Its ye old upgrade time again Ive finally decided to switch to an 939 athon 64. 3000 im upgrading from a 2800xp, and i want to keep my 9800pro. so PCI E, isn't an option. i also have 2 sticks of 512meg cruital ddr 400, that i am going to have keep. and I am hoping my ATX 1 psu will still work with this>? from what ive read Nforce 3 is the way i need to go,but from what I can see VIA offer some cheaper and more tempting mainvoards, + nforce 4 is just PCI E??? correct me if wrong, my budget is 80 uk pounds for the main board, an ive got a few here, an i was just wondering what people think is the best. ________________ (these are now all revised, and the correct 939 socket type) Gigabyte GA K8NS-939 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=166731 £56 Abit AV8 SKT939 K8T800PRO 800FSB 8xAGP SATA Sound GIG LAN Retail Box http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=64800 £74 Asus A8V Deluxe Socket-939 VIA/KT800Pro - ATX Sound Gb-Lan IEEE1394 USB2 800FSB - Retail Box http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=72725 £80 ------------------ quite happy to shop around, also im not particularly fussed about all the extras on the main board, so im tempted 2 swing for the gigabyte mother board, any one got any better ideas thanks people all help appreciated
At last check that gigabyte board is pretty good; why dont you get that and then spend the remaining money on a 3200+? That is an upgrade that is well worth the money-past that, and youre at the point of diminishing returns.
Cheers for the responce, i was thinking of OC'ing the 3000, as its supposed to be a good clocker from what ive read, meant to add this to first post / am i right on this?
LOL, thank you for posting, wow dont i look like a .......... that goes to show never trust scans website to display athon 64 939 only.... i realy should have checked that, thank you h4r7y, you hav just stoped the "i dont belive i ordered the wrong motherboard thread" Thanks again, dude you got any preference of a 939 board?
I just built a system for my boss and used an Abit AV8 mobo. I havent got a chance to look to closely at the bios, but my initial reaction was "Holy Sh!t". I was blown away by all the crap you can play with. I'm sure other mobos are probably pretty close to the options but Abit just has a way with BIOS's. Just to let you know though I am an Abit fanboy. Also If you're gonna get an Abit get the third eye... really cool.
if i was you... i would get an: -abit av8 or and - asus a8v *make sure is rev.2 just incase the agp/pci lock doesent show up in the bios*
iv just paired a Gigabyte K8NS ultra-939 with a 3500+ myself, has heaps of features including dual LAN (10/100 and gigabt) 1394b (800mb instead of 400mb) havnt had a chance to OC the sucker but its a very nice board, the main IDE channels can also be turned into IDE raid as well as for SATA ports for raid. nice board for the price and from what you save you can get a 3200+ the K8NS still has 1x gigabit lan, 1394a 2 sata there alot cheaper than most but this is such a good board, and nforce3 ultra
hehe, i think your getting carried away with the upgrading bug, thats all this is from personal experience, a few friends and myself use ASUS boards and to be honest im not that impressed with any of them (K8V-X & A8v deluxe) they seem to be pretty stable, but the bios is crap in my opinion. also, the website is pants too, far too slow etc.
Not sure what it costs over there but the Epox 9NDA3+ looks nice. I used a MSI K8N-Neo2 Plat for a friend.... it has some issues and I can't really recommend it.
Ive used the Neo 2 platinum, and have had no problems whatsoever with it-neither has either of my two friends with the same board. I WOULD higly reccomend it; the newest ones kick ass
I'd say avoid the Asus too, had an A8V which I built a system around the other day. It all worked fine on day one, all installed OK (although the nVidia firewall thing was a bit awkward), but the next day for no particular reason it would not even POST. It was like a bad BIOS flash, but I hadn't even touched it. That single incident has put me off Asus now. I replaced it with a Chaintech Zenith which is superb!
I agree. Ive used a few asus mobos along my travels and I cant say anything bad about the quality of their boards since all the systems are rock stable, the bios they have has turned me off of asus boards for any of my personal systems. The thing I like about Abit is of course the best bios I've ever dealt with, but he fact that they are very slow to jump on the band wagon of new chipsets or new technologies. It seems so many manufacturers are so paranoid about being left behind that they release a board just to get one out there and then deal with all the issues later. If Abit releases a board you can be sure that they have done research and tested the crap out of their design to make it the best it can be above all else, period... at least thats the way I see it. I have become a big nvidia fan because of my nf7-s mobo but if abit hasn't release an nvidia based 939 mobo there must be a reason. Yes theres a lot of fanboyism in what I say but I think its for good reason.
From what i've heard, the Gigabyte is a good board, but its not the best overclocker ever (although some of them overclock quite well). The Abit is an excellent board; it has a very enthusiast friendly bios, and its a great overclocker. I've heard mixed opinions about the ASUS. Some people never have a problem with them, others just have problem after problem with 'em. imo go with the Abit AV8. But if your not going to overclock (alot), the Gigabyte will do the job just as well, and save you some $$.
yep if all u want is OC potential get the Abit AV8. seen them OCed with the 3000+ and they cane, if u only want basic OCing the gigabyte will help aswell as having ore features
I've set up a s939 on the ASUS A8V deluxe (wifi), I'ts a great board but it had some ram issues and I ended up having to run my Corsair XMS dual channel ram (packaged together) in single channel, not that much of a loss but it was annoying. I've also set up 2 s754 systems, both with gigabyte motherboards, and both were a terrible pain to set up SATA (and yes I've done it before, F6 blah blah.) It didn't have a problem on the s939 or my Intel systems with SATA. I recommend staying away from both asus's and gigabyte's lower-end s939/754 motherboards (they're great at top-of-the-line but all they're cheap stuff seems to be rather finiky). I've heard great things about ABIT, MSI and Soltek's cheaper solutions though. Btw I'd also get a VIA K8T800 Pro chipset motherboard, it's solid as a rock, powerfull and cheaper. I've had people tell me the same thing, seems like a great motherboard, stable, reliable and powerfull.
i was originally going to get an msi neo 2 platinum except i heard alot of dodgy things, and a lot of good things, some people have had endless problems overclocking and even setting it up, but for others it has ran a dream, i think its pot louck if you get a good one or a dodgy one and what do you call the low end and top end asus board?
Anything first edition or anything lower than the best they make in that category, motherboards I consider viable ASUS solutions such as the P5AD2-E Premium, P4C800-E Deluxe, P4P800-E Deluxe, A8N-SLI Deluxe (since it's the best Nforce4-SLI motherboard currently), A8V Deluxe, K8V Deluxe(though I'd buy different socket 939/754 motherboards) NCCH-Dl and A7N8X Deluxe. Buying ASUS products is sometimes rather difficult because they have a few products that are absolutely great and others that seem good but are riddled with problems, or a touchy about things. I'm a huge fan of ASUS but it take a great deal of investigation to determine if a products are worth buying over other brand's solutions. I have been very impressed with products such as the P4C800-E Deluxe, NCCH-DL and A7N8X Deluxe all of which I dealt with and haven't had ridiculous problems. I have not enjoyed the A8V Deluxe and K8V Deluxe, though they are the best AMD 64 products ASUS has made thus far, other products I didn't like are the P4B533, P4G8X deluxe (first edition) and P4C800 (first edition) and a few lower end motherboard, I don't remember all their names. I prefer to buy later editions of their products but even they can be faulty (such is the case with the A7N8X-E Deluxe, which IMO would appropriately be named the A7N8X-X Deluxe). ASUS has great revisions usually, such as with the P4C800-E Deluxe and NCCH-DL. In general if it cost less than $120 it is not an ASUS product I'd buy, though some niche products can be priced lower depending on platform, chipset and intended purpose.
WEll, I recently built a s939 around the Asus A8V deluxe board, i am very pleased. Very stable and its treated me very good since.
The Asus A8V is a great board, but the temp probes are a bit funny. Definitely the best of the bunch (either that or the Gigabyte). But you MUST get the revision 2, and flash the bios up to 1009 Dont get the MSI NEO2 I did and was heartily sorry, totall unreliable. If you get a good one fin, but if not then u r screwed. Better to play safe with the Asus. The Abit is apparently a great board, but given Abit's financial situation I would want to bank on future support.
