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fompea
Can't Stop Posting
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 650
Location: Las Vegas
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 Posted: 10/01/04 - 13:43 Post subject: Good motherboards
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ASUS?
GIGABYTE?
MSI?
Looking for a decent Socket A motherboard.
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Goraz
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 3736
Location: Philadelphia
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 13:45 Post subject:
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asus.
Never had a problem and they have great bios support. flexible, easy to OC etc.. and very stable... make sure its not an SiS chipset though, they are SHIT.
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kemble
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 1909
Location: MI
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 13:46 Post subject:
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I like Asus. Used to use abit, but don't anymore.
quoth the raven.
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Kurel
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 1877
Location: Cali
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 13:56 Post subject:
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Can't go wrong with ASUS or ABIT.
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Owyyn
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 2900
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 14:05 Post subject:
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Every Abit board I have ever bought has fried itself, without overclocking or anything. Get asus, abit sucks.
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Nobonius
Sir Postalot
Joined: 27 Dec 2002
Posts: 1121
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 14:17 Post subject:
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Asus for the win.
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Paco
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Joined: 13 Oct 2002
Posts: 12939
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 14:47 Post subject:
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| Nobonius wrote: | | Asus for the win. |
vv3rd
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Meeatsu
Sir Postalot
Joined: 10 Nov 2002
Posts: 1083
Location: St. Louis, Mo
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 15:02 Post subject:
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Asus, ABit and DFI are the best. Biostar makes decent motherboards aswell. MSI is half and half, some of their boards are awesome, and some are pure crap. Gigabyte is alright, no real experience with those tho. Soyo sucks, stay away from them.
Another thing that is kinda more important then who the actual manufactorer is, is which chipset the motherboard uses. From personal experiences, VIA and SIS chipsets suck small penis compared Nvidia's Nforce 2 (Ultra 400 in particular) Socket A chipset. The onboard sound called "SoundStorm" alone is worth using a Nforce motherboard.
For the absolute best SocketA you can get, look for a Asus board using the Nforce 2 Ultra chipset. Like this http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-478&depa=1.
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Starks
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Joined: 17 Oct 2002
Posts: 865
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 15:33 Post subject:
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meeat, i got that style mobo and have had no probs. Thing i like too is the windows upgradeable BIOS. no more floppies
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sinrakin
RealPoor Master of Posts
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 7044
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 15:38 Post subject:
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I've gotten Abit motherboards for my last few. They've always been fine. My only complaint is that Abit seems to drop support (BIOS upgrades, mainly) for them relatively quickly. Although maybe other manufacturers do too.
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Frashii
Sir Postalot
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 1338
Location: Anchorage, AK
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 16:06 Post subject:
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I used to be a huge fan of Asus, but the last 3 experiences with them have turned me off.
I buy Abit or Gigbyte now. You get lots more bang for the buck, and not really paying the premium for the auss name, which doesnt mean shit anymore, imho.
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Overon
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 3602
Location: PLANE OF PIXIES
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 16:34 Post subject:
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| Frashii wrote: | I used to be a huge fan of Asus, but the last 3 experiences with them have turned me off.
I buy Abit or Gigbyte now. You get lots more bang for the buck, and not really paying the premium for the auss name, which doesnt mean shit anymore, imho. |
i totally agree
my asus board had problems (p4c800-e deluxe) .. i RMAd it and sold it on ebay for more than i bought my abit board for (ic7), and the abit board is working perfectly (aside from the fan on the chipset that i keep getting free replacements of because it sucks .. but thats really a non-issue)
let me see
asus board bought for $180
asus board f***s up
asus board RMAd
asus board sold for $150
abit board bought for $110
abit board works like a charm
abit fan RMAd over and over again and i have 3 ultracool broken chipset fans glued to my wall for free
$40 profit made on selling asus board after buying abit board to replace it
im going with abit on this one
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Meeatsu
Sir Postalot
Joined: 10 Nov 2002
Posts: 1083
Location: St. Louis, Mo
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Posted: 10/01/04 - 16:43 Post subject:
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Yah, Abit is good. Their nf7 boards are really popular among the overclocking crowd. They're really realiable and well made boards.
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