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Hamese Server Admin
Joined: 04 Sep 2001 Location: Houston, TX Guild: US-V Posts: 1404
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: Motherboards |
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Which Mobo's do you guys perfer. I read the thread of Northwood vs. Prescott, and I will have to say I was going for the Prescott until then.
I have decided on the northwood, and would like to know what mobo to put it in. A brand name is good for me, but if you think a specific board is the bomb, then let me know. It has been to long since I built my own machine.
Thanks. _________________
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Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Location: Nut-n' finer, S. Caroliner Guild: TVR V$ Posts: 393
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:01 am Post subject: |
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My personal pref is Asus. I've also used Abit, but had one belly-up on me.
Currently using A7N8X-E Deluxe, and currently considering AMD 64bit board.. _________________ "I Cant HEAR YOU"
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squidly Registered User
Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: Quebec city, Quebec, Canada Posts: 151
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:36 am Post subject: |
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I'm using the GA-7N400-L from gigabyte!!!
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Products/Products_GA-7N400-L.htm
Work very well with AMD Athlon XP, very stable!!! Not the best motherboard, beginning to be a little bit outdated for new comp!!! (no pci-express slot). but it come with an integrated sound card and ethernet LAN Network Connection!!!
It is doing the job, will consider again Gigabyte for my next motherboard!!!
Good shopping!!! _________________ S Q U I D L Y
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Mike Registered User
Joined: 23 Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1759
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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go pci-e and from what ive heard, asus and Abit are good. ive also heard that socket 939 is best. i would also go with amd, as they are currently beating intel in benchmarks. _________________ R.I.P. Blue |
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Hamese Server Admin
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Mike wrote: | go pci-e and from what ive heard, asus and Abit are good. ive also heard that socket 939 is best. i would also go with amd, as they are currently beating intel in benchmarks. |
I am not an AMD guy. I thought I would try one, but then I had to work on one for a friend of mine. It was an Asus board too, and I had nothing but trouble with it and the onboard SATA drive controller. It just sent me back to the intel side.
I was wondering about the Abit boards, so I am glad you made mention of it. I would go with PCI-E but I already have an AGP video card I bought about 3 months ago.
I hope to order something by today, so I can start putting it together by the weekend. _________________
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KopiKat Registered User
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Well i can forgive you for not being an AMD guy (even though their processors are better and cheaper), but my personal favorite MB for gaming is made by a company called "BIOSTAR", excellent mother board, definately look em up
-KK
P.S. AMD > Intel _________________
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Simpleman Server Admin
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Bright Red Nipples Registered User
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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I have an ASUS and love it. It would be a good choice if you decide to go that route. _________________
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DJ George Server Admin
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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I am using a Asus P4P800 SE with a Intel P4 3.0ghz Prescott and I love it _________________ http://www.barbertonrhps.com - The offical Website for Barberton's West Theater Rocky Horror Picture Show in Ohio
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Black Hawk wrote: | I am using a Asus P4P800 SE with a Intel P4 3.0ghz Prescott and I love it |
If you would remember to install the heat sink on the cpu correctly so it does not shut off do to temp issues _________________ P4E @ 4.00 Ghz, LeadTech 6800GT 420mhz/1.16Ghz, 1 gb Corsair PC 4400, Creative X-fi, Raptor
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Pr0phecy_X Registered User
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:30 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't matter what type of motherboard to me, just aslong as it runs good and they all do, but never, and I repeat, Never! buy a motherboard that uses VIA chipsets. They are the stupidist, most disgusting vile peices of crap ever created by man kind! |
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cobra Server Admin
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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motherboards i prefer in no particular order:
intel
asus
abit
gigabyte _________________ PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF =US-V= & VILLE $UPPORTER |
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Crankenstein Registered User
Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 15
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Pr0phecy_X wrote: | It doesn't matter what type of motherboard to me, just aslong as it runs good and they all do, but never, and I repeat, Never! buy a motherboard that uses VIA chipsets. They are the stupidist, most disgusting vile peices of crap ever created by man kind! |
OK, I will actually speak up for VIA here amazingly, as only 1 VIA based board I have even built has given me problems. Otherwise, they work quite well for stability. Perhaps they aren't the fastest when put up against nVidia, but I've run the KT133, KT333, KT400, KM400, and KT600 series chipsets on Athlon TBirds, XPs, and Semprons with no stability problems at all. In fact I've had more issues with nVidia nForce boards than VIA. Don't know why, unless it's my bad karma.
As far as brands, I've had good luck with Asus, Abit, Gigabyte, MSI, and Chaintech. Stay away from ECS and Amptron. _________________ Crank the Wonder Llama
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