Help me choose a AMD 64 motherboard

[charlietee]

Building a box and am trying to find a good AMD 64 motherboard that will not be overclocked.

SATA II RAID capabilities and support NCQ.

I am looking at THIS Gigabyte motherboard.

And using 2 of THESE hard drives in a RAID 1 configuration.

The box will be used as a webserver to test the guys website and as his primary machine...He does alot of video stuff, photoshop, flash...Pretty serious power user who is one of the few people I know that can make use of a rocket ship computer.

So whadda ya think ??? MSI...Asus...Gigabyte...Abit...???

I live a few blocks from Directron and hopefully they will have what you guys recommend.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...Links to reviews...Personal experience...Anything to help me make a wise decision.

 

[twitchee2]

if your not gaming dont get a SLI board

 

[i1o0i]

Are you going to overclock? If yes, get DFI.. If you are not overclocking.. stay what you wanted.

 

[Promethply]

Your mobo choice is fine, since the price differential between NF4 SLI and NF4 Ultra boards are minimal, but you may want to look at a larger capacity SATA2 Hitachi HDs.

 

[knothead34]

hey i live close to directron also.

 

[piroroadkill]

I didn't read the thread, only the title, but personally, I'd go with the high end DFI boards. They rock the most by far.

 

[charlietee]

Okay maybe what I really need to know is which chipset is the better performer.

Does the VIA or ATI chipsets support SATA II and out of the 3 which one is the better choice.

Rumor control has it that the DFI boards use extremely high quality parts compared to other manufacturers...If true then DFI will get a serious look.

nVidia nForce 4 ultra seems to have the upper hand...Comments ???

 

[The Pentium Guy]

NF4 Ultra.
VIA/ATI doesn't support sataII

 

[coomar]

how high does the gigabyte board go on average, do they hit 300 usually?