Asus/DFI/MSI: most stable and best performance

[diabloII]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-152&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-523&DEPA=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-130-484&DEPA=0

i'm considering to buy one of those boards (just these, please don't suggest anything else)

setup:
athlon 64 3200+ (winchester)
1 gig (2x512mb) ram
40 gig IDE HDD
leadtek nVIDIA 6600gt pci-e

i've heard that asus has problems with the 6600gt and it's latest bios still doesn't fix it for some people

and i'm not an OCer, so i don't care about that department, i want the best performance and most stable board out of these 3

ty

 

[Thurgo0dy]

MSI NEO4. Both the other boards are known to have problems, and there are a couple reviews on the neo4 proving that it's a good performer.

Review

 

[miketheidiot]

DFI or MSI. MSI has has extra sata controller (raid 0/1/5), DFI has extra USB ports, although i might give the DFI a bit more on longevity.

I would stay away from asus.

 

[diabloII]

thx for the help

i really don't care about the sata or usb stuff because all i really need is 1 usb port and something for my IDE HDD

do you guys know which one is better for the average non-OCing gamer like me?

they both use the nFOrce 4 ultra chipset i think, so that wouldn't matter

which one is less likely to give me problems and easier to install/setup

 

[Odeen]

If you are not OC'ing, I'd go with the Asus boards. I haven't found an Asus yet that wasn't very well-designed, largely free of "quirks" and absolutely rock solid at stock frequencies.

That is not to say that Asus boards are not suited for overclocking - they are. However, I find that the DFI boards, the overclocking darlings they are, are largely under-designed in other areas, and are manufactured by third-party companies, only marketed by DFI.

If you want to spend more time USING the system than tweaking it, the Asus will deliver that in spades.

(I'm a very happy P4C800-E owner, I also own or maintain systems based on older designs, mainly P4C266-C and A7N266-VM machines)

 

[TheInvincibleMustard]

Best performance at stock speeds and solid stability have always been two good traits that ASUS boards have. I've had my A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 running just about 24/7 for the past year and a half and it's been rock solid the entire time. Same with every other ASUS board I've ever owned (or installed in other's computers). They cost a bit more, but they're worth it. :thumbsup:

 

[arswihart]

Someone was mentioning problems with that A8V-E (K8T890) though, sry but I have no idea what the issues are.

 

[ribbon13]

The A8V-E is a suckass board. Avoid it.

My vote goes to DFI for build quality.

 

[smc13]

You are choosing between two nforce 4 boards and a Via board? I would go with one of the nforce 4 boards.

 

[imported_Woody]

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what he said!