My Motherboard Dilemma
My mobo crapped out and is getting RMA'd. Im not sure how long this process will take and leaves me a little worried. I was using a MSI K8N Neo4 Ultra Platinum Ed. This gives me an opportunity to change what Im using. I am currently borrowing an Asus VIA 939 board that a friend had laying around to get me through the rma. Should I wait and stick with the MSI or switch?? thats the big question I want you guys to help me with. I use one video card, and like a mild OC. Here are 3 other boards im looking at:
Epox 9npa+ Ultra
DFI Lanparty Ultra-D
ABIT AN8 Ultra
I really like the passive cooler on the abit, and it seems very similar to the dfi, and has a good assortment of options. DFI i know is a quality board and a good OCer but i would lean more towards stability, it also has the annoying little northbridge fan and not a lot of pci slots. The epox was highly rated by anandtech, has a good price, also the annoying little nb fan. I was a little unhappy with the vdimm options on the msi when compared to these three. I was running everythng stable at 2.4ghz 2-1-2-10 2T. (133 divider)
I would like some input on how you guys like these boards. I have read through the boards at anandtech but its mainly people that have problems and the people that love thier boards dont post much.
the computer is my main rig, my wife uses it for the web and papers, i use it for burning dvds, games, and basic stuff other than that. Here are the rest of my specs, and I appreciate the input.
AMD 3000+ Venice
Seasonic s12-500
4x512 twinmos sp
bfg 6600gt oc w/ zalman cooler
36gb raptor
200gb sata
liteon dvd burner
viewsonic vp930b
Thanks
Nate
My mobo crapped out and is getting RMA'd. Im not sure how long this process will take and leaves me a little worried. I was using a MSI K8N Neo4 Ultra Platinum Ed. This gives me an opportunity to change what Im using. I am currently borrowing an Asus VIA 939 board that a friend had laying around to get me through the rma. Should I wait and stick with the MSI or switch?? thats the big question I want you guys to help me with. I use one video card, and like a mild OC. Here are 3 other boards im looking at:
Epox 9npa+ Ultra
DFI Lanparty Ultra-D
ABIT AN8 Ultra
I really like the passive cooler on the abit, and it seems very similar to the dfi, and has a good assortment of options. DFI i know is a quality board and a good OCer but i would lean more towards stability, it also has the annoying little northbridge fan and not a lot of pci slots. The epox was highly rated by anandtech, has a good price, also the annoying little nb fan. I was a little unhappy with the vdimm options on the msi when compared to these three. I was running everythng stable at 2.4ghz 2-1-2-10 2T. (133 divider)
I would like some input on how you guys like these boards. I have read through the boards at anandtech but its mainly people that have problems and the people that love thier boards dont post much.
the computer is my main rig, my wife uses it for the web and papers, i use it for burning dvds, games, and basic stuff other than that. Here are the rest of my specs, and I appreciate the input.
AMD 3000+ Venice
Seasonic s12-500
4x512 twinmos sp
bfg 6600gt oc w/ zalman cooler
36gb raptor
200gb sata
liteon dvd burner
viewsonic vp930b
Thanks
Nate
I have the MSI myself, and IMO it's just great... has never given me any problems... I just love it... 
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