fatal1ty an8 or vanilla an8 or other brand?.... looking for best oclocking 939 board

[noremacyug]

title says it all. im looking at the fatal1ty an8 board right now and am considering purchasing it..... however it seems quite bare compared to some of the other feature packed mobos in the same price range. but.... if it o'clocks better then thats the main thing. just would like you guys' opinion on what to do here. i have the money ready to spend and need to get a mobo a.s.a.p.!

thanks
noremacyug

 

[jinduy]

dfi seems to be consensus winner on OCing

 

[DfiDude]

DFI

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

The AN8 is a great overclocker and a very stable board, the only problem really is price. Read this review.
With the non-Fatal1ty board you lose ActiveArmor and SATAII, plus some accessories and other silly stuff. But in the boards the only difference is the chipset.

When it comes to features I don't think the AN8 is that bad. Sure, some other boards have 4 extra SATA ports with SI3114, but they're ALL on the PCI bus. The AN8 has a high quality Firewire controller (better than VIA used by most) and sound CODEC (ALC658 is slightly better than ALC650, 655 and 850), as well as 4-phase power circuit. The price is not great but it's definately one of the best A64 boards out there.

 

[Thurgo0dy]

fatal1ty or non is one of the best?

 

[DfiDude]

fatal1ty

 

[Thurgo0dy]

No, I was talking to Chinese....which one he was referring to.

 

[DfiDude]

oo my bad

 

[n yusef]

The DFI NF4 boards are the best overclockers, and the Fatal1ty is just too expensive for me. I don't know if you have a budget though.

 

[DfiDude]

I have a little but of a budget not really. Both Msi and Dfi are good mobo's. Get the abit out of ur mind though, its a pretty expensive mobo. I would get either Msi or Dfi they good mobos

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
fatal1ty or non is one of the best?

The boards are near identical, the only difference is the chipset used. They overclock the same.

 

[Thurgo0dy]

ok, well I'm gonna go for the Ultra-D because of SATA II, the quality, the stability and all of the other features DFI included.

Now I just need the right PSU for it.....can anyone reccomend me a nice PSU?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
ok, well I'm gonna go for the Ultra-D because of SATA II, the quality, the stability and all of the other features DFI included.

Now I just need the right PSU for it.....can anyone reccomend me a nice PSU?

Antec NeoPower if you have a Fry's near by.

 

[Thurgo0dy]

How is the Tagan 480W?