A good mainboard?

atomic · 03-10-2005, 08:24 PM

ok so a friend is wanting to build a new computer just for general use not gaming or anything. He is going to use this cpu http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...116-193&DEPA=0 what would be a good mainboard to go with that for about $80.

Any suggestions???

thanks in advance

SlothX311 · 03-10-2005, 09:25 PM

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...135-140&DEPA=0

most intel boards are ass expensive.....so for under 80 bucks ECS is the sweetest brand...i loved my ECS

tweaker · 03-10-2005, 11:41 PM

ECS isn't anything I'd wanna touch with a ten foot pole.

Better pay a few dollars more for other more reliable brands.

**Cromewell** · 03-10-2005, 11:46 PM

Yeah I'd stay away from ECS and PC Chips, you can get many boards for under $80. MSI has a few, Foxconn has a few, ASUS has a couple and Intel has some as well.

tweaker · 03-11-2005, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cromewell

Yeah I'd stay away from ECS and PC Chips

Ahh Pc Chips, I've heard some nasty storys about that brand.

SlothX311 · 03-11-2005, 02:07 PM

PC chips and Biostar are generic brands. ECS is actually a really good brand. I had one of thier hyperthreading boards, that supported dual-channel DDR with the 865PE chipset, and it was the best board you could get for under $100, the only reason that i had to get rid of it and trade for my friend's MSI board is because his board supports Willamette and that one did not.

Bigshow1030 · 03-11-2005, 02:19 PM

I don't think I would even take a chance on one of those boards if someone game one to me.........

mad_hatter · 03-11-2005, 03:23 PM

I've got an Abit mobo at the mo.. and up to yet it's keeping up it's duties. I'm running P4 (3.06 GHz)

Bigshow1030 · 03-11-2005, 03:32 PM

I have heard there are several different good abit boards out there

**Lax** · 03-11-2005, 05:34 PM

If you can find an Abit BH7 then that would be a VERY good board to get. It supports 400/533 "bus" speed and takes up to 2 (i think) gig of PC2700 ram. It's got 8x AGP and onboard ethernet. It's a very old board (discontinued) and a little hard to find, but it's very stable for almost anything. If you do end up finding one they are around 40-50$ (I think).

03-10-2005, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
atomic Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 24 Posts: 712	A good mainboard? ok so a friend is wanting to build a new computer just for general use not gaming or anything. He is going to use this cpu http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...116-193&DEPA=0 what would be a good mainboard to go with that for about $80. Any suggestions??? thanks in advance

03-10-2005, 11:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
tweaker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Age: 30 Posts: 2,954	ECS isn't anything I'd wanna touch with a ten foot pole. Better pay a few dollars more for other more reliable brands. __________________ Posting and you - CF edition www.tweaker.se FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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03-11-2005, 02:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bigshow1030 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Posts: 576	pc chips I don't think I would even take a chance on one of those boards if someone game one to me......... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200 DFI "LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb" Kingmax SuperRAM 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200, Maxtor(1 200GB+160GB) XFX GeForce FX 5900 Video Card, 128MB DDR RAIDMAX Silver Aluminum Gaming Case w/420W P.S."668WSP" NEC 3520 Dvd-Burner Sony CDRW-DvdRom Jason :P

03-11-2005, 03:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
mad_hatter Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: chesterfield, uk Age: 20 Posts: 25	I've got an Abit mobo at the mo.. and up to yet it's keeping up it's duties. I'm running P4 (3.06 GHz) __________________ Mad_Hatter :cool:

03-10-2005, 09:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
SlothX311 Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Akron, Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 706	http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...135-140&DEPA=0 most intel boards are ass expensive.....so for under 80 bucks ECS is the sweetest brand...i loved my ECS

03-11-2005, 02:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
SlothX311 Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Akron, Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 706	PC chips and Biostar are generic brands. ECS is actually a really good brand. I had one of thier hyperthreading boards, that supported dual-channel DDR with the 865PE chipset, and it was the best board you could get for under $100, the only reason that i had to get rid of it and trade for my friend's MSI board is because his board supports Willamette and that one did not.

03-11-2005, 03:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bigshow1030 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Posts: 576	yeah I have heard there are several different good abit boards out there __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200 DFI "LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb" Kingmax SuperRAM 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200, Maxtor(1 200GB+160GB) XFX GeForce FX 5900 Video Card, 128MB DDR RAIDMAX Silver Aluminum Gaming Case w/420W P.S."668WSP" NEC 3520 Dvd-Burner Sony CDRW-DvdRom Jason :P

03-11-2005, 05:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 21 Posts: 2,278	If you can find an Abit BH7 then that would be a VERY good board to get. It supports 400/533 "bus" speed and takes up to 2 (i think) gig of PC2700 ram. It's got 8x AGP and onboard ethernet. It's a very old board (discontinued) and a little hard to find, but it's very stable for almost anything. If you do end up finding one they are around 40-50$ (I think).

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