Best socket 754 mobo?

tmh88tmh88 Pittsburgh / Athens, OH
edited June 2005 in Hardware
Hey guys, I'm looking into buying a new socket 754 motherboard for an AMD 64 3200+, and I was just wondering which one you think is the best. Right now I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe, and I had some bad experiences with it. When I first got it, my pc wouldnt boot, so then I had to return it, and then the next one that came, one of the ram slots was f*ed up, and it didn't work. So I returned that, and now I got a working one. So I would prefer not to get an ASUS, unless you know that one of the models is very good. thanks

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  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited May 2005
    Have used several MSI s754's and all have been solid

    Tex
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2005
    if you want to keep your agp video card...

    for overclocking the dfi lanparty nf3 250gb is the best...
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136147

    also heard good things about the abit nf8
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127190

    if you want to move up to pciex16 graphics....

    msi (this one has an AGP-like slot too!)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130493

    epox
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123244

    :thumbsup:
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2005
    I can vouch for the DFI NF3-250Gb board being a great board with a lot of features for $100. It even comes with rounded cables and is very tunable. :D I've built 2 folding systems with those boards using mobile 3000+ DTR's and they kick much butt. :thumbsup:
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited May 2005
    Mud: You never let me know... did the mobile cpu you bought from me do OK?

    Tex
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2005
    Yeah Tex, no problem at all getting it up and going on the DFI board. It's an earlier C0 stepping and doesn't overclock as well as my CG stepping I bought from the Egg, but 2430 MHz still isn't nothing to sneeze at. :thumbsup: Plus it was around $40 cheaper too. :D

    Great deal, Tex!
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Tex wrote:
    Have used several MSI s754's and all have been solid

    Tex
    Both my 64 rigs are MSI motherboard powered and are great :)

    Server = K8T NEO (Via chipset)
    Desktop = K8N Platinum (nForce3 chipset)
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited May 2005
    I'm considering the lanparty nf3 board for my next system. If not I'll probably use the lanparty nf4! DFI seems to be pretty good right now. :)
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    best stable no fuss and OC's good

    MSI K8N Neo Platinum Socket 754


    best OC'er and very stable with more settings and goodies than you ever had before

    DFI LANPARTY UT nF3
  • raptorsraidraptorsraid moore, oklahoma
    edited June 2005
    muddocktor wrote:
    I can vouch for the DFI NF3-250Gb board being a great board with a lot of features for $100. It even comes with rounded cables and is very tunable. :D I've built 2 folding systems with those boards using mobile 3000+ DTR's and they kick much butt. :thumbsup:


    question for muddocktor or if any other has the answer, I just put together a lan party nf3 250g mobo and a athlon64 3000 dtr i upgraded to the latest bios and am only able to use a multiplier of 9 in the genie bios, it freezes up after that what did you do to make it see the full 2ghz (@least), I would like to oc it as far as I can, thanks for any info
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