Comments on this New Rig

[live2game]

My Asus A7N8X E Deluxe recently died. 😱 I should have gone with your suggestions early. I am now going to do penance by giving all my life to the AT forum. Now I need some suggestions about this new rig. I will be using it for gaming and website design. I want socket 939 and will not be doing any overclocking but will be upgrading to a all copper heatsink later (Zalman or Thermalright). I need AGP. Right now I have around $270. I have choosen Abit AV8 and a AMD 64 3000

 

[nick1985]

i would try to get an nforce3 ultra board instead of a VIA chipset. (see sig)

 

[live2game]

Thanks nick1985 and sorry about before where I was stubborn and I would not go 64bit
EPoX "EP-9NDA3J"
EPoX "EP-9NDA3+"
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS-939"
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS Ultra-939"
I personally would like Gigabyte but I wouldn't care which one. I would like the higher end board the Ultra and the 3+ but I would go with the lower end so I could get a AMD 64 3200 any comments.

 

[overclock]

I absolutely love my MSI Neo2 Plat. I ordered it from Staples. You could use a coupon and pricematch and get a great price.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: live2game
Thanks nick1985 and sorry about before where I was stubborn and I would not go 64bit
EPoX "EP-9NDA3J"
EPoX "EP-9NDA3+"
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS-939"
GIGABYTE "GA-K8NS Ultra-939"
I personally would like Gigabyte but I wouldn't care which one. I would like the higher end board the Ultra and the 3+ but I would go with the lower end so I could get a AMD 64 3200 any comments.

AMD 64 rocks brother! I was defiantely impressed at the speed of that processor. I ditched my Intel Rig and am strictly running AMD 64's in all my rigs now 😉

Ausm

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: overclock
I absolutely love my MSI Neo2 Plat. I ordered it from Staples. You could use a coupon and pricematch and get a great price.

Yeah I can second that except I scored my neo's from Fry's.


Ausm

 

[fstime]

Keep thr abit, nothing wrong with via if your not ocing, its a very stable board.

MSI on the other hand is :thumbsdown:

 

[live2game]

I have heard good things about MSI and I have heard bad things about MSI

 

[Ike0069]

One you get the MSI Neo2 up and running, it is an awesome board.
IMO, MSI does have some QC issues, but you won't find a better S939 OC'ing board.

 

[live2game]

MSI Neo2 is too expensive

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

My epox 8RDA+ died 2 days ago and I just ordered parts to upgrade to A64 too.

I'm not going to overclock either and went with a Soltek board coupled with a 3200+ 939.

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
One you get the MSI Neo2 up and running, it is an awesome board.
IMO, MSI does have some QC issues, but you won't find a better S939 OC'ing board.

The Epox comes close. If you have $270 to spend, a 3000+ and a nForce3 board are a good bet. Just find one that has good reviews and all the features you want and can afford.