Micro-Star ATHLON/DURON UP TO 3200+ 400FSB ( K7N2 DELTA-ILSR )

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Board
Review: Offering MSI's best piece of work for Athlon XP in this board, fully loaded with nVidia North & South Brigde chipset @400 FSB, 8x AGP, 6 USB ports, IE1394 built in, Dolby Sound output, diagnostic Leds, DDR RAM Memory modules and the best, 3 IDE ATA 133 supports 5 IDE devices, and 2 Serial ATA at 150Mhz, plus you get all connectors and software you might need.
The best choice for this motherboard is to create a full MSI companion here is a possible configuration if you are thinking in a Full PC Gamer with a modest budget:
* K7N2 Delta-ILSR Motherboard
* at least an AMD Athlon XP 2500+
* 1 GB of RAM at least PC2700
* 120 GB Seagate SATA 150
* MSI Geforce FX5700 256MB DDR
* MSI Tv@nyware 2 (TV & FM) if you enjoy recording MTV's Music Videos
* Altec Lansing or Creative SoundWorks 5.1 Speakers
* The monitor could be any kind you like (or afford)
* the same advice in your media reader (CDROM, DVDROM, DVDRW, Etc)
* You can find in the Market similar model (K7N2) from different manufacturers like Soyo, Biostar, Asus, etc,. but MSI has the best engineered board, when you need the best motherboard for you Athlon XP, think in MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR