can anyone reccommend a good VIa based socket 754 board?

[Gulzakar]

I'm not really interested in any Nforce based products.

The only thing I'd like the board to have:

3 phase power solution
onboard FIREWIRE
passive nb cooling preferred.

I've done some research myself, and I'm soooo confused!!!

 

[Icepick]

You mentioned that you're not interested in any Nforce products but the DFI LAN Party has passive chipset cooling and all the features you could want.
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=13-136-147&depa=1

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Are you overclocking? If so, you need a board with a working PCI/AGP lock. That means K8T800 Pro boards (only ABIT and Albatron make them for socket 754 processors) or a K8T800 non-Pro with a revised chipset. The only board claiming to support an AGP/PCI lock with it is the Soltek SL-K8TPro-754.

The Albatron, ABIT and Soltek have 3-phase power and passive nb cooling. Only the Soltek has Firewire support.

 

[Boonesmi]

ive heard good things about this board link

 

[Boonesmi]

here are some more you might want to check out

Albatron "K8X800 ProII"

SOLTEK "SL-K8TPro-754"

MSI "K8T Neo-FIS2R"

ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe"

 

[Gulzakar]

wow, thanks guys

The Soltek board looks excellent!

I'm gonna browse the others and check them out too

thanks again!