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by joeyc » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:36 pm

Ryan from Ohio wrote:That one package looked alright for $225 until I added some stuff and it was upto $400!
True, but thats a bad ass board and processor! You could downgrade quite a bit and still have a good computer.

by GlassWolf » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:29 pm

tigerdirect.com
they have a gateway system, good specs. $399 on sale after a $50 rebate.

I just ordered one for a friend, along with a 19" LCD and wifi card.
total cost was about $600

by Ryan from Ohio » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:51 pm

That one package looked alright for $225 until I added some stuff and it was upto $400!

by mspiegle » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:31 pm

http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-5P965plusGLI

That'd probably be a good choice for Epox and core2 duo. I hope they still have the quality control that they use to

by mspiegle » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:29 pm

William from NOLA wrote:What was your problem with Abit? I've had at least 4 Abit boards. Just curious. I don't believe I've ever had a real problem with them.
it was a dumb thing that i probably shouldn't hold against them anymore, but i had reliability issues with their VERY FIRST pentium-2 board (first board with slot 1). The thing is so old that they don't even mention it in their "discontinued product" list.

but on the flip side, i can't recall any serious issues with any asus boards. I still have an old P3V4X (pentium3-EB 533mhz) board that continues to chug along just fine in a 24/7 rackmount server. I also still have the A7N8X Deluxe v.2 board which was one of the only decent boards to support 400Mhz FSB on the athlon XP3200+ chips. THAT was a freakin' bad-ass board in its time.

by William from NOLA » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:22 pm

mspiegle wrote:Whoa, epox still makes boards? They had this one super-bad-ass board back in the day. It came in a really cool box too. I haven't heard of them doing too much since then though.
Abit and gigabyte are certainly good as well. I can only recall one problem i've had with abit, and everything else has been good.
What was your problem with Abit? I've had at least 4 Abit boards. Just curious. I don't believe I've ever had a real problem with them.

by mspiegle » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:20 pm

William from NOLA wrote:Ditto on ECS, those are horrible.
Epox seems to be decent. On my 2nd of those. I've always had good luck with Abit boards. Asus is definately most reliable. Gigabyte is decent too.

Whoa, epox still makes boards? They had this one super-bad-ass board back in the day. It came in a really cool box too. I haven't heard of them doing too much since then though.

Abit and gigabyte are certainly good as well. I can only recall one problem i've had with abit, and everything else has been good.

by joeyc » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:13 pm

http://www.memoryexpousa.com/mbcoamdat642.html
first MSI combo in the list. That would be a screamer right there, plus you can add a decent video card and memory for 100 or so

by joeyc » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:04 pm

you have a preference on chipsets? via or nvidia? personally I think nvidia is the best, but you can get a better price on via...

edit: x2 on the gigabyte, I have used several of there boards with success. Just like Asus better..

by William from NOLA » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:04 pm

mspiegle wrote:I would rethink that.... despite their shitty driver downloads, they really do make some of the best boards out there. I've spent LOTS of time with computer hardware (worked as a tech @ PCCLUB for a while), and I can tell ya that when a customer wanted the fastest and most RELIABLE setup, i'd almost always use an asus board. The MSI boards tend to have strange issues here and there, but i've heard that their newest stuff is pretty good.
but whatever you do, DO NOT buy an ECS motherboard. Sometimes they work, but most of the time they dont (random blue screens, system resets, etc). They have horrible quality control and are built with cheap components.
Ditto on ECS, those are horrible.

Epox seems to be decent. On my 2nd of those. I've always had good luck with Abit boards. Asus is definately most reliable. Gigabyte is decent too.

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