Best SLI mobo for under $130

[WhipperSnapper]

I know this has been covered 1000 times, so what's 1001 times?

If you were buyin a Socket 939 SLI board today and you wanted to keep the price to under $130, what would you get? Ideally, it would be a good overclocker and it would do a good job of dealing with the video cards in SLI (duh). It should also be stable and relatively bug free. Useful features like the Creative Soundcard chip in the MSI and the no-switch SLI in the Albatron are also valued.

Have most of these mobos gone through several revisions already or are the ones available for sale today the same versions that were available when the particular models were introduced?

I was thinking about the MSI K8N Neo SLI but now I'm wondering if I might be better off with the Epox even though that would mean purchasing a USB-to-parallel cord for my scanner and laser printer. How about the Albatron?

 

[jlbenedict]

If you want the onboard Soundblaster Live 24 bit audio, you might want to snag up the MSI Neo4-SLI from Newegg for $117. I believe that is the weekend special going on right now.

I just upgraded my vanilla Abit AN8 board to the AN8-SLI board this weekend, and so far it is stable as a rock. Newegg also has a $25 rebate on the AN8-SLI board going on. Its $135 before rebate, bringing it to $110 after the rebate.

 

[ChiPCGuy]

You may also want to give the Abit KN8 SLI board a look also. I just built a PC with the ABit KN8 Ultra board and found it to be an excellent mobo and quite stable.

 

[Paintballfreak66]

I'm looking into this also and if you want good overclocking but for less than the DFI SLI board, go with the ePox EP-9NPA+ SLI. I know it's 145 at newegg right now but I've seen at 130 before. You may have to wait a bit for a deal but all I hear are good things about it. Stable and second only to DFI for overclocking. Good luck.

 

[rise]

just mod the dfi ultra-d and be done with it 😛