johhny B]

with ddr and ddr2?
No. I pretty much figured out that isn't an option.

[pt]

No. I pretty much figured out that isn't an option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136015
this one plus the 3800+ combo and you will reach 3ghz easily :toast:

[Random Murderer]

AsRock 775Dual-VSTA (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=775Dual-VSTA). It supports both DDR1 and DDR2 and also AGP 8x + PCI-E. It's cheap too. Two downsides though; it's not overclocker friendly (normally tops out at 300MHz FSB and has no CPU voltage adjustment) and the PCI-E slot is only 4x electrically (does not support 8800 series). Very nice interim board though :)

EDIT: Damn, Tonyjack beat me to it ;)

i have that board. love it. would highly reccomend it.
got a 650 MHz oc outta my PD 820 on ddr1 ram.
incredibly stable and feature packed for a "value" board.