Too many computers, sell the Abit BH6 or Aopen AX6B??

[RickH]

Both machines are the same except for the motherboards, P 850. Both work great, but if I sell one I can build a new machine. The Abit is a "great overclocker" but they also have a history of dying. I have had both for 3 years so that probably isn't a problem. The Aopen is claimed to be more stable, but I have had no problems with either board. What do you think?? Thanks. R

 

[Workin']

Could you put them both up for sale and see which goes first? I don't know much about the Aopen board, but I have several BH6's of my own and many, many friends who have them, and none of us have had a single problem.

 

[boyRacer]

Hmmm...i've heard a lot of good things about the Aopen AX6BCs but not just the regular AX6B. i suppose its older. I would keep the Abit though. IMO...the best Abit boards were 440bxs. Now if you have the very pretty Aopen AX6BX Pro Millenium Edition...i would definitely keep that one instead.

 

[cheric4]

I agree with BoYRaCeR. Abit made good 440BX boards, for OC'ers, they're the best. Of course, life after BX chipset, sucks for Abit.
I have built at least 20 systems based on Abit BX boards (BE, BH, BX and their sibblings). Never had a single problem. All these are OC'ed to higher speed.
What happened to Abit now???

 

[RickH]

I have had a dozen different processors on both boards, mostly overclocked Celerons. Life was more fun then (3 years ago). If you bought the right MB you could stick in a $100 processor, overclock it and it would work just like the $400 processor. Now you can buy a $100 T bird--stick it in any motherboard, even a $65 MB and get the same performance as the $400 processor without overclocking. I hate to say it, but my next machine will probably be a non-overclocked Tbird or even a P4. Hardware is so cheap now compared to a few years ago. R.

 

[Workin']

Yeah, Rick H, I agree with you regarding overclocking and performance bargains. This weekend I'm retiring my BH6/P3-750 (formerly 300A@464) in favor of a 1.4GHz Athlon on an ECS K7S5A. I've built a few rigs like that for other people, and the price/performance is simply amazing, especially if you go with DDR memory. Heck, the CPU, mobo, HSF, and 512MB DDR-SDRAM was only $240 from Newegg. Couldn't pass it up, the performance difference compared to my existing rig is HUGE, I mean jaw-dropping.

I'd keep the BH6 though (I'm keeping mine) - it makes an excellent secondary machine.