What is a high quality nForce board?

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Basically I built someone a machine right before the nForce came out, so I used the Asus A7VI-VM, which died on me. I have had terrible experence with the other Asus boards I have had, so I'm not particularly interested in their nForce offering (unless someone can convince me otherwise )...


So, has anyone had hands on experence with a board, and liked it?


Thanks.


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[Ryan]

Take a nice little trip to http://www.anandtech.com, http://www.tomshardware.com, http://www.neoseeker.com , or search the forum to find out

 

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cause a review is one thing... seeing people's actual experences can be another... i have been looking, and the abit NV7M dosent seem bad...

 

[AGodspeed]

An ASUS board died on you? I don't doubt that, but it's quite rare, since it's well known that ASUS's board are top-notch quality.

Well it looks like you want an all-in-one solution so...

In that case, I'd get the MSI K7N420 Pro. I have this board in my secondary rig. It was easy as pie to install, has been rock solid for 3 straight months, and performs extremely well (compared to my MSI K7 Master and most any other DDR board on the market). Newegg has the K7N420 for $135, which is definitely a good deal since it comes with LAN, NIC, modem, GeF2MX video, and nForce sound. Not to mention it's fast as hell of course.

It also depends if you want to overclock. The ASUS A7N266-E is supposed to be one of the best Socket A overclocking boards on the market, so I'd check that out (no first hand experience). It has all the same features as the MSI K7N420 board does. It is expensive though, which is just typical ASUS of course.

All the boards I mentioned are ATX. If you need mATX, Abit is the only one that has made such an nForce board. It comes with nForce sound, LAN, modem, and GeF2MX video (no NIC though). It's only $120 on pricewatch. Again, no first hand experience with this board, but supposedly it's just like any of the other nForce boards out on the market.

Good luck!