Which MOBO

[Shizzle]

ok i have nearly got ecerything worked out this is my system below and i want to know which mobo would suit it, the mobo needs to have room for more memory futherdown the track (eg 4 slots), must hol 7800GT or 6800GT and i think i will be doing a little bit of OC'ing....cheers this is the final stage of my PC selecting etc

 

[Shizzle]

bump

 

[Shizzle]

ill got the Asus A8N-E SLI Premium! with sli for future setup

 

[raildogg]

sure, go ahead and overspend.

but I will still recommend this board if you want to spend your money wisely

link

 

[Shizzle]

whats wrong with it? should i go just the A8N-E Sli not the premium?

 

[Shizzle]

ok what about the

Gigabyte-K8N Pro-SLI or GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939

yes/no?

or what would you suggest?

 

[alimoalem]

no. gigabyte sucks according to my experiences

epox or ASRock is good

 

[Shizzle]

i need more people opinions thought more then 1's opinion so what you think guys?

 

[Shizzle]

this is the last thing i need to know before i order plz help me out ! which mobo would be best suited? and would one of the 2 i listed above be good?

 

[Wentelteefje]

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum, or its smaller brother, MSI K8N Neo4-F... Although not SLI (but that's a feature I wouldn't spend money on IMHO... I just don't like the fact that a single 7800GTX can outperform a SLI setup with 2 6800GT's worth $ 800 most of the time..), they offer nice overclocking capabilities (mine went to 331 "FSB" with a 3000+ Venice) and have a lot of features...

I don't have personal experience with them, but I'd say that AsRock probably isn't very overclocker friendly (maybe that's changed now, I don't know!), but I always thought their aim was just to make mainboards that are stable, and make them as cheap as possible (a bit like ECS).

I've had GigaByte mainboards (although not for Socket 939), and I was very happy with them, they always proved to be very stable... so I'd consider GigaByte too...

Other brands that you'll certainly be happy with (for overclocking): DFI, Abit, EPoX, ASUS... if you pick one of those, you shouldn't run into troubles... Just stay away from the K8T890 mainboards... Their feature set isn't that rich, their overclocking capacities aren't as good, and performance is mostly below the one of nForce4...

 

[Shizzle]

Ive chosen this MOBO is it good? or is there a cheaper one thats just as good?

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX AMD Motherboard $239

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: Shizzle
Ive chosen this MOBO is it good? or is there a cheaper one thats just as good?

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ATX AMD Motherboard $239

Dude why would you go with that board????

Go with something less expensive that's just as good if not better.

I would look at DFI Ultra nForce4 boards or the Epox 9npa+. You really shouldn't go for SLI in my opinion, if you are going SLI for future expansion it's a waste....when the time comes you are ready to get another card for SLI config there will be single card alternatives that will be faster then two older cards in a SLI setup.

I would check out the 7800GTX from eVGA that comes with the eVGA MOBO, you could get that instead of the 7800GT and the ASUS board and save money with a much nicer video card.

 

[Shizzle]

hows this mobo?

Epox 9NPA+ Ultra NF4U s939 $192

or is MSI mobos any good?

for example the MSI K8N Neo 4-FI 1394 Nforce Ultra $130

 

[acole1]

yall are smokin' too much... none other will do for OCing than the DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR ... check out reviews and benchmarks anywhere and you will be blown away by its versatility and power.

only $169.95 and that is $4.95 more than the non-SLI... so why not get SLI?

 

[Shizzle]

Originally posted by: acole1
yall are smokin' too much... none other will do for OCing than the DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR ... check out reviews and benchmarks anywhere and you will be blown away by its versatility and power.

only $169.95 and that is $4.95 more than the non-SLI... so why not get SLI?

this card is said to break easily!

 

[acole1]

Originally posted by: Shizzle

Originally posted by: acole1
yall are smokin' too much... none other will do for OCing than the DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR ... check out reviews and benchmarks anywhere and you will be blown away by its versatility and power.

only $169.95 and that is $4.95 more than the non-SLI... so why not get SLI?

this card is said to break easily!

was that english???

thats a motherboard, not a card, and nowhere is it said to "break easily" that i have found.

 

[kamranziadar]

DFI ULTRA D or MSI NEO4 PLATINUM

 

[Shizzle]

it says it in the link you sent me (read comments)

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR


plus thats not in australian dollars and in aud its $350 odd, i dont want to spend more than $200 AUD on a motherboard

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: Shizzle
Epox 9NPA+ Ultra NF4U s939 $192

You already said all you need to know.

 

[Shizzle]

is that a decnt card with no problems?

 

[ribbon13]

its not a card its a board, and the box should come with a sticker say 'AnandTech Editors Choice Award" on it, if that tells you anything.

 

[Shizzle]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
its not a card its a board, and the box should come with a sticker say 'AnandTech Editors Choice Award" on it, if that tells you anything.

which board you reffering to?

 

[Lasthitlarry]

Everyone has offered good suggestions, and you still want to spend 200 dollars on a mobo for some reason...

I suggest the EPoX or the ASUS or even the MSI

 

[Shizzle]

ive looked at them but they have problem accoring to the reviews

 

[Tea Bag]

Reviews? As in CUSTOMER reviews from the sellers website? Just save yourself some cash and get the EPoX.