Need help choosing proper motherboard.

2007-01-15 13:54:14

#1

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6508|New York

Yep. I would like some suggestions as to what motherboard to get.

I have an AMD 3800+ X2 Manchester CPU. Socket 939!!

I will be buying this video card (PCI-E) because my current ATI X800XL is an AGP. (Booo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150202

Now, I have to match my CPU and video card with a nice motherboard. I only have one in mind so far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131530

It's currently out of stock, but the estimated time of arrival is only a week from now. Which will give me some time to get the necessary money and stuff together.

Suggestions / comments are always welcome and appreciated.

Last edited by {XpLiCiTxX} (2007-01-15 15:04:36)

2007-01-15 14:20:49

#2

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6531|N. Ireland

price range?

2007-01-15 14:21:14

#3

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|6680|Deep In The South Of Texas

Look into the abit KN8 SLi.

2007-01-15 14:21:49

#4

slo5oh: Member; +28|6699

I haven't had it, but I hear that's a good board, do you plan on OCing?

2007-01-15 15:01:23

#5

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6620|SE London

Asus A8N-SLI SE.

Best sort of budget 939 board around. It's really, really good.

2007-01-15 15:03:48

#6

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6508|New York

I don't need an SLI. I don't plan on ever using it. I would like to OC... eventually.

Regarding price range... I think that a good motherboard shouldn't have a price range... but I would like to keep it reasonable around $100.

2007-01-15 15:09:25

#7

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6620|SE London

You might not need it, but the better boards tend to have SLI and it's good to have the option there anyway.

The A8N boards OC pretty well.

2007-01-15 16:01:38

#8

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6508|New York

Okay, so say I buy a board with SLI compatibility and I choose not to run dual video cards... Will that effect the boards performance in any way?

Bertster7: You say, "but the better boards tend to have SLI" does that mean that the newer boards that have SLI are better than those boards without that capibility?

2007-01-15 17:38:27

#9

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|6680|Deep In The South Of Texas

There'll be no difference in performance(positive or negative) between a SLi board and non-SLi when running a single card.

Most of the better boards are indeed gonna be SLi capable, as that is the trend among enthusiasts. I never intend to run SLi on my board, but I bought it just the same because people had good things to say about it.

2007-01-15 17:48:49

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6639|132 and Bush

Get a mobo/chip combo and move on to c2d's .

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-15 18:43:24

#11

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6508|New York

Kmarion wrote:
Get a mobo/chip combo and move on to c2d's .

Yeah, but that would mean I'm gonna be spending a shit load more $$ than I expected. I would need new RAM, CPU, and mobo... I'm buying a new Video card anyway, but still...

I'm gonna keep this rig within my budget for now. My next rig will be a C2D, but I'm gonna wait definitely over a year to do that. I just want to cure the problem at hand for now.

2007-01-15 18:44:33

#12

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6639|132 and Bush

{XpLiCiTxX} wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Get a mobo/chip combo and move on to c2d's .
Yeah, but that would mean I'm gonna be spending a shit load more $$ than I expected. I would need new RAM, CPU, and mobo... I'm buying a new Video card anyway, but still...

I'm gonna keep this rig within my budget for now. My next rig will be a C2D, but I'm gonna wait definitely over a year to do that. I just want to cure the problem at hand for now.

I understand, good luck.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-16 13:30:59

#13

{XpLiCiTxX}: Ohh skeet skeet; +143|6508|New York

I read all the reviews on this board... It took me a few hours and did some research on it through the OC Forums.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813131569

For around $75 I think I'm gonna go with this one, unless something here has something awful to say about it.

2007-01-16 13:39:07

#14

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6452|Finland

i got Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe rev.1 (got it two weeks after release) and i have lots of problems with it. but this baby OCs like OMFG! 300MHz OC with 3500+ and stable. too bad if I OC more it will kill my PSU cuz it's a crappy 380w antec. -> gotta buy Be quiet! Dark power Pro 750w, it has 4 pci-e power cables and it so cool and quiet

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2007-01-20 09:30:57

#15

AWSMsniper: Member; +3|6348

GC_PaNzerFIN:
not a bad board, the A8N-SLI deluxe, but the rev 1 always have problems. So the A8N-SLI and A8N32-SLI board are like the greatest 939 boards
but, if u wanted to use socket AM2. u need to look harder.
I have AM2, but my M2N-32 SLI is like $200

Last edited by AWSMsniper (2007-01-20 09:31:36)

2007-01-20 09:56:10

#16

Cookie.VXT: Bringer Of Cookies.; +178|6474|UK

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 Nvidia NF4 ATX - Sound 2 x GIGA LAN 1394a USB 2.0 1066 MHz FSB SATA-R

you cant go wrong

2007-01-20 10:00:32

#17

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|6710

Abit AN8 32X PERIOD!

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