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good 24/7 939 motherboard

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Was thinking of updating my 'server' computer which does not need top notch speed (aka no overlcocking). Was thinking of 939 since the 165 are pretty cheap these days ($150). Anyways - I'm looking for a motherboard that will be reliable (running 24/7) - any suggestions? I was thinking of asus A8n5x but a bit worried since it has a fan that can break (on north bridge).

Note this is a home system and a reboot once every 3 or 4 months is fine (runs unix not windows) but I would like it to be reliable and 'correct' even though i'm not using ecc memory.
 
I use a Biostar 939 tforce board and i leave it running constantly its cheap stable (ocs well even though you dont need it)

mine is paired with a 3800x2 and is a little powerhouse for the money


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Most any decent board these days will work 24/7. I've never had a computer crap out on me, and I've always kept my computer on 24/7 for the past 10 years. Currently running a 9NPA+SLI and I'm quite happy with it. Overclocked or not, it's stable as hell.
 
Pretty much every board is good 24/7 these days. DFI is great for overclocking if you're into that. Asus is solid, Gigabyte etc.
 
Originally posted by: OhioState
I use a Biostar 939 tforce board and i leave it running constantly its cheap stable (ocs well even though you dont need it)

mine is paired with a 3800x2 and is a little powerhouse for the money


Linky
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I have this exact mobo and proc. Its rock solid and not expensive.
 
I'm looking for a replacement 939 board.
I was running an asrock 939 dual sata board and it died recently. No overclocking and I ran pretty much 24/7 for about 10 months. I woke up one morning and it was dead.

I need a replacment that handles PCI-16 and would like 3 pci slots. Lots of boards to choose from, but I want something that will last a while.
 
Originally posted by: DeMeo
I'm looking for a replacement 939 board.
I was running an asrock 939 dual sata board and it died recently. No overclocking and I ran pretty much 24/7 for about 10 months. I woke up one morning and it was dead.

I need a replacment that handles PCI-16 and would like 3 pci slots. Lots of boards to choose from, but I want something that will last a while.
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I'm kind of in the same boat as you, however my DFI isn't dead but is dying slowly (Nvidia LAN died, IDE channel 1 died, then IDE channel 2 died, and now Sata controller is giving me errors) I'm thinking the Asus A8n Sli-Premium would be a reliable 24/7 365 board (hopefully all the kinks have been worked out). What do you guys think?
 
I know nobody like ECS KV2 Extreme mobo but I am quite happy with it Been running 24 hours for almost 11 months since I first had A64 single core 3500+
 
Check out the Asus A8R32-MVP. It's ~$30 cheaper than the A8N-SLI Premium, and the ATi chipsets run much cooler than nVidia. It's an incredible overclocker, which means it should be rock-solid at stock speeds.
 
Well... don't need a crossfire or sli system.... and ati doesn't have decent unix drivers so high end boards don't work very well under unix 🙁
 
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