What's currently the best AMD64 supporting chipset?

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited April 2004 in Hardware
What's currently the best AMD64 supporting chipset? What's the best board currently available supporting Socket 754?

Thanks in advance.

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  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    MSI K8T NEO FISR2 :)

    It kicks ass.

    http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/motherboard-reviews/1284_1.html
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited April 2004
    i'm a fan of the new 250gb chipset. equally as fast as the other 2 and extremely feature rich
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited April 2004
    TheBaron wrote:
    i'm a fan of the new 250gb chipset. equally as fast as the other 2 and extremely feature rich

    I second that, the 250 Gb looks very promising indeed.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    MSI K8T NEO FISR2 :)

    It kicks ass.

    http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/motherboard-reviews/1284_1.html
    Okay cool thanks. Just out of interest, what are you thoughts on the Abit KV8-MAX3?

    TheBaron wrote:
    i'm a fan of the new 250gb chipset. equally as fast as the other 2 and extremely feature rich
    Got a linky?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    So.. lets go through this for those who can't read
    What's currently the best AMD64 supporting chipset? What's the best board currently available supporting Socket 754?

    The 250gb isn't currently available ;):p
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    So.. lets go through this for those who can't read



    The 250gb isn't currently available ;):p

    What a smack down! ;D

    When are those '250gb' boards available? Who makes them? VIA, Nvidia? Educate me people, educate me! :wink:
  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Spinner wrote:
    What a smack down! ;D

    When are those '250gb' boards available? Who makes them? VIA, Nvidia? Educate me people, educate me! :wink:


    http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=123

    as for current boards,I second Shorty. I have the MSI board and well... it makes me happy :D
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    mondi wrote:
    http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=123

    as for current boards,I second Shorty. I have the MSI board and well... it makes me happy :D
    Thanks bud. What's the Realtek Audio like? Say in comparison to the Soundstorm?
  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Spinner wrote:
    Thanks bud. What's the Realtek Audio like? Say in comparison to the Soundstorm?

    never used it, its in my main multimedia station so I use my Hammerfall card instead .. I havent heard much but I seem to remember that folks werent too impressed ... that being said though, I dont think any of the nvidia boards have soundstorm either. as soon as I take a break from all this madness ill give it a whirl and let you know ...
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    MSI K8T NEO FISR2 :)

    It kicks ass.

    http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/motherboard-reviews/1284_1.html


    AMEN TO THAT BROTHA!!!!!

    I have both the Abit board and the MSI MSI is the best
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    Okay, thanks for your time guys.

    Cheers
  • res0r9lmres0r9lm Florida
    edited April 2004
    all the chipsets are equal in speed so it's more which one has the features you want. In the past the reason different chipsets where faster or slow was because the memory controller was in the chipset. thats no longer the story
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    res0r9lm wrote:
    all the chipsets are equal in speed so it's more which one has the features you want. In the past the reason different chipsets where faster or slow was because the memory controller was in the chipset. thats no longer the story
    I see. The board isn't for me, I'm not quite ready to join Club64 myself :wink:. But the feature I desire most is stability. The MSI looks like it's up to the task though.

    Cheers
  • res0r9lmres0r9lm Florida
    edited April 2004
    Spinner wrote:
    I see. The board isn't for me, I'm not quite ready to join Club64 myself :wink:. But the feature I desire most is stability. The MSI looks like it's up to the task though.

    Cheers
    Yea that is a great feature isn't it? Athlon64 is alot of hype not that their not great but prices needs to go down. I seen they are starting to get some quad boards out I figured that would be a awesome board to have but after seeing the price of just one opteron 84* is enough to scare most people away. dude I don't think I want to pay $1400 for each cpu :rant:
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    Okay, I got the MSI for my client, great board, truely great board, however...

    I can't get the HD LED to work properly. I have managed to get it to light up to confirm the LED on the case does in fact function, but I can't get it to work as a HD access light. I've tried many different combinations of everything, the way the manual says to do it included. Has anyone had any problem like this with this board?

    The one and only hard drive is on the VIA SATA controller and working perfectly. Ideas?

    Cheers
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Yes, I had that problem with both my Abit IC7 and NF7. Ha ha, just reversed the polarity of the plugs on the motherboard pins - I simple put the plugs opposite to what the manual specified.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited April 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    Yes, I had that problem with both my Abit IC7 and NF7. Ha ha, just reversed the polarity of the plugs on the motherboard pins - I simple put the plugs opposite to what the manual specified.
    Hmmm. Yeah I never get it right first time he he, but it doesn't work either way in this instance. I've tried numerous combinations with regard to the other case wires, but nothing helps.

    It's very annoying. It makes me look like an ass to my client.
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