Buying a new mobo 754

[AyashiKaibutsu]

My asus k8n-e just got refunded instead of replaced, which is odd since they have it in stock. So now I need to decide on a new mobo. Price isn't an issue, but I want something that's high quality and will work good out of the box. I don't plan to OC either. I'm thinking of getting the msi neo plat. Also I have a zalman northbridge heatsink and a zalman 7000A and corsair pro ram that's taller then most ram and a bfg 6800gt that's just huge. My case is big so that's not a cocern but I want a mobo that layout will allow for all of it. The asus I had couldn't fit the northbridge cooler case it was too close to the agp slot.

 

[bluewall21]

Also check out the Epox 8KDA3+.

 

[MDE]

I've been eyeing this board.

 

[So]

Hmm...I've always liked ABIT, but have heard bad things about them lately. Check out Gigabyte, MSI and Epox too (epox is my third choice b/c of past CAP issues).

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I think I'm going to give msi a try.

 

[Cawchy87]

there seems to be a lot of msi haters on these fourms lately. from the sounds of things the asus is the most stable. Abit is a top manufacturer but i haven't read many reviews on their a64 boards.

 

[Lyfer]

Get the Chaintech VN250, its the best board for its price. Plus its an overclocking beast.

 

[mldeveloper]

the msi platinum is nice...but I dont' know if your zalman cpu heatsink will fit in it.

I wanted to get a zalman but the processor is VERY close to the agp slot on this board, and haven't done the measurements yet.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

chaintech uses the 250 instead of the 250 GB and I hate them to the core for other reasons (they are all flash and have bad support) so thats a no go. Also overclocking doesn't interest me. Epox seems over priced and they lack cool and quiet only shinningly good thing it seems is the board layout. I just received a doa asus board and didn't like how close the chipset was to the agp slot. So I think msi has the best chances of being good.