MSI or Asus?

[fnd253]

I'm thniking of getting mobo that supports Duron. Any suggestions which is more reliable, MSI or Asus?

thx

 

[TrajanDacicus]

That's not the good question. MSI and Asus are both very good. The good question is what kind of chipset is the best for a duron ? I choose a nforce chipset 415d on asus A7N266C, and it ROXXX.

 

[networkman]

What he said. I've got both MSI and ASUS boards here(as well a bunch of other stuff), and the chipset really is what you should look at - both brands have been of excellent quality for me.

 

[Mem]

<< I'm thniking of getting mobo that supports Duron. Any suggestions which is more reliable, MSI or Asus? >>



Welcome to AT forums,you should try and give us a list of specs like do you need RAID, are you going to overclock,do you need onboard Video,are going to use SDram or DDR ?

At the moment the nForce and VIA KT266a/KT333 are the popular chipsets.
Both MSI and ASUS are very good brands so it will probably come down to specs,price and chipset you choose.

 

[fnd253]

thanks for the info Thread. Well I don't really need RAID and overclocking, but I prefer to use DDRAM and VIA chipset. I'm willing to spend no more than $115. I guess I'm gonna get MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU.

 

[Xionide]

hey i got a Athlon 1.4 running on a ecs k7s5a wich i bought at newegg.com for $60 with shipping and it will support a duron and it runs GRATE i have had no problems with it and i had a board before that wouldnt let me use my old voodoo33500 tv but this mobo works with most hardware so if u got old stuff or new stuff and want quaility for a low price pick that puppy up i would link it but the sites wierd
o and if u wer hell bent on getting one of those brands u mentioned i would get asus they have cool features and are pretty clean from bugs

 

[Xionide]

o and i forgot to say it handles both sdram and ddr

 

[Regalk]

I would suggest going to various review sites and do your homework first and then come back with a specific question. Example should I get a VIA, SIS, ALI or NVIDIA chipset board?
www.amdmb.com
The homepage of this forum
www.hardocp.com
www.tomshardware.com
www.lostcircuits.com
to name a few.

 

[Mem]

<< thanks for the info Thread. Well I don't really need RAID and overclocking, but I prefer to use DDRAM and VIA chipset. I'm willing to spend no more than $115. I guess I'm gonna get MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU. >>



I think you mean MSI K7T266 PRO2 not MSI K7T266 PRO2 -RU, since the one you meantioned has RAID .

 

[Don66]

<< I guess I'm gonna get MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU. >>


I have the MSI K7T266 PRO2 stable and easy to configure.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

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<< I guess I'm gonna get MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU. >>


I have the MSI K7T266 PRO2 stable and easy to configure. >>



Ditto here..I have yet to complain about this board. Stable, reliable and error-free under Win98/ME/XP Pro/XP home/ and SuSE Linux.