Any recommend a good Socket A M/B?

[Simon6795]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a new Socket A M/B, I've had a look and the ABIT NF7-S2G seems like a good board. Any one else have any suggestions? I'd prefer to avoid Silicon Image on-board RAID though i had nothing but problems on my Gigabyte board with it! Seems the NF7-S2G uses Nvidia built in SATA RAID.

Cheers

[Tmod]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a new Socket A M/B, I've had a look and the ABIT NF7-S2G seems like a good board. Any one else have any suggestions? I'd prefer to avoid Silicon Image on-board RAID though i had nothing but problems on my Gigabyte board with it! Seems the NF7-S2G uses Nvidia built in SATA RAID.

Cheers

The Abit NF7-S v2.0 is a great board and the problems with the Silicon Image on the Gigabyte is Gigabytes problems not the fault of Silicon Image.

Tmod

[Mt_Goat]

I would avoid the NF7-S2G as it is no where near the board the NF7-S is. Although the NF7-S has the SI controller most people have not experienced many problems. I have had zero problems with the 3 that reside in my house. This said, I heartilly recomend the Abit NF7-S (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-166&depa=1) or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-138&depa=1).

[GHoosdum]

I recommend the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.

[edcentric]

Do you want to overclock? If so the Lanparty is the way to go.
My Abit NF7-S mobos have worked great.
I assume that you have a cpu, because you know that socket A cpus will go away real soon.

[Simon6795]

Thanks for the replies fellas, Yeah i think my Gigabyte board 7n400 Pro 2 has nearly had it. I was just going to swap the boards over and keep CPU, memory, Graphics card. I did think about going for a A64 but with the change over to PCI-E at the minute it would hit my wallet fairly hard with new CPU, memory, Graphics card to buy.

[Omega65]

I would avoid the NF7-S2G as it is no where near the board the NF7-S is. Although the NF7-S has the SI controller most people have not experienced many problems. I have had zero problems with the 3 that reside in my house. This said, I heartilly recomend the Abit NF7-S (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-166&depa=1) or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-138&depa=1).

Mtgoat reecommendations are on the money!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Bear in mind though you can grab a Athlon 64 S939 3000+ & NF3-250GB (w AGP) combo for >$225 if you keep your eyes open.

[Thrax]

I second (third?) mtgoat's recommendation: Abit NF7-S and the DFI LANParty ULTRA-B are ridiculously good.

[muddocktor]

I also go along 100% with mtgoat's recommendations. If you are looking for a cheaper board than the Abit or DFI boards, the Shuttle AN35N Ultra is also a very nice board, but doesn't have Soundstorm like the NF7-S does.

[Mt_Goat]

If price is an issue I would recomend theMSI K7N2 DELTA2-LSR (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-475&depa=1) in addition to and even slightly higher than the Shuttle AN35N-Ultra (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-150-045&depa=1) muddocktor mentioned. All of the boards mentioned so far are good suggestions with the NF7-S being my favorite as well as the best bang for your cash.

[floppybootstomp]

I would avoid the NF7-S2G as it is no where near the board the NF7-S is. Although the NF7-S has the SI controller most people have not experienced many problems. I have had zero problems with the 3 that reside in my house. This said, I heartilly recomend the Abit NF7-S (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-166&depa=1) or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-138&depa=1).

Another :thumbsup: for this advice. The Lan Party is great for overclocking and has lots of really nice features.

I'm using one with 2 x 35Gb Raptors in a RAID 0 - no probs, it runs well.

[Simon6795]

Ok thanks for the advice fella's much appreciated :thumbsup: :) I'm not too bothered about O/C just a board to tied me over until i go for an A64 later on this year