Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

[chrisdab]

Have a geforce6100 A8N vm with an AMD 3000. Return the MB for a 6150 CSM?

Hey, I bought an Asus A8N vm motherboard and an AMD 3000 few weeks ago but I havnt put it together yet. Im not sure whether I should return the motherboard and get the 6150 CSM or a different board or stay with this one? I bought the AMD 3000 cause it was overclockable and it was cheap. But I am having second thoughts about the motherboard. How much better or worse is the 6150 CSM over the 6100. I will be using the geforce 6600 graphics card and will try running linux on the computer which the january guide said had problems with the 6150 CSM.

Give me ideas either way since im on the fence here. I dont know too much about the extra options on the CSM like s-video out and Firewire cause I dont know what they do. Maybe someone can explain why the extra features can be good.

thanks

 

[aatf510]

If you are really looking to overclock, the ASUS 6100/6150 board are the worst choices you can have.
There are no virtually no overclocking adjustments (and forget about voltage increase) available on the boards, and they probably wouldn't even be stable @ over 220HTT.

Edit: forget to mention that I have A64 3000+ that used to do 2.4GHz on a DFI board, but wouldn't even boot @ 1.95GHz on the A8N-VM CSM.

 

[renethx]

MSI K8NGM2-FID is perhaps a better GeForce 6150 board. *** The ULTIMATE Motherboard Selection Guide For New Users *** changed its Budget recommendation from ASUS A8N-VM CSM to MSI K8NGM2-FID two days ago. The official thread is

The *Official* MSI K8NGM2-FID GeForce 6150 Motherboard Thread

that is attracting 380 visitors per day in average.

 

[imported_taku]

get your money back on the asus board and buy the msi k81gm2 fid


MSI K8NGM2-FID
love this board.
2000 pro . sp4
xfx 6600GT antec tx 640b sp400 amd 939+3700 single layer Emprex dual layer cd dvd r/w floppy
2x120 ide maxtor corsair 2x512 3 dell 1905 FP protait mode 1024x1280
P4C800 deluxe p4 chip
2000 pro . sp4
everthing else about the same
except 4 dell 1905FP
pny 5500 dual port analog agp
and another one PCI dual port
portait mode 1024x1280
ASUS A8N VM CSM stored in the dust bin.

 

[chrisdab]

can I buy the MSI K8NGM2-L instead? Since the company I bought the geforce6100 (mwave.com) doesnt carry the FID model and charges a 15% restocking fee if I dont exchange for another motherboard.

Edit:

BTW I want the option to duel monitor. I have 2 CRT monitors and 1 LCD monitor I can use. I will also have a geforce 6600 graphics card installed. Will a MSI K8NGM2-L work for this configuration?

 

[renethx]

Originally posted by: chrisdab
I want the option to duel monitor. I have 2 CRT monitors and 1 LCD monitor I can use. I will also have a geforce 6600 graphics card installed. Will a MSI K8NGM2-L work for this configuration?

With your monitors, the triple monitor setting in the TripleView mode is possible.

 

[chrisdab]

renethx for which motherboard are you talking about? The MSI K8NGM2-L the MSI K8NGM2-FID or the geforce models?

Also which board do you think I should get? I am looking for dual monitor support and the ability to OC. Extras like firewire, 4 SATA ports, and Gigabit ethernet I dont need.

 

[renethx]

Originally posted by: chrisdab
renethx for which motherboard are you talking about? The MSI K8NGM2-L the MSI K8NGM2-FID or the geforce models?

Also which board do you think I should get? I am looking for dual monitor support and the ability to OC. Extras like firewire, 4 SATA ports, and Gigabit ethernet I dont need.

Any GeForce 6150 (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Foxconn) board should be able to support triple monitor mode. My recommendation is MSI. However as for overclocking,

Foxconn > MSI > ASUS.

Gigabyte should be avoided.Please read the first post of The *Official* MSI K8NGM2-FID GeForce 6150 Motherboard Thread, the section "Why should you choose MSI over ASUS?".

 

[chrisdab]

Is there any real benefit for me chosing L vs FID? ie. chosing 6100 over 6150
thanks

 

[renethx]

Main differences between K8NGM2-FID and K8NGM2-L are:

FID: Onboard DVI, 2 x IEEE1394, Gigabit LAN, 4 x SATAII

L: No onboard DVI, no IEEE1394, 10/100Mbs LAN, 2 x SATAII

You can still use the triple monitor mode with L version connecting a minotor to onboard VGA.

 

[chrisdab]

thanks for your help renethx