Which Motherboard?

Jesusgetstheglory777333 · 05-28-2006, 09:35 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813130487R

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

OR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131524R

ASUS A8N-SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM

I am going to need space for firewire/usb2 in front, and a sound card installation, also running video and music athlonx2 3800 and 2 gigs ram

[-0MEGA-] · 05-28-2006, 09:42 PM

I would go with the Asus A8N-SLI motherboard.

Bobo · 05-28-2006, 09:51 PM

I would go with neither, because they are open box. But if I had to pick, then I would go with the Asus

TheChef · 05-28-2006, 10:02 PM

You can get great deals on open box, as long as everything you need is in it. I try and search for them before I go to the regular section.

Jesusgetstheglory777333 · 05-29-2006, 07:52 PM

whats a closed box and open box?
the last thing i need to figure out is motherboard, but its pretty confusing
Whats the best board 100-200 dollars?

amd 3800
pci for soundcard
tv tuner
fw/usb

I dont need gaming extreme overclocking just something that will keep things together

Tumbleweed36 · 05-30-2006, 03:00 AM

Hi,

Easy question, the ASUS board is a better board.

Jesusgetstheglory777333 · 06-05-2006, 06:01 PM

I went with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130484

its going to go with an athalon opteron 165 and 2 gigs corsair ram
it says the bios is plug and play
i didnt want to go too complicated as its a first time self build

any experiences with this board?

eyesofvenus · 06-05-2006, 06:48 PM

Good choice for price. Only one reason i wouldn't have chose this board; it RAM type is only DDR 400. And personally thats getting a little outdated now, most newer boards support DDR2 533 at least, mine supports DDR2 667

m0nk3ys1ms · 06-05-2006, 07:00 PM

looks pretty good

Jesusgetstheglory777333 · 06-06-2006, 04:51 AM

oh ok good thats what i wanted to hear
the motherboards have been confusing me im just happy that its not some disaster board

05-28-2006, 09:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jesusgetstheglory777333 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	Which Motherboard? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813130487R MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131524R ASUS A8N-SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM I am going to need space for firewire/usb2 in front, and a sound card installation, also running video and music athlonx2 3800 and 2 gigs ram

05-28-2006, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-28-2006, 10:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
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06-05-2006, 06:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jesusgetstheglory777333 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	finally purchased motherboard I went with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130484 its going to go with an athalon opteron 165 and 2 gigs corsair ram it says the bios is plug and play i didnt want to go too complicated as its a first time self build any experiences with this board?

06-05-2006, 06:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
eyesofvenus Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 79	Good choice for price. Only one reason i wouldn't have chose this board; it RAM type is only DDR 400. And personally thats getting a little outdated now, most newer boards support DDR2 533 at least, mine supports DDR2 667 __________________ Intel 945PVSLKR Socket T LGA 775 Crucial 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 667(PC2 5300) XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 590/1600MHz Western Digital 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 16MB NEC 16X DVD+RW Pentium 4 511 2.8GHz

05-28-2006, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	I would go with neither, because they are open box. But if I had to pick, then I would go with the Asus

05-29-2006, 07:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jesusgetstheglory777333 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	whats a closed box and open box? the last thing i need to figure out is motherboard, but its pretty confusing Whats the best board 100-200 dollars? amd 3800 pci for soundcard tv tuner fw/usb I dont need gaming extreme overclocking just something that will keep things together

05-30-2006, 03:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 20	Hi, Easy question, the ASUS board is a better board.

06-06-2006, 04:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jesusgetstheglory777333 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	oh ok good thats what i wanted to hear the motherboards have been confusing me im just happy that its not some disaster board

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