Best Bo' for the Buck?

[BrokenVisage]

Trying to nail down the key parts of my system before I start buying away. Had my eye on the Neo4 for a couple days now. I think its a quality board and read some good reviews about it on here so far, though not many, but the fact that the Neo2 got mad props all over gives me confidence. I was also looking at the Asus A8V boards but had trouble with Asus and their compatibility with AGP cards in the past, so I'm iffy with them. Question still stands though, I'm not a big OC'er I just want a quality board for gaming mostly.. what you guys think?

 

[overst33r]

"cough"..DFI..."cough"

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
"cough"..DFI..."cough"

DFI is SO NOT the best bang for the buck!

 

[Painman]

Cheapest NF4 Ultra board is the Chaintech VNF4/Ultra @ around $130, if you don't need bells and whistles like dual LAN, FireWire etc. and aren't looking to OC the crap out of anything, give it a look.

Edit: Forgot about that Foxconn NF4U board for the same price, haven't seen any feedback about it though.

 

[ribbon13]

The chaintech is a popular board. I don't like MSI. Abit openly admitted to having and recitfying that bad capacitor problem, but don't have any SLi 939 boards out... So I guess I can't give you any advice.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-487&depa=0
For $200, with all the features, it looks like an ok deal.

 

[kindest]

i have the msi ultra 4 and like it.
the chaintech is also pretty solid.
either or would be good for your money.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

How about the Soltek SL-K890Pro-939?
Soltek always makes great boards, this one is no different.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/slk890pro939/index.html

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
The chaintech is a popular board. I don't like MSI. Abit openly admitted to having and recitfying that bad capacitor problem, but don't have any SLi 939 boards out... So I guess I can't give you any advice.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-487&depa=0
For $200, with all the features, it looks like an ok deal.

Wow I like how that board looks actually.. very upgradable too, I might go with it.