Which AM2 Mobo?

[Overkill0001]

ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX - $94.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131022

DFI INFINITY NF ULTRAII-M2 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX - $96.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813136015

Which AM2 mobo to get? -$100 budget

 

[Zap]

Welcome to the forums, and BTW Fusetalk uses slightly different code for tags.

Your motherboard choice may be determined by other factors besides which is "better." Do you want a quiet computer? The Asus uses a passive heatpipe cooler for the chipset. Do you want to have a bunch of SATA devices? Asus has 6x SATA while DFI has 4x. Have a bunch of EIDE drives? DFI can support 4x while Asus only 2x. Overclocking? If the DFI is anything like the socket 939 versions, the Infinity boards weren't too bad in that department. Want the latest chipset? Asus has the newer "5" series.

 

[River Side]

Originally posted by: Zap
If the DFI is anything like the socket 939 versions

that's the whole problem.. we don't know.. everyone's so busy with Conroe, no one's bothered to test the AM2 mobos for their overclocking potential to let us AM2 prospective buyer's know which mobo to go with for overclocking..

 

[acegazda]

I thought the infinity boards were slightly inferior to the lanparty boards in overclocking ability... another factor in your choice will be you RAM, the asus will only take certain RAM, such as corsiar, and many with infineon chips... some samsung chips too. There is a compatability list on asus' website. I would link it but it's a downloadble pfd file and doesn't have a url. Go here and click on qvl downloads at the left bar. I'm not sure about dfi RAM compatability...