Which Motherboard?

[Jesusgetstheglory777333]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130487R

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

OR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131524R

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

 

[Geoff]

I would go with the Asus A8N-SLI motherboard.

 

[Bobo]

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

 

[TheChef]

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]

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]

Hi,

Easy question, the ASUS board is a better board.

 

[Jesusgetstheglory777333]

finally purchased motherboard

I went with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130484

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]

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 And personally thats getting a little outdated now, most newer boards support DDR2 533 at least, mine supports DDR2 667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]

looks pretty good

 

[Jesusgetstheglory777333]

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

 

[nelson2]

Stay away from the open box returns!!! You won't get a backplate or cables! Try these guys:

http://gamegiants.net/index.php?cPath=1_9