Any recommend a good Socket A M/B?

Simon6795Simon6795
edited January 2005 in Hardware
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

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  • TmodTmod
    edited January 2005
    Simon6795 wrote:
    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_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    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 or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I recommend the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    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.
  • Simon6795Simon6795
    edited January 2005
    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.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited January 2005
    mtgoat wrote:
    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 or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B.

    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.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I second (third?) mtgoat's recommendation: Abit NF7-S and the DFI LANParty ULTRA-B are ridiculously good.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited January 2005
    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_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    If price is an issue I would recomend theMSI K7N2 DELTA2-LSR in addition to and even slightly higher than the Shuttle AN35N-Ultra 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.
  • floppybootstompfloppybootstomp Greenwich New
    edited January 2005
    mtgoat wrote:
    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 or the DFI LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B.

    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.
  • Simon6795Simon6795
    edited January 2005
    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
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