What would you buy? (MOBO/CPU)

 > 7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU

From personal experience, never had a problem with two Gigabyte mb's.

I have no prejudice, but I can't see paying more for something if I can get
it for less with the same, or better, results and performance. AMD. Why
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:42:07 -0500, "George" <george.RemoveThis@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

 >not bad, you narrowed it down to only 16 choices...

Yah I Know,,,,I just thought one or two would jump out at someone as
either something to avoid or something to jump for.

Thanks anyway.



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<oh.TakeThisOut@boy.com> wrote in message
news:08j4q0pvvjnns17gkvmoullvp64fk13pdv@4ax.com...
 > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:42:07 -0500, "George" <george.TakeThisOut@nospam.invalid>
 > wrote:
 >
  > >not bad, you narrowed it down to only 16 choices...
 >
 > Yah I Know,,,,I just thought one or two would jump out at someone as
 > either something to avoid or something to jump for.

Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
mainboard...

- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
- NON Via chipset
- Onboard gigabit NIC
- Onboard 6+ channel sound
- Sata onboard
- Firewire onboard
- USB 2

....and the nice to have's...

- PCIe slots
- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as server,
etc.)

I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:13:42 GMT, "Noozer" <dont.spam.TakeThisOut@me.here> wrote:


 >Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
 >mainboard...
 >
 >- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
 >- NON Via chipset
 >- Onboard gigabit NIC
 >- Onboard 6+ channel sound
 >- Sata onboard
 >- Firewire onboard
 >- USB 2
 >
 >...and the nice to have's...
 >
 >- PCIe slots
 >- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as server,
 >etc.)
 >
 >I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
 >cash you have available)
 >


Thanks

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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:37:36 GMT, oh.TakeThisOut@boy.com wrote:

 >I am trying to decide between AMD and Pentium and after that the
 >following:
 >
 >AMD:
 >1) FIC K8-800T K8T800 / VT8237 + Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 CPU
 >2) ECS - 755-A2 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3400 or 3400+ CPU
 >3) Gigabyte GA-K8VM800 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3000+ CPU
 >4) Chaintech SK8T800 + ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
 >5) TidalWave W32 + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 >6) Biostar K8VGA-M + AMD ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
 >7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 > MSI - K8N Neo + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 >
 >or PENTIUM:
 >1) ?ASRock? P4VT8 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz 1MB Cache Prescott W/HEATSINK
 >2) ASUS P4P800S + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 >3) ECS PM800-M2 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 >4) SOYO P4VTE+ Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 >5) ?ASRock? 775I65G+Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 >6) Abit AS8 LGA775 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 >7) Gigabyte GA-8IPE775-G8 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 > ECS 915P-A ( 915PA ) + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU


K8N Neo combo

 >or?????

Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus or
msi.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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  > >Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
  > >mainboard...
  > >
  > >- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
  > >- NON Via chipset
  > >- Onboard gigabit NIC
  > >- Onboard 6+ channel sound
  > >- Sata onboard
  > >- Firewire onboard
  > >- USB 2
  > >
  > >...and the nice to have's...
  > >
  > >- PCIe slots
  > >- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as
server,
  > >etc.)
  > >
  > >I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
  > >cash you have available)

 > Thanks
 >
 > You don't like VIA?

VIA is buggy, regardless of what anyone says. Just avoid the headache
whenever possible.

MSI makes an OK board, but for the price I find that the omit a lot of
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"kony" wrote:
 > oh DeleteThis @boy.com wrote:
  > >or?????
 >
 > Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus, or
 > msi.

Yep.

Jon<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:15:00 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
<jonREMOVETHISdanniken RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

 >"kony" wrote:
  >> Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus, or
  >> msi.
 >
 >Yep.
 >
 >Jon

OK guys.

I appreciate the advice. As you can guess I was at least in part
fishing for info. Nothing beats experience.

Anyway, I'll have to research nforce a little to see what nforce4
offers over nforce3 that might be advantageous for me,

Thanks again,<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Nforce4 will have PCI-e slots and ?updated? SATA. Most everything else will be
similar to the
Nforce 3-250gb.Depending on price and manufacturer.

   >>> Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus, or
   >>> msi.
  >>
  >>Yep.
  >>
  >>Jon
 >
 >OK guys.

 >I appreciate the advice. As you can guess I was at least in part
 >fishing for info. Nothing beats experience.

 >Anyway, I'll have to research nforce a little to see what nforce4
 >offers over nforce3 that might be advantageous for me,
 >
 >Thanks again,<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: What would you buy? (MOBO/CPU) 

Go with a 90nm socket 939 Athlon 64.



oh.DeleteThis@boy.com wrote:

 > I am trying to decide between AMD and Pentium and after that the
 > following:
 >
 > AMD:
 > 1) FIC K8-800T K8T800 / VT8237 + Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 CPU
 > 2) ECS - 755-A2 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3400 or 3400+ CPU
 > 3) Gigabyte GA-K8VM800 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3000+ CPU
 > 4) Chaintech SK8T800 + ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
 > 5) TidalWave W32 + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 > 6) Biostar K8VGA-M + AMD ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
 > 7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 > MSI - K8N Neo + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
 >
 > or PENTIUM:
 > 1) ?ASRock? P4VT8 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz 1MB Cache Prescott W/HEATSINK
 > 2) ASUS P4P800S + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 > 3) ECS PM800-M2 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 > 4) SOYO P4VTE+ Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
 > 5) ?ASRock? 775I65G+Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 > 6) Abit AS8 LGA775 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 > 7) Gigabyte GA-8IPE775-G8 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 > ECS 915P-A ( 915PA ) + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
 >
 > or?????
 >
 > Help will be appreciated.
 >
 > Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:18:23 -0500, JK <JK9821.TakeThisOut@netscape.net> wrote:

 >Go with a 90nm socket 939 Athlon 64.

What do you think of:

Abit AV8 VIA K8T800 Pro/ VT8237 chipset Socket 939 DDR 400 PC3200
Gigabyte LAN Audio 1 AGP 8x/4x 5 PCI ATX IEEE 1394 with cpu - AMD
ATHLON 64 3500+ 90nm 512k with cpu heatsink & fan Combo Kit

for $391.90 @ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bzboyz.com" target="_blank">www.bzboyz.com</a> ????

Someone warned against VIA though

Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:18:23 -0500, JK <JK9821.DeleteThis@netscape.net> wrote:

 >Go with a 90nm socket 939 Athlon 64.

What do you think of:

ABIT AV8 VIA K8T800 Pro/ VT8237 chipset Socket 939 DDR 400 PC3200
Gigabyte LAN Audio 1 AGP 8x/4x 5 PCI ATX IEEE 1394 with cpu - AMD
ATHLON 64 3500+ 90nm 512k with cpu heatsink & fan Combo Kit

for $391.90 @ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bzboyz.com" target="_blank">www.bzboyz.com</a>

as opposed to:

ASUS K8N-E Deluxe NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb Chipset Socket 754 AMD Athlon
64 & Sempron DDR400 PC3200 AGP8X 5PCI 8-channel Realtek Audio GB-LAN
IEEE 1394 ATX with cpu -AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ with cpu heatsink & fan
with 256MB PC3200 Memory w/1Yr Warranty

for $374.00 @ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.bzboyz.com" target="_blank">www.bzboyz.com</a>

Note the Asus has 256M PC3200 Memory


????

Someone warned against VIA though

Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:13:42 GMT, "Noozer" <dont.spam.DeleteThis@me.here> wrote:


 >Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
 >mainboard...
 >
 >- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
 >- NON Via chipset
 >- Onboard gigabit NIC
 >- Onboard 6+ channel sound
 >- Sata onboard
 >- Firewire onboard
 >- USB 2
 >
 >...and the nice to have's...
 >
 >- PCIe slots
 >- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as server,
 >etc.)
 >
 >I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
 >cash you have available)
 >


Thanks

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