KT266A Poll...Chime in on which board you would buy...Let your voice be heard!!!!

[tydas]

I know, this question comes up hourly but vote on the poll above, which KT266A board would you get...I'm only listing the boards I would buy, the ones I have narrowed down my selction too...budget is an issue...

 

[WageSlave]

I wouldnt buy any of those boards. I would buy the soyo dragon + (which I cant afford)

if not that, I would buy the ECS K7S5A....

 

[Mem]

I would and did buy the Epox 8KHA+ since I don`t need RAID and yes the Epox is very stable .

 

[Jeff7]

I voted for the AK35GT cause of the onboard audio. Hoping to get some updated quality audio.

 

[foofoo]

my soltek has ben flawless

 

[bpt8056]

I have read that both the Shuttle and Soltek boards are solid in terms of performance and stability. You can't really go wrong with either one of them.

 

[DoubleL]

Well I built them all and ended up with the Dragon+ in my computer, But the Epox was a good board to

 

[MrGrey]

I'd have to go with the MSI K7T266 Pro 2 or FIC AN11 Stealth (if I could find it!....) But from the above list, I'd go with the Shuttle.

 

[AA0]

Reviews of the shuttle board are at best, not very good. I wouldn't touch it or any other shuttle board as they all aren't very stable compared to others. Soltek I've used and it doesn't impress me, its an ok board. I'd get Abit or Epox, its a toss up, both great boards.

If I were to get another KT266A it would be Abit or Asus again. FIC AN11 is nice too, I'd have to see the price on it.

 

[Boonesmi]

of the choices you had i picked the epox, but... my first choice would be the soyo dragon+

 

[Amber]

I love the EPOX but get a BIG power supply,and you can't go wrong with the MSI Pro 2

 

[Ziptar]

EPOX 8KHM ... I need a mATX Board

 

[tornadobox]

another vote for the MSI K7T266 Pro2 board...why wasn't that one of your choices? just curious

 

[Wind]

Epox 8KHA+. Fast and stable.

 

[Thalasi]

Well out of those I would get the Soltek since the ABIT option doesn't have raid. But... out of all the KT266A boards I would get the Soyo Dragon Plus, and I did.

 

[RustyNale]

Epox 8KHA+ all the way. And yes it is very fussy about the quality of your psu, get a good one and at least a 340W. Secondly, the ram slots are tight, and I mean tight. Make sure you fully seat the ram. I made sure I did that right from the start and it's been great, see my stats for how far I've pushed it. cool;

 

[JK16]

Asus A7V266-E

 

[tydas]

i've sworn off asus since the cold boot probs of my cusl2 and p3v4x...

 

[soni]

Well, I use the Epox myself

 

[DKNG]

I also had cold boot problems when I had my asus A7A266. Well I'm using a Gigabyte GA-7VTXE. Its very stable and you could find it for a really good price.

 

[tydas]

well, just bought a eopx 8kha+ refurb from newegg for 69$, apparently people are getting basically new boards with the bios chip replaced...the boards come in box w/manual, usb header cales etc.

We shall see, shant we...

 

[BeauJangles]

Epox!

 

[maninthebox]

<< Reviews of the shuttle board are at best, not very good. >>


AAO - where did you see reviews on the Shuttle that were not very good? I am looking for a new board and am actually leaning toward the Shuttle because of the good reviews. I have only seen two though (Anand and ExtremeTech) and would be interested in reading the reviews that you are referring to.

 

[AA0]

There are many, and to sum them up they say its a average board with more features then normal shuttle boards. The performance is poor, and stability with all the DIMMs full sucks. Don't go cheap on your motherboard, its the most important part of your system. The next system I build with be with the FIC AN11 I think, I like their boards, super stable.

 

[QwaarJet]

i would get and have the soyo dragon +