Best Socket 939 Mobo

[Stout]

Looking to upgrade and it has been a while, reading forever but freaking lost... so looking for some info...

Best 939/AM2 mobo - Stability and OCing?

Been reading and find that the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939
and the ASUS M2N32-WS Pro Socket AM2
or the ABIT AN9 32X Socket AM2 NVIDIA
They all look good, but wich is best for $$ and OCing and Stab???

Just ordered a Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz and actually still in cart but have not placed...

Also best RAM for the $$$

Any info would be greatly appreciated

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Socket 939 or AM2??? Now I am freaking lost!!!

 

[Ricochet]

DFI LanParty UT nF4-D Motherboard $89

That's the one I'm eyeing since there has been a lot of hoopla about this board awhile back. It seems to be the OC king for 939. Will have to read up a little bit more since I heard it's very picky with RAM.

 

[Heidfirst]

If you have an FX-55 in your cart & that means 939.
In that case I recommend the Abit AN8 32X for a top quality, very stable board that also overclocks well.

On the other hand if you have to buy RAM as well then you should be looking at a DDR2 solution for longer term compatibility/upgrades (& really at this time am Intel Core 2 Duo rather than AM2).

 

[Stout]

Awesome... Thanks... Still doing some research...

So what's the diff between the Abit AN8 32X and the ABIT AN9 32X?

nForce4 and nForce590? DDR and DDR2?

Man I haven't built a box in over a year and so much new stuff to learn... Looking to get the newest and future uopgrade friendly hw...

Thanks for the help.

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: ricochet
DFI LanParty UT nF4-D Motherboard $89

That's the one I'm eyeing since there has been a lot of hoopla about this board awhile back. It seems to be the OC king for 939. Will have to read up a little bit more since I heard it's very picky with RAM. (<-- YES it is)

If you are serious about wanting one of these, please PM me. I'll sell you mine for $60

-Sid

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: Stout
So what's the diff between the Abit AN8 32X and the ABIT AN9 32X?

nForce4 and nForce590? DDR and DDR2?

Yup, AN8 32X is S939 & C51D & AN9 32X is AM2 & 590 but there are also layout changes (fewer PCI).

Seriously, look at Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs as well - loads of reviews all over incl. here.

 

[Craig234]

Newbie question - Asus AN8 is $57, Asus AN8 32X is $131 - what's the difference for an FX-55 and is it worth it?

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: Craig234
Newbie question - Asus AN8 is $57, Asus AN8 32X is $131 - what's the difference for an FX-55 and is it worth it?

basically the 32 in the model name means your video cards will run at its true 16x, so if you had 2 on SLI mode your cards run at 32x as opposed to the non-32 models as they would run at 8x totaling at 16x max, in SLI mode

 

[you2]

I'm happy with my ultra-d but I don't run sli...