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newegg, once again, has come through. used their standard free shipping...ordered on friday afternoon and got it this morning. not bad at all!

picked up a Biostar M7NCD v2 mobo to replace the shuttle that i destroyed last week. this is my first NForce2 mobo...and also first Biostar. kinda ghetto, but the reviews say it's a solid, cheap board.

it has some interesting features that i'm anxious to try...Windows based overclocking utility that tests the o/c capability for you, saves the settings and allows you to pick. it does the test until the pc becomes unstable...then reboots to the highest stable o/c it found. probably doesn't work as nice as it sounds, but i'll try it for fun. hehe

keep us posted. sounds neet.

Greg

you'll like the nforce boards, esp the multi unlocking

damn, how dare u call biostar ghetto!!!!

I ordered a mobo and 36GB Raptor from googlegear.com . . . umm . . . Zipzoomfly.com on Wed, got it on Friday with 2day air for free. I also ordered parts from TigerDirect.com on Friday and got them today. Parts ordered from SVC on Saturday should be here on Tuesday. I love the fast shipping.

hehe...i meant ghetto in the best way possible.

summary:

the M7NCD setup pretty easy. BSOD when first booting...but that was ok since it was such a change from the KT266a board XP was originally installed on, etc. i ran an XP repair and it worked perfectly.

the software that comes with for overclocking wouldn't install, so i got a different version from NVidia's website. it gives basic FSB and memory timing options that change on-the-fly. no advanced options since this board doesn't have them in the BIOS.

my mistake was that i didn't get the M7NCD "Pro"...so there is no cpu multiplier option in the BIOS! my fault because i didn't read closely enough...so no big overclocking for me with this one. my 2100+ is happy with o/c'ing via multiplier adjustment...but i'm not a big fan of FSB cranking anymore (plus, my DDR is only 2100...so i don't have far to go with it).

there was also a full bundled version of Norton Internet Security and Ghost 2003. pretty good plus if you don't already have it. the board was $53 shipped from newegg.

soooooooooo...i will either be returning the board to newegg and take the restocking fee hit, or sell it to a buddy locally.