Wanted: advice on good socket A board to buy

[Barefoot]

I'm searching for a good Socket A board. I have three right now, but I can't use them because the capacitors are too close to the socket, and thus I can't use my Orb on it...meaning I can't overclock it like I wanted to. I need some advice on a reliable board that has at least a half-inch between the socket tabs and the nearest capacitors. If you happen to be selling one of these boards also, let me know. Thanks!

 

[alarcon]

Why Don´t you change your Orb, for a better Heastsink, GlobalWin, Alpha or Taisol ?

 

[Barefoot]

I may if it comes down to it. I'd like to get another board, though, first. So, let's see if there is any advice about the topic, shall we? Thanks.

 

[SpongeBob]

Huh!!!! A board cost roughly $110-200, a new HSF costs $10-30. Why would you want to use the ORB that badly??

 

[MikeO]

No offence to you!, but..

Dont you people get tired to ask this question over and over again?
This must be at least tenth "what mobo should I get?" thread I've
read in past few days.

And the answers are always the same. One recommends Abit, other Asus
and so on..

 

[shipwreck]

don't forget Iwill I agree with the previous poster though, why choose your mobo around your HSF, when the ORb (IMHO) is really not that great a HSF to start with

 

[Barefoot]

Thanks for all the straight answers, guys. If I wanted to spend 3 hours sifting through all the threads on here to try and find the answers to my question, I would. But I don't have that time. If y'all could give me just 3 responses that actually relate to the topic, instead of this stupid thread crapping, I could let this thread sink and die. But I really appreciate how you waste my time!

 

[SCSIfreek]

ASUS A7V133 Nuff said


--SCSI
P.S. Make sure you update the BIOS

 

[shipwreck]

and with manners like that, I'm sure you'll get tons of help. Enjoy your orb

 

[Binky]

Any board in the Asus A7V family (A7V133), the MSI K7T family (K7T Turbo), or the Abit KT7A-Raid are all good boards. You'll usually see people debating these few boards as the best. Ditch the Orb and grab an FOP32 or an Alpha.

For all you people giving this guy a hard time, THIS IS A FORUM, IT'S ABOUT POSTING AND READING. I don't understand why a person can't post a question that has been asked thousands of times. We're all here to read, learn, and possibly help people. If you cant help, don't reply! If it bugs you that much that people always ask the same question, then stay the hell out of the forums.

 

[Barefoot]

THANK YOU! For a moment, I thought I was nuts to expect that of people...

I appreciate those of you who are giving me the answers I am looking for. I am trying to find boards to use my orbs with because I got them free, so naturally that is preferrable to shelling out $20 or $20 for a slightly better HSF...

 

[shipwreck]

The only reason I said it might be better to get a new HSF is that you said you've already bought three boards. Even if your returning these, I'm sure its got to be costing you something in shipping. You didn't say what boards you've tried, but I can definitely say that the latest Iwills won't be condusive to your HSF b/c the capacitors ae very close to the socket. Nobody was "threadcrapping you", but it just seemed odd that you were willing to choose a board based on your orb. Next time consider that it doesn't hurt you if people post anwswers to your thread that you don't want. Just look past them if you don't like the content. I wouldn't whave wasted MY time posting if I didn't think I had something to contribute.