754 Socket Mobo Needed...please help

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Merovingian

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I'm building a system for a very specific application. I need to find a reliable mobo that can fit an athlon 64 3000 and have the snot clocked out of it. Also, onboard video/sound would be great and hopefully on the cheap as this will be a mass produced product. Any ideas would be great as the sempron processor may not suffice.

Last system was...

A7N8X VM 400 socket A
Sempron 3000
Corsair Value select (I'll run dividers in either system)
350W Coolermaster PSU
Any cheap case
Any cheap DVD/CD Drive
80 GB WD HD

I am looking for processor performance and Intel guys are welcome to input as both processors do about the same for this application. Thanks you again for your help! =)
 
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ts3433

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If you're looking for the best in overclocking, try DFI's NF3 board. Otherwise, Epox and Soltek have some solid offerings below $100.

EDIT: That's right, you need video.... I posted this at 1:39 in the morning. :eek:

Follow some of the recommendations below.
 
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globalcitizen

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If you are looking at OC on the cheap, try the chaintech vnf3-250. I could load Xp at 296 FSB. Right now stably o/ced at 250 fsb, and RAM is holding me back.
 
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CraigRT

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Don't know of any 754 mobos with video, although not saying they aren't out there, just don't know of any and don't THINK there are any.

I recommend the Soltek K8AN2E-GR.. less than $100 USD, fantastic board.
 
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Peter

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Merovingian

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That Soltek looks really good! But I'm still looking for one with onboard video and as cheap as possible. =) I'm mass producing the machines so every dollar counts!
 
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CraigRT

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Originally posted by: TheMerovingian
That Soltek looks really good! But I'm still looking for one with onboard video and as cheap as possible. =) I'm mass producing the machines so every dollar counts!
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Might as well go for the ones Peter suggested.
I would never build with ECS or PCChips due to bad experiences, I'm a semi-solid believer in you get what you pay for, so to me while dollars count for a business, I won't ever go that cheap on parts.

good luck with finding the right parts!
 
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Merovingian

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It's true that you get what you pay for. I don't want to pay for any extra features that my machine will not be using. I want the machine to be stable and with a integrated graphics chip and a socket 754 if possible. Bare bones for a specific application and dead reliable. I know that the current set up is dead reliable but I'm looking for more processing power if possible. Again thanks for the help so far I'm going to try that soltek for sure. Any other ideas?
 
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BlindBartimaeus

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I got to tell ya...Soltek fell off the board for a while but I got their latest 754, and it is real nice. I debated between that and the DFI. One of my deciding factors was the configuration of the socket and I use a A64 Freezer by Artic Cooling and it points right at the exhaust fans on the back of the case, but I was pleasantly surprised at how stable it was at speed. Head and shoulders better than the 8KDA3J's...I had two of them.
 
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Peter

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Well ... the ECS K8M800-M2 board w/ integrated graphics retails for 45 euros here in Germany (that'd be USD 60, probably less because hardware is expensive here) - that leaves plenty of budget to go for a properly faster CPU speed grade, rather than overclocking. (Overclocking and mass production REALLY doesn't go together at all. Scratch that!) And it's a MicroATX board, letting you go with smaller cases and, depending on your CPU choice, weaker power supplies.

US example:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-185-052&depa=0
 
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Peter

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Yes. Been using many dozens from them, over the past seven years, few complaints, no fatalities other than one dead from bad-capacitor-itis. You get no-nonsense hardware for rock bottom prices. For PC-Chips OEM products, there's little support apart from driver and BIOS updates, so you need to know your stuff. ECS does have rather well working end user support.
 
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will889

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Peter is right. Myself i have used Biostar boards as well as ECS. Hardly any problems at all. Knowing what you are doing helps alot. I choose not to overclock (not much anyway) anymore because i demend super rock solid stability (the kind where you run loops of 3Dmark with P95 or SPI in the background for about 15-24 hours. It's a huge misthinking that PCChips and ECS boards don't work well - they do. AS Peter suggested you can get the same performance or better in some cases by just picking out better CPU's and video cards to go with a baseline budget board. You have less things to tweak, you have less potential for problems and you can still have an extremely fast affordable system.
 
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For plain jane systems that wont overclock the ECS stuff makes a lot of sense. I built a system years ago (4?) for a family member that does nothing but web browsing and email using an ECS board and a Duron. The system is still in use, when I ask about desired upgrades Im told to leave it alone, it works fine....
 
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will889

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Originally posted by: deathwalker
DFI Lan Party 250gb.....luv mine!!
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Certainly a very good motherboard. The DFI NF3 250GB is the best motherboard DFI has made at this point imo. Rock solid stable at stock speeds. All devices 'keep' working even after getting high overclocks (the boards functions keep working). Superb board. I while back before my NF3 250 i had an ECS SIS 755A2 that was just as good (sold). But still build them and they run just fine. Very quick mainboards.
 
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