mother board debate

[Ronin]

MSI, for what you're looking to do.

 

[twitchee2]

ok so i should get the msi sense im not doing insane tweaking

 

[twitchee2]

i think im going with the msi any other thoughts? or opinons?

 

[Penth]

These people who say the DFI needs to be tweaked to work properly probably don't own one. I bought one and it worked the first time i turned it on. And that is with Corsair value ram which people say the DFI board hates. DFI is solid and you won't regret it.

 

[twitchee2]

which would be the best choice for a first time builder?

 

[w00t]

If i was building a tower I would go With EPOX ultra.

 

[Diasper]

I'm guessing the OP was looking at the MSI and DFi because of their overclocking and low sound utilization?

The Epox may be nice but I don't remember it having low CPU utilization when using the on-board sound. If you're using an aftermarket Creative 2ZS I guess the point is somewaht mute.

 

[twitchee2]

i think im going with the msi becasue it has OCing capabilties and its stable to start i dont want ot have to worry about tweaking to get it stable as i am very new to that.