Which mobo to get

[Ckleijne]

Need input from the forum which mobo I should get.Any input is appreciated.Pros and cons of either

 

[Amaroque]

Depends on what your objectives are. Are you going to overclock?

 

[flamingspinach]

Asus K8N-E Deluxe. Asus makes the most stable boards, and has the most awesome BIOSes. Also IIRC the MSI Neo has a VIA chipset. Asus has nForce3 Ultra 250Gb, and nForce 0wnz all.

-fs

 

[Amaroque]

Originally posted by: flamingspinach
Asus K8N-E Deluxe. Asus makes the most stable boards, and has the most awesome BIOSes. Also IIRC the MSI Neo has a VIA chipset. Asus has nForce3 Ultra 250Gb, and nForce 0wnz all.

-fs

Not true. The MSI K8N Neo is an nVidia chipset...

CPU AMD Athlon64 754-pin processors
Chipset NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb
FSB 200 MHz
BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS
Memory 3 DDR DIMMS, up to 2 GB
Expansion slots 1 x AGP, 5 x PCI
Onboard IDE NVIDIA integrated controller supporting 2 x ATA 133 and 4 x SATA 150 ports with support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 across all ports
USB 2.0 4 rear panel / 2 headers supporting 2 ports (8 ports total)
IEEE 1394 1 rear panel / 2 headers supports 1 port each (3 ports total)
AGP AGP 4x/8x
Audio 8-Channel Realtek codec with S/PDIF output ports
NIC NVIDIA integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller in rear panel

 

[flamingspinach]

That's the Neo2, is it not?

edit: Oh, you're right. The Neo2 Platinum is nForce3 Ultra (s939), the Neo Platinum is nForce3 Ultra 250Gb (s754), and the Neo-FIS2R (what I was thinking of) is VIA K8T800. Sorry, my mistake.

-fs

 

[Ckleijne]

I'm probably not going to overclock,just searching for a good board and stability.Here's my setup I have sofar:
Amd 64 3400 754
BFG 6800 gt oc
Wd160sata...getting one more to set up raid
Sound audigy 2 zs plat
dvd rw
All I have left to pretty much get is the mobo and a gig of memory.

 

[Ike0069]

If you don't plan on OC'in, I'd go with the ASUS or an Epox.

 

[Amaroque]

Out of the choices you presented... I would go with the ASUS. My preferance is ASUS over MSI.

ASUS didn't make an NF3U board. That's the only reason why I'm using an MSI board myself.

 

[Duvie]

Use the epox then..It is a heck of a lot cheaper and will always have those ocing options later if you want to extend the usefulness of the chip...

 

[Jotho]

I've read about people having problems with the MSI, but there's no complaints from me so far

One word of caution though, certain CPU Hsf's (ie. Zalman 7700) barely fit on the K8N Neo, so consider that before you buy. Otherwise though, I'm sure you'd be content with either.

 

[ayman]

Take a look at the DFI Lanparty UT. For socket 754 it's a very stable board with many features and this one has nForce3 !

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...jsp?ProductCode=246478

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...tion=13-136-147&depa=0

Same price @ $109.


If you want MSI they have the Neo Platinum nForce3 for skt 754 for $103.

For a skt 754 Asus board the "K8N-E Deluxe" is reasonably priced at $129 and that is also equipped with nForce3 chipset.

 

[mistue]

i can only say the neo mobo will work great with ur bfg 6800 gt. i have the 6800 ultra now and neo2 mobo amd 3200, wit a gig of geil ram. no problems rock solid. dont oc so dont know how board will perform. easy up dates with msi program. i can say u wont go wrong with either. good luck.

 

[imported_lockdown]

Well I can't speak for every one but I had major issues with MSI boards in fact I went through 5 Msi on one system because the JB1 connect for the cpu fan would short out and my cpu would all most burn up. I have all ways thought MSI makes cheap boards.

I recommend the ASUS.

 

[CraigRT]

I'd go with the DFI Lanparty UT for S754.. but my next choice would be the K8N-E deluxe. I use a lot of K8N's for work and for customers, and they are solid, stable, reliable boards. I like them.