Looking for an AMD 64 board

[Axon]

Hi guys,

Just picked up a 64 chip. Looking for a nice, new MoBo to run it on.

Most of the reviews give the nod to MSI's platinum offering, but I wanted some end user opinions if possible.

Please advise.

 

[jhbball]

anandtech gave the aopen via k8t800 board an editor's choice award. It looks like a good, cheap board. If you're going to overclock, look for an nforce board, if not, pick up a speedier via board. btw, is the neo platinum out yet?

 

[SniperWulf]

there iis a hot deal on the new Chaintech nforce 3 250gb board.

LINKAGE

 

[Tribute]

what's the difference between the ZNF and the VNF? besides price?

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

Firewire/Gigabyte LAN, and some overclocking options I believe

 

[Odeen]

Originally posted by: BlindBartimaeus
Firewire/Gigabyte LAN, and some overclocking options I believe

Both of which reside on the PCI bus, so it's not some super-duper integrated feature that gets cut out. May as well save the money now, and add a firewire card and a (better) gigabit, if necessary, NIC later. Keep in mind, the PCI bus, at 133 megabytes / second can't even keep up with 250 megabytes/sec (at full duplex) gigabit LAN, never mind gigabit LAN and firewire (400mbit, or 50 megabytes/sec per port) together.