Good X2 motherboard

i.Angel

i.Angel

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hey guys. I wanted to know if you guys knew a good motherboard for an AMD X2 4600+. It can be anywhere from 0-200. Dual PCI-E is a must... don't really care how many PCI slots or PCI-E X1 slots it has.

Thx
 
Arguably the best overclockers board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16813136166

Or slightly cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136157

This is also good but I feel its not worth the price and doesnt have the loads of BIOS options like the DFI.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

I know it doesnt have dual PCI-E 16x but this also a very nice board if not just a bit too pricey.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813154006

Oh yeah some of these will need a BIOS flash to suport the X2 but thats really not a big deal.
 
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Yes. I was looking at the DFI LANPARTY mostly and the ASUS A8N. Now, I've heard that the LANPARTY is really hard to use if you don't know what you are doing. My dad used to own a hardware business about 5 years ago and he put together computers all the time, but technology has changed so fast that I'm not sure if he will be able to help me with my new setup. What is the biggest thing on the motherboard that alters the price? Is it the speed of the northbridge? # of slots? If I went with the Asus A8n would it be hard to setup and use for a person that has only watched his dad put in some hardware before? The same questions for the LANPARTY.

Thanks so much, GamerGuy
 
I've heard the lanparty boards can be difficult for a first timer, of course I cant testify because mine booted up the first time...

A few things to note about them though is they can be pretty picky. They dont like value RAM and often wont boot with it. If your gonna be spending $200 on a motherboard I dont think you'll be using value RAM.
The slew of BIOS options can be pretty easy to work around with after a couple of times, most of the stuffs name basicly says what it is. The other stuff you can just play around with. I spent like 4 hours and 10 CMOS clears playing with the RAM options.
I found it pretty easy to set up, especialy because you dont need SATA drivers, I just booted up and installed the OS. I think anyone capable of building should be able to work around this board easy enough, at leats untill the OS is installed.
 
What things do you recommend that I do when I'm tryign to install this mobo? I'm a first timer but I have my dad helping me with it and he used to build computers all the time. I'm going to be using Corsair XMS 2 gb DDR400 PC3200 memory... this is pretty good right? It shouldn't be too picky. OK, also my dad has a proffessional working with him and if this turns to be a problem we can ask him. Also this mobo takes the AMD Athlon X2 4600+ right? How about that Asus mobo? It says on newegg that it only supports the FX and Athlon series.

thankx
 
The corsair should be fine.

The SLI-DR (non expert), and the ASUS both suport dual core after a BIOS flash. Its pretty simple and if you dont want to do it I'm sure your dad can. The eXpert supports it right out of the box.
 
The difference really isn't that big I'll just go with the Expert I guess. I heard, however, that the north bridge cooling fan gets in the way of some video cards.... I read a review on newegg where this guy said that he had a hard time putting his eVGa 7800 GTX into the x16 slots....
 
I heard, however, that the north bridge cooling fan gets in the way of some video cards.... I read a review on newegg where this guy said that he had a hard time putting his eVGa 7800 GTX into the x16 slots....
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It's fits fine unless u have a retarded cooler the problem arises because the NB doesnt have direct access to cool air but rather gets the exhaust from the VC

Worth considering (albeit to late now) is the [url=http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=226&model=744&modelmenu=1]A8N32-SLI Deluxe[/url]
 
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