Which mobo to use?

[wayliff]

EPOX EP-90NPA-Ultra

or

Asus A8N5X.

I will not be overclocking.

Will use either a Ahtlon 3700+, Opteron 146 or x2 3800. Not sure yet.
Also I hope to use a Radeon X800GTO.

Thanks

 

[Jorakal]

May I ask why these 2 boards?

 

[wayliff]

I have read the reviews on the EPOX and I like what I have read.
No particular reason for the ASUS.

In addition, my budget for new mobo tops at 110.

 

[firewall]

MSIs are in that range...... I would go for an Asus out of the given choices.

 

[firewall]

Additon to previous post:

Unless an AT review states otherwise!

 

[imported_fatal]

Go wish an Asus 😉

 

[Jorakal]

The A8N5X is an nforce4 board. If you want SATA II then go with the ASUS ultra board A8N-E.

 

[jakesdad]

I like my Abit KN8 Ultra. Very stable so far. Running 4600+ X2 and 2 GB. I'm not overclocking other than forcing the 4 ram sticks to their SPD of DDR400 (it wants to throttle it down to 333 with 4 sticks like all mb's want to do with that memory setup).

First complete build and it made me a fan. A few quirks though that I already read about so I was prepared for. But it seemed to be the least problematic of all the boards out there that met my needs.

Oh, and it's just under $100.00.

Joel

 

[DL402]

Im also wondering what to get between those 2 mobos, my cpu will most likely be a x2 3800+, and im getting a xfx geforce 6800 gs xxx

 

[wayliff]

which mobo to get that has passive cooling instead of a fan like the asus A8N5X?
Under 110.