ishmael December 3, 2005 Share ishmael Member December 3, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16812183032 round IDE cables http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813138264 Biostar NF4 TForce6100-939 RT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103535 AMD 64, 3200+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145026 1 gig corsair ddr 400 i had really wanted a atx(non mini) board with onboard video, 4 ddr slots, pci-e slot in 939, but i gave up on the non mini. i need the onboard video because i wont be getting my new video card until after christmas and i'd like to be able to build my machine before then. gonna give the machine i have now to my mom next weekend and upgrade her to post-2k in technology when i build this, thus the timing what do you guys think? any changes you would make? total cost = 334.37 after shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman December 3, 2005 Share Batman Member December 3, 2005 (edited) What video card are you using right now? Is it AGP? If it is I would recommend this mobo here. <---Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 It has both AGP, PCI-Ex16, and PCI-Ex1 slots. That is the board im gonna get for xmas I hope. It looks like its gonna be compatible with the new M5 socket CPU's as well, for future CPU upgrades.. It has a ton of good reviews from users on Newegg.. And I believe Cujo's friend is using it and loves it.. And its cheaper than what you have picked out.. Edited December 3, 2005 by Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael December 3, 2005 Author Share ishmael Member December 3, 2005 i was under the impression that board manufacturs didn't produce agp & pci-e 16x. hm, i guess i just never see it because its very uncommon. i dont know uch about asrock, although i was looking at one of their boards this morning. i vere'd away because i dont know the name. biostar i'm an absolute fan of because of the experiences i've had with them, so i fell on that. thats a really good option.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruten December 3, 2005 Share Kruten Member December 3, 2005 ASRock probably isn't a good choice. I have an ASRock and I've had several problems. Some might just be me, I didn't know a thing about computers when I started building it. I'd have memory crashes and things not running right, which could also be my RAM, but I tested with another stick before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael December 3, 2005 Author Share ishmael Member December 3, 2005 what do you guys know bout the norht bridge south bridges that are on that asrock? ULi M1695 & ULi M1567 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman December 3, 2005 Share Batman Member December 3, 2005 what do you guys know bout the norht bridge south bridges that are on that asrock? ULi M1695 & ULi M1567 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Its ok ULi is just ALi's new name.. And ALi has been around for a long time.. Oh and Asrock is Asus's sister company.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman December 3, 2005 Share Batman Member December 3, 2005 (edited) Here Ish, check out this thread. It will give a bunch of links to that Asrock mobo.. GC forums Linky Or just read the user reviews on Newegg from people who bought this board, there are over 250 reviews and almost all are good.. Edited December 3, 2005 by Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael December 3, 2005 Author Share ishmael Member December 3, 2005 yeh. i read all of those, then i read the review of the chipsets on http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2471 needless to say after watching it perform in those tests and reading about what it was capable of, that is an amazing chipset i'm going to have to keep my eyes on. the chipset combo on that board has agp + pci-e duality possible, with other southbridge chipsets, its possible to run two pci-es. high scores in hl2 and farcry for pci-e in a very compedtitive way for the rest, top of the line for agp with no hold backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo December 4, 2005 Share Cujo Member December 4, 2005 (edited) don't bother. get a nf4 6150. basically the equivalent of a 6200 but on board with dvi out. then later buy a nice pcie card. here's a couple: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....Submit=Property you're rarely gonna find a full size atx mobo with onboard as onboard is a budget option mostly intended for mass produced office computers and not a home user that wants full size features. Edited December 4, 2005 by Cujo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX December 4, 2005 Share NOFX Member December 4, 2005 that processor was 11 dollars cheaper a few days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael December 4, 2005 Author Share ishmael Member December 4, 2005 what about a pci-e compadable 754 board? any opinons there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo December 4, 2005 Share Cujo Member December 4, 2005 is there such thing? i'm pretty sure there isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmael December 4, 2005 Author Share ishmael Member December 4, 2005 i've found some, but the biggest thing i'm running across is a limited number of ram slots- usually two, or three tops. this is one of the ones i was looking at http://shop.store.yahoo.com/directron/k8n4edeluxe.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallurgic December 4, 2005 Share Metallurgic Member December 4, 2005 Skip it. It's not dual channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo December 4, 2005 Share Cujo Member December 4, 2005 (edited) ya i'm not sure why you'd want to invest in s754 mobo when you already have a pcie card. not sure why you'd have got a pcie card with a s754 cpu to begin with. definately an interesting find though as i don't ever recall hearing about the option. it makes sense that the nf4 wouldn't care what cpu it was using cause all you really have to do is change around the htt multi. i can't see it being a huge market. Edited December 4, 2005 by Cujo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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