ABIT FATAL1TY AN8

[Stormheart]

Well, I've decided against SLI for the time being and have picked this board to build a system with. Was going to order tonight and was curious if you guys think this would be a good build or does something stand out as needing changed. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated, it will be my first build with help from a friend. I game a ton and am currently using a Dell inspiron notebook with a 2 Ghz processor, 64 MB video card, and 512 Ram, yes it sucks :disgust: Again, any opinions are appreciated, thanks in advance.

ABIT FATAL1TY AN8

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice

OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB

BFG Tech Geforce 6800GT

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB Serial ATA150

NEC ND-3520A

COOLER MASTER Wave Master Case

COOLER MASTER Real Power RS-450 Power Supply

 

[imported_Kensai]

Do you really have to go with that board?
I'd go with the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum.
~The rest of your specs look good though, I just don't trust Abit too much anymore..

 

[Stormheart]

I just loved the way it looked to be honest with you..../shrug

 

[P4spooky]

Looks great. I have had very good luck with ABIT boards (all intel though). No failed boards in the last two years I have been running them with pretty high overclocks.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

One of the best nForce4 Ultra motherboards available, the only con is the price (around $30 more than the other ones). Definitely better than the MSI if you ask me.

 

[Chode Messiah]

you know that abit just came out with their fatal1ty sli mob

 

[Stormheart]

DOH...lol.....hmm....that might add an interesting twist. Are they available yet anywhere, I could'nt find them. Any links or prices..?

 

[Algere]

Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
you know that abit just came out with their fatal1ty sli mob

In addition, they've also introduced recently the AN8 v2 (nForce4) & AN8 Ultra (nForce4 Ultra).

 

[Puffnstuff]

I have a fatal1ty and love it and I bought it because of msi. I also have a msi k8n neo4 plat in a box on my dining table that needs to go back to msi because it's a pos. This is my 2nd neo4 and it lasted only marginally longer than the first. It was my first and last msi product. I also have a dfi lanparty nf4 ut ultra-d on another machine and it's also stable and reliable.

 

[duckdown]

My ABIT AV8 hasn't been very good. Already one RMA, it reports the temperatures incorrectly in BIOS, as well as doesn't handle my voltage settings properly..