whats the MOST STABLE athlon MB?

[moorehed]

i'm not going to be overclocking, i just want a STABLE MB. what do you guys reccomend?

and while im asking, are there any really good heatsync/fans you recommend? thanks

 

[Biggs]

Well, there are many stable Athlon boards out in the market right now but I'll give you a little hint. When one speaks of MSI boards, the first thought that comes to mind is stability.

 

[moorehed]

thanks... is msi the chipset? could you tell me a little about it? which board has it? so far im thinking the epox board... only prob is i dont think it will work with the pilarmo or whatever... . whens that chip due out? any reviews on it? thx

 

[Biggs]

MSI or MicroStar Inc. is a big-arse company that makes lotsa things like motherboards. The Epox DDR solution is getting raves currently, some reviews can be found here and another one over there.

 

[ericboo]

I just installed the MSI K7T Turbo R, and considering it has RAID and on-board audio and $110 from Newegg, I am happy. I am having a little trouble in the overclocking department, but other than that, I like it. Everyone should be running RAID.

I get temps of 40c for the cpu with a Global Win FOP32-1, and find no need for the Delta fan I had on it when it was in A7V.

But when I called tech support because the CMOS jumper was on reset and the board would not boot, I got hung up on in the middle of a sentence by some pee on who needs an ass-whooping. But that's another story...

 

[moorehed]

anyone know what the difference is b/w the epox 8KTA, th e8kta2, the e8kta3 etc? thanks.

 

[Biggs]

"anyone know what the difference is b/w the epox 8KTA, th e8kta2, the e8kta3 etc? thanks."

Sir, this would be a good place to start.

 

[Bingo13]

Asus A7M266 for everyday operations, Epox 8K7A+ for overclocking.

 

[chansen]

Bingo, Bingo.