new mobo for Athlon 64

[1pyro]

I'm looking for just a little bit better than middle of the road board in the $80.00 range for an athlon 64 3000+. Any strong suggestions? I would be open to a little OC'ing ability but not a must. Socket 754 preferrably Nvidia chipset.

Thanks,

 

[enyce2k9]

search around www.newegg.com , read the reviews to know if the board has any overclocking potentials

 

[1pyro]

Hey thanks, I'm very familiar with New Egg. I realize that I can do that, but was hoping to get some info from some who have used/using the same caliber as I'm searching for.

I appreciate the advice though.

Thanks,

 

[NoReserve]

Originally posted by: 1pyro
I'm looking for just a little bit better than middle of the road board in the $80.00 range for an athlon 64 3000+. Any strong suggestions? I would be open to a little OC'ing ability but not a must.

Thanks,

s939 or s754?

 

[1pyro]

754

 

[NoReserve]

I recently inquired about something similiar. I chose to go with an ABIT KV8Pro ($82 shipped.) If you do a google search for that board you will find a bunch of great reviews, it has pretty decent overclocking potential. I have yet to try it out since my computer isnt fully put together quite yet. Another board to look at is the SOLTEK K8AN2E-GR ($84.75 shipped.) Both are great boards, from all that I have read.

 

[crazyeddie]

To me, nothing says "good and cheap" quite like Biostar motherboards. I've ran them in my systems and built systems for friends with them, and I've been quite impressed at their value and reliability. Biostar doesn't usually offer cutting-edge technology, but they're a great choice for folks who aren't shopping for an SLI system or a board for their P4 EE CPU.

Biostar NF325-A7 Motherboard

At $56 with free FedEx Save shipping, it provides you with a very nice full-featured NF3 250 chipset motherboard plus $24 to spend on something else. If you really want on-board 1394 support and gigabit Ethernet, just move up to the K8NHA Grand for $79 plus $2.99 s&h.

 

[dornick]

I vote for the Epox 8KDA3J

I'm using it, and I've had zero problems. I haven't tried OCing though, but I hear it's pretty decent.

It's practically identical (but much more expensive) brother, the 8kda3+, was reviewed on AT, and won the Gold Editor's Choice

AT review

Edit: forgot to mention, it's cheap too! ($70)