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06-23-2008, 10:45 PM
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My choice would be the DFI, I,ve ran one with the 9850 and it has overclocking features out of the wazoo. Very stable board. If you want to up it, DFI makes another killer the Lanparty UT 790FX M2R
http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=5717&C ATEGORY_TYPE=LP%20UT&SITE=US http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/dfi/...0FX-M2R/b9.htm http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/dfi/...0FX-M2R/g5.htm http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/dfi/...0FX-M2R/g6.htm http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/dfi/...0FX-M2R/g7.htm
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06-23-2008, 11:11 PM
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Here I lean towards Gigabyte, MSI, DFI, even Abit if you find the right model for the build you have in mind over Asus lately. I've been running Asus boards on vaious builds for several years already but now will be looking at alternatives since their quality control occasionally seems to lack.
Abit while not being the big choice often has had a good rep for being a reliable make while not offering a lot of the features other makes see. DFI gets a slight edge in that department. Abit still has seen some good ocers at times however.
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06-23-2008, 11:22 PM
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Abit had good boards back in the day, in the early 2000s they went to junk. Got bought out a year or two ago and trying to make a come back. But other than a Intel board here and there, there AMD boards are still very lacking. MSI makes good video cards but there boards are about the same as Abit, some good, some junk. Asus has some compatability problems, but other than that there good boards. Right now as far as non onboard video AM2+ boards DFI and Gigabyte have them beat hands down.
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06-24-2008, 12:27 AM
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Asus apparently suffered from popularity and increased demand and now seems to be slacking off in the board department while focusing on other things like video cards. Here I've seen some of the best results running MSI cards over Asus for sure there. I ran into on one build going through three separate cards and not have the old MSI FX5200 instead of an ATI 9550 in use on one case.
DFI often saw an edge over Abit even 7-8yrs back. At one point the toss was between DFI Lanparty and MSI Neo, Platimum models. Gigabyte came in as another contender as a possible substitute again for Asus. Feature wise however Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI seem to hold the lead with DFI shortly behind.
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