Motherboard Choice

[Abius]

Im building a computer for the near future and I dont know what mother board to get.

Its a choice Between

DFI LanParty UT NF4
ABIT AN8
ASUS A8N-E NF4
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum

Im planning on getting a AMD 64 3500+ (Venice) with suffcient cooling to overclock to about 2.6/2.7. Just wondering what would be the best motherboard.

AMD64 3500+
OCZ 2x512
Sapphire X850XT PE
(Enter MotherBoard here)

 

[ProviaFan]

As of right now the A8N-E with current BIOS has HT multiplier issues which make it very difficult to overclock (at least with SATA drives, maybe PATA as well). This may be fixed in the future, but as a current A8N-E owner, I'd advise you to avoid them at this time if you plan on overclocking and are going to be purchasing a board right now.

For recommendations, I've heard good things about DFI, and I assume that Abit's board would be good by default. I can't say the same thing about MSI from what I've read around here.

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: Abius
Im building a computer for the near future and I dont know what mother board to get.

Its a choice Between

DFI LanParty UT NF4
ABIT AN8
ASUS A8N-E NF4
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum

Im planning on getting a AMD 64 3500+ (Venice) with suffcient cooling to overclock to about 2.6/2.7. Just wondering what would be the best motherboard.

AMD64 3500+
OCZ 2x512
Sapphire X850XT PE
(Enter MotherBoard here)

If you plan to overclock, the DFI is a great way to go. They can be a bit fickle, and are a tad harder to work with. However, they offer a lot of customization options and are extremely OC friendly. It will pair very nicely with the OCZ memory.

Ultimately you can't really go wrong with any of those boards, but I'd say go DFI.