Hard Pressed to Like Asus for a reason

[WhisperPntr]

Hey there,
Wanted to make this short and sweet since my post was very long before. I have a plethora of reasons why I dislike using asus however, being open-minded and overly curious as to why you're all so in love with the A7V133, I'm still half willing to give them a chance if you can honestly answer this question.


If using Win98SE AND asking a MAXIMUM of 10 hours installtion/software configuariton time (minus the installation time of windows), should I use this board? I'm need rock solid stability, not necessarily the fastest performance both for a reasonable price (under $150).


Also, though I'm more patient than my boyfriend, I don't get a high out of tweaking every single component till dawn. I'm fairly competent, meaning about 80% of what Anand says technically doesn't fly over my head, but I'm not on the mission to tweak my system to perfection (I won't be spending 3+ hours each week to see what performance gains I can get by changing some system settings).

Given this do you still recommend asus, or do you feel I am probably better off with another company?

Thanks so much for your time!

 

[daveshel]

I'd go with EPoX. I've used 6 or 8 of their boards, all different models, and have been impressed with every one. I'm using an ASUS A7V right now. It's 30 bucks more than a comparable EPoX, and I really can't see any reason why. I just sold my EPoX board in a system the other day, and the total build time was about 3 hours, and that was using Win ME. I won't be spending the extra on ASUS again.

 

[Dulanic]

The A7V133 is one of the easiest board to setup, unless you get IRQ conflicts... but any board can have that. No only is it extremelly stable (as Anand showed) but its easy to setup, and it is the best performer.

 

[SACANDAGA]

I can't find anything not to like about this board! Stability is outstanding and setup is easy. I put a system together this morning using this board and Windows 2000 picked up and installed all my hardware correctly. No Conflicts.
I used the following components.
T-Bird 900 /TaiSol Heatsink
2x128 mushkin rev2
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 45 7200rpm 30gig
Leadtek geforce2 gts
Soundblaster Live Value (slot 3)
Modemblaster pci (slot 5)
Palo Alto PA-810 server case
Antec 400 Watt Power Supply

 

[WhisperPntr]

Thanks peeps! Very interesting about the Epox board, I will see if they sell it here in HK. Also how do these model compare to the p3v4x? Is it stabler by far? Does it still have issues with the 4 in 1 drivers? THANKS!

 

[Dulanic]

<< Thanks peeps! Very interesting about the Epox board, I will see if they sell it here in HK. Also how does these model compare to p3v4x? Is it stabler by far? Does it still have issues with the 4 in 1 drivers? THANKS! >>



P3V4X is a Socket 370 board (Intel), A7V133 is Socket A (AMD).... very very different things. Tho I think you might know that but still hard to compare....

A7V133 never crashed for Anand (Only 4 boards have ever done that including A7V133). EPoX is still going to be stable... only crashed twice during his test (keep in mind 5 is average). As for the VIA 4 in 1... in Win98 they work good, Win2K had a few issues but the latest once seems to have fixed it.

The EPoX doesnt really stand out in anything.... its a decent board just not excellent. But if you want to save $10-15 then it deserves a look.

 

[AndyHui]

Go with the ASUS A7V133. ASUS quality and stability, performance is good, BIOS support is top notch, although email support is non-existent.

Epox sells under the name 2theMax here in Hong Kong.

 

[Tschaft]

Offtopic, but damnit I wish my girlfriend was into to this stuff too...thats all

 

[Quad]

hehe



<< Offtopic, but damnit I wish my girlfriend was into to this stuff too...thats all >>


I wish i could find a girl who was as techno-freakish as me!

 

[SpongeBob]

Asus just fixed my A7V that I physically damaged, turned it around in under two weeks too. They're not even required to RMA physically damaged boards. That's why I like Asus.

 

[JAXSCAD]

Correction..

The ASUS P3V4X mobo is a slot 1 board, and it's awesome!

http://www.asus.com.tw/products/motherboard/Pentiumpro/P3v4x/index.html

 

[Dulanic]

<< Correction..

The ASUS P3V4X mobo is a slot 1 board, and it's awesome!

http://www.asus.com.tw/products/motherboard/Pentiumpro/P3v4x/index.html >>



Close enough hehe Im not the biggest Intel follower so I didnt pay attention much.

 

[ku]

How does the Asus A7V KT133a compare to the Abit KT7 kt133a-raid?

 

[stingygrrl]

Is it better to get teh A7V KT133 or 133A?

I'm in teh same position as WhisperPntr- stability, some OC, but not tinkering with it every few hours.

 

[Dulanic]

A7V133 over A7V... its ony a few $ more... 3-4 I think... its a bit more stable due to different caps for the CPU, and it can run higher FSB, it adds RAID, and it is fully jumperless. No reason NOT to go A7V133.



<< How does the Asus A7V KT133a compare to the Abit KT7 kt133a-raid? >>



Basically the main difference is Abit has a ISA slot, Asus doesnt. Besides that the Asus is slightly faster, and doesnt have the quality issues like Abit.