patio furniture
Junior Member
Well being that this is my first post on the AnandTech Forums, I shall give a brief introduction. I'm currently running off a Sager NP4760 laptop and I really want to go back to a desktop. I haven't really built a computer since my old desktop when I put that baby together back in 1999. Since then, I've just been lurking and posting on forums, reading up, helping friends with their comps, etc. etc.
So presently I am college student wanting a desktop for various apps and games (and naturally for normal use). Apps include photoshop, illustrator, director, the macromedia MX suite, quark, 3ds max, vray, etc. etc...
anyways, for a few months now i've been deciding on the various parts of a new rig that will suite my needs, the only hard part has been deciding on a mobo. i've read countless articles and forum threads (on OCC, AnandTech, dfi-street, amdzone), and i've pretty much narrowed it down to the following and would like any feedback:
ASUS A8N-E
reason: asus reliabilty, i had read many good points regarding the bios setup, also pretty cheap
BFG nForce 4 Ultra
reason: while yes it falls behind in some areas compared to other boards there is the great tech support.
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra
reason: cheap and the mobo roundup article on anandtech showed good results
DFI LanpartyUT nF4 Ultra-D
reason: after reading about various problems and realizing that OC'ing is not a priority for me, this has now fallen to the bottom of my list, eventhough i have heard countless times it is an amazing board.
so basically that's it. any comments positive/negative/whatever would be greatly appreciated. thanks
edit: p.s. sorry i wrote so much crap...i just realized that now haha. also forgot to mention i will be using the 4400+ X2
So presently I am college student wanting a desktop for various apps and games (and naturally for normal use). Apps include photoshop, illustrator, director, the macromedia MX suite, quark, 3ds max, vray, etc. etc...
anyways, for a few months now i've been deciding on the various parts of a new rig that will suite my needs, the only hard part has been deciding on a mobo. i've read countless articles and forum threads (on OCC, AnandTech, dfi-street, amdzone), and i've pretty much narrowed it down to the following and would like any feedback:
ASUS A8N-E
reason: asus reliabilty, i had read many good points regarding the bios setup, also pretty cheap
BFG nForce 4 Ultra
reason: while yes it falls behind in some areas compared to other boards there is the great tech support.
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra
reason: cheap and the mobo roundup article on anandtech showed good results
DFI LanpartyUT nF4 Ultra-D
reason: after reading about various problems and realizing that OC'ing is not a priority for me, this has now fallen to the bottom of my list, eventhough i have heard countless times it is an amazing board.
so basically that's it. any comments positive/negative/whatever would be greatly appreciated. thanks
edit: p.s. sorry i wrote so much crap...i just realized that now haha. also forgot to mention i will be using the 4400+ X2
