Which mobo

TorsoTorso
edited December 2004 in Hardware
At the moment these are three are the ones im looking at,

1.GIGABYTE GA-K8NSNXP-939 $249 AUD
2.GIGABYTE GA-K8NS Ultra-939 $185 AUD
3.MSI K8T NEO2-F Motherboard $189 AUD

The other specs for the system will be
cpu, 3200, maybe 3500
hdd, Western digital 200gig sata
ram, Not sure at this point in time, 1 gig
psu, antec 550 or enermax 470
video, still looking, any suggestions.

which board would be the best for this system, are there any other ones i should be looking at the are better than these ones? what should i be looking for in a motherboard.

Comments

  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited December 2004
    I can't wait till you get an answer Torso. I am looking at the same 3 motherboards myself...... ;D;D
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited December 2004
    The MSI if any but, a little more info is needed here. What CPU specifically? I am assuming that you are just looking at a 64 and not an FX, right? What are you going to be doing with the system? Do you plan to OC? What is your budget? Let's get some of that out here before you go off the deep end. As for the vid card, depending on the board, you will have a lot of different options on that. You definately came to the right place though!
  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited December 2004
    I will be going with the AMD3200+ s939 64bit winchester core 90nm. Mine is for gaming..... overclocking maybe a little, just to try my hand at it. My main concern is stability. I want to put my money in good quality ram and a good graphics card. I have about $1500 to spend. I talked to Torso and his needs are about the same, though he might have a little more cash to spend.....
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Stay away from gigabyte mobo's Thier vid cards are good but mobo's are not
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited December 2004
    Gnome's advice about the Gigabyte mobos is pretty good. It seems like most of the consumer level boards Gigabyte has come out with in the last few years have issues of 1 type or another. Here's another vote for the MSI board.

    Also, I would recommend the Antec over the Enermax psu too. Better build quality IMO. I have the TrueControl 550 and it's rock solid and I used to have an Enermax 651P-VE 550 watt psu, which bit the big one a couple of months ago and took the mobo out with it too. :rolleyes:
  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited December 2004
    Well my mind is made up. I have heard so much about the MSI K8N neo2 Platinum from almost everyone in this forum. That is the way I will go. Sorry to hear about the Enermax power supply that gave you grief. I just bought a EG475P-Ve Enermax for the new system. I was told Antec and Enermax are both very good power supplies. The Enermax cost a little more and I have been running one in my present system for 3 years with no problems. Now that my mind is made up on the motherboard I can start reading about the different kinds of ram that I should use with it...Thanks all for the input
  • TorsoTorso
    edited December 2004
    well it sounds like the MSI has one this battle. only a few more choices to be made.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited December 2004
    The MSI K8N Neo4 (NF4 Ultra PCIe) is also shaping up to be killer!

    Tbreak: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
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