I need some suggestions on a Motherboard

Fly Boy

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I'm trying to build a PC with and AMD 3000+ Winchester chip and I need adivce on a motherboard to get. I'm primarily using this for gaming but also some minor photo editing and music etc. The price I'd like to pay for it would probably be free (about $100 maybe $150)

Anyways any comments on a specific board that you have had experience with would be helpful to me. Including board that I should probably avoid.
 

crazyeddie

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I purchased an Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester last month. I got a MSI RS480M2-IL motherboard to go with it and I've been extremely happy so far:

$91 shiipped at Newegg

The integrated graphics is actually full-featured and usable, plus the board has a 16x PCI-E slot to add the latest and greatest graphic cards.

This is a lot of board for a very reasonable price. The only downside is it's not designed for overclocking. If you normally run your CPU and memory at their standard approved settings, this is a great buy for the money.
 

GrJohnso

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Bumping this question, as I'm in the same boat... For me I'm looking for a 939 compat MB with AGP, NOT pci-e. Leaning towards Nvidia chipset, but really have no firm reason to.

Added bonuses, but not critical:
- Overclockability
- Firewire (1394)
- Multiple networking options (standard + wireless)

Primary Use Video editing, secondary gaming...


 

jose

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DFI Ultra-D , imho it's the least problematic. I've had it for close to 4 weeks w/ no problem.

I also have the Asus a8n-sli and it's been nothing but problems. check my sig for specs.

I'd also get the 3200+ instead of the 3000+ , it's easier to oc'd...

GrJohnso, if you want agp then you'll be stuck w/ a via chipset. Otherwise get a sck 754 w/ the NF3 chipset. ie DFI Lanparty UT

Regards,
Jose
 

fireontheway

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GrJohnso is not gonna be stuck with VIA just for AGP, NF3 boards are still AGP.


Fly Boy,are you getting a new graphics card also or using your current one?
 

Fly Boy

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ok... I'm buying a 6600 gt gfx card.

I would like AGP but PCI-E is ok too. Chipset doesn't matter cause I don't know any good ones.