Anybody have any experience with this board?

[NoReserve]

I am looking into building a new computer that could best be described as a value/budget gaming rig. This board was recommended on Sharky Extreme in their guide for a budget gaming computer. I was curious if anyone had some hands on experience with it and if so could you give me your opinion on the board? I keep hearing different things about the PCI and AGP lock (I am interested in doing some mild OCing) on the VIA K8T800 chipset; has anyone had experience with this? Also I intend to have an SATA HD and heard that SATA is more susceptable to the lock issue with via. Also, feel free to recommend other motherboards in the same price/performance range.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

The first revision of the K8T800 chipset doesn't support AGP/PCI/SATA lock, and I doubt MSI updated their K8T Neo to support this feature. If you plan to overclock I'd recommend the ABIT KV8 Pro or some nF3-250Gb motherboard (I would go with the KV8 Pro myself).

 

[NoReserve]

 

[NoReserve]

New question, similiar topic. Which of these two boards is "better" (looking to do mild OCing have an SATA HD and play a fair amount of games) or are they pretty much equal? MSI K8N Neo-FSR or ABIT KV8 Pro. These two are what I have been looking into lately, but feel free to recommend any other boards in the same price/performance range as well.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

I don't like the MSI K8N Neo, it has a few annoying bugs when overclocking (SATA corruption, USB stops working), it's very picky about memory and I don't like the 2-phase power regulator.

The ABIT KV8 Pro is a much better option in my opinion, in that price range.