Asus K8N-E Deluxe or MSI K8N Neo Platinum

[imported_jediknight]

Buying one of these today.. which one should I get?

 

[imported_jediknight]

I've heard of significant problems with the MSI board, although all of the hardware sites keep recommending them..
hmm..
but not much at all about the Asus board..

 

[Axon]

Given my experience with the MSI FI2SR, I'd say go with the ASUS.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Axon
Given my experience with the MSI FI2SR, I'd say go with the ASUS.

agreed, not with the exact mobo but MSI in general. The sites reccomend them cause they do perform good and have some great features but they don't use them for long periods of time and havn't died yet...

 

[JackHawksmoor]

I got the Asus board yesterday, and I couldn't get video to work with any card. Another poster had the same problem with his.

 

[Corporate Thug]

havent looked into the Asus, but MSI K8N Neo Platinum is VERY well reviewed

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'm pretty sure that other person would be me. I have faith in the rma though. I like the layout on the asus especially since the ram doesn't touch my hsf anymore but the Northbride is too damn close to the agp slot : ( I'll take occasional doa boards+rma over lots of little problems.

 

[Trey22]

Voted MSI.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

I hav eone of the msi's here, the raid seems to have problems with overclocking for some reason, very odd. It tends to freeze up during boot. Once I get past boot though it is fine. I thin it may be the chip not the board though.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Based on benchmarks, not personal experience, Neo Platinum beats any athlon64 mobo on market..

 

[Bar81]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
Based on benchmarks, not personal experience, Neo Platinum beats any athlon64 mobo on market..

That's not accurate.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Bar81

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
Based on benchmarks, not personal experience, Neo Platinum beats any athlon64 mobo on market..

That's not accurate.

any socket 754

 

[imported_jediknight]

Bump for more opinions.. didn't end up getting it Friday :-<

 

[Bar81]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12

Originally posted by: Bar81

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
Based on benchmarks, not personal experience, Neo Platinum beats any athlon64 mobo on market..

That's not accurate.

any socket 754

Still not accurate. The SiS 755 based motherboards are faster, the ASRock K8S8X being the prime example.

 

[EngenZerO]

MSi board.

I have one and its been rock stable, no real problems.

 

[SigmaB]

the only problem that ships with the board (before you update the bios that is) is it reports cpu temps wrong.... Other than that - it's sweet

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

I've been wondering this too.

 

[zodder]

I voted MSI. I have an A64 MSI mobo (K8T Neo-FISR) and a P4 MSI mobo (865PE) and both are fantastic.