cheap, stable socket 939 replacement

[blipblop]

I am looking at online retailers and I see a Biostar board, an Asus A8V, and some Foxconn stuff.

any suggestions or bias or brands that I should stay away from?

 

[SerpentRoyal]

I like ECS KN1 Lite/NF4 939 and Biostar Tforce series. They are cheap (less than $50 and capable of +300MHz FSB).

 

[o1die]

If you need agp, ascendtech had the ecs kv2 series recently for around $50.

 

[blipblop]

I'm not going to be doing any overclocking. Tforce series? I can't find that anywhere, all I see is the biostar board with the built in video.

I need it to be PCI-E

 

[NXIL]

Hi Blip,

my personal bias is to stay away from VIA chipsets, based on past experience.

I think the NForce 4, either SLI or plain are best--well tested, bugs worked out now, etc. And, looks like they are trying to clear out inventory on these.

Here is a list of boards on Newegg:

All have at least one PCIeX16 slot: on board video is easy to disable in the BIOS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...6062%2CN82E16813153069

Deleted Jetway, northbridge fan, which is annoying....Foxconn NF4U, same......NF4K, same...sounds like the "FUK/U/4A.....

So, one of these three: none have northbridge fan, all should work fine:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...lue=709%3a7495&bop=And

More expensive, but, rock solid, will last a long time:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...ue=713%3a17743&bop=And

HTH,

NXIL

 

[blipblop]

i'm debating between the biostar board and the foxconn one right now. it's really cheap with the rebate.

 

[o1die]

Etech4sale.com has 2 versions of the MSI K8n neo4 socket 939 boards for $65-68.