nFORCE 2 Fun

[moonshinemadness]

Ok i know this question has been asked so many times its now becoming stupid and i know that i will probably get a LOT of stick for asking this question but i will proceed. What is the best, most fully loaded nFORCE 2 based AMD mobo supporting up to at least 2800+ I have read most of the threads around and have yet to receive a good answer on the fact, i just get more and more confused. Any input wud b great, thanks!

 

[mechBgon]

Do you want onboard video or none?

 

[AmdInside]

I would go with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe.

 

[human2k]

The chaintech board is the most feature rich I've seen but it carries a $168 price tag. Save the $$$ and get an Epox 8RDA+ for $99.

linky for Chaintech Zenitch Nforce 2 board, this is the only board to have IDE raid. Performance is on par with Asus/Epox board but it has some issues with Corsair TWINX3200 and XMS3200LL.

 

[BillStuck]

I decided to go with the Epox 8rda+ The Asus is to expensive and has lots of features I don't need. Dual Nics, Serial ATA, Firewire etc...

 

[moonshinemadness]

I was hoping to have: On board sound(5.1), no onboard video, onboard lan and maybe modem but not so bothered. Serial ATA and i was hoping to put Corsair XMS 3200 because i heard its the best out there but if you can recommend better ram that doesnt have compatibility problems i wud go with that!

 

[TimeKeeper]

Better go here, and read all about the nforce2 board that you might be interested. Then pick the one w/ less trouble.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I wouldn't even worry so much about Serial ATA just yet. Until you can give a detailed answer on "Why do I want/need Serial ATA" there's no point in even adding it into the equation.

 

[moonshinemadness]

Think im gonna go with the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe it seems best and the benchmarks seem to show it really kick ass!

 

[BillStuck]

Don't be to convinced by the benchmarks. Yea the Asus wins but by how much. Its like 2 fps in Unreal and similiar in other benchmarks. Unless you need the "deluxe" features I'd still consider saving $50 and getting the Epox