Which motherboard is best?

dundeal · 08-26-2005, 09:30 PM

Well I am planning on building a computer in a month or so and I am pretty new at this so I was just wondering which is the best motherboard that can support the new athlon dual cores? I looked at some reviews on the net and saw that the Athlon 64 x2 4400 was the best deal and so now i need to see which motherboard is best suited for that. I am planning to use this computer mostly for music and movies. No gaming. Any advice on this?

**apj101** · 08-26-2005, 10:15 PM

when you say music and movies, do you mean playing them? Or do you mean video editing?
If you dont plan on gaming or video editing why the heck are you spending so much on a computer? A much cheaper system will supply these requirements

Anyway it's your cash

speaking of which whats the budget?

dundeal · 08-26-2005, 10:51 PM

well this computer is gonna mainly be used for playing music, movies, web browsing, running many programs at once. My budget is about 1800$ for the whole computer set. I just want a computer that is ready tackle whatever task I put it up to and not hang or crash.

**Praetor** · 08-28-2005, 06:20 AM

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum is a straightforward and kickass board that will suit you ... other boards (namely the DFI LanParty) are good too but require a bit of tweaking/effort

gamerman4 · 08-28-2005, 06:56 AM

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used for playing music, movies, web browsing, running many programs at once.

$1800 is way too much money for what you are doing. What do you define as "running many programs?" I built a $500 PC and it can play DVDs, run my 3D animation program and surf the internet at the same time.

My suggestions,
since RAM is so cheap, get 1GB of RAM it will hold up to just about anything.
I don't recommend a specific processor since you will be doing minor things. A newer Pentium 4 will probably do pretty good at multi-tasking if you actually end up doing anything serious.
I know you won't be doing very intensive things but even a cheap graphics card will be better than integrated.
SATA hard drives will provide a slight boost in performance.
Since you have that much money, get a nice sound card and some 5.1 or even 7.1 speakers.

**Praetor** · 08-28-2005, 07:45 AM

Asbolutely, you can probably get a system more tha able to handle things for the $800 bracket.

08-26-2005, 09:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
dundeal New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	Which motherboard is best? Well I am planning on building a computer in a month or so and I am pretty new at this so I was just wondering which is the best motherboard that can support the new athlon dual cores? I looked at some reviews on the net and saw that the Athlon 64 x2 4400 was the best deal and so now i need to see which motherboard is best suited for that. I am planning to use this computer mostly for music and movies. No gaming. Any advice on this?

08-26-2005, 10:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,257	when you say music and movies, do you mean playing them? Or do you mean video editing? If you dont plan on gaming or video editing why the heck are you spending so much on a computer? A much cheaper system will supply these requirements Anyway it's your cash speaking of which whats the budget? __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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dundeal New Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5	well this computer is gonna mainly be used for playing music, movies, web browsing, running many programs at once. My budget is about 1800$ for the whole computer set. I just want a computer that is ready tackle whatever task I put it up to and not hang or crash. Last edited by dundeal; 08-27-2005 at 01:19 AM.

08-28-2005, 06:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum is a straightforward and kickass board that will suit you ... other boards (namely the DFI LanParty) are good too but require a bit of tweaking/effort __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

08-28-2005, 07:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Asbolutely, you can probably get a system more tha able to handle things for the $800 bracket. __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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