tyl3r Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Don't buy a MSI K8N NEO 2 Platinum, AGP mobo isn't a good election, wait 1 week and buy a mobo with Nforce 4 or Via kt890 or ATI R480 (All PCI Express): Take a look here ;). I buy a part of my new computer in the next week: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90 nm (Winchester) ADA3500DIK4BI MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum-54G OCZ Enhanced DDR 1GB 3200 DualChannel Geforce 6800gt PCIE with the components i have: Sony Multiscan E400 19" Sound Blaster Live Platinum Lian Li PC 6077 Lite-on LTR 52x32x52 Pioneer DVR-108 16x Pioneer DVD Slot-In Logitech MX 510 Samsung keyboard The Final PC is still really good :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineapples52 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Will this new mobo be avail in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkaterAustin Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Don't buy a MSI K8N NEO 2 Platinum, AGP mobo isn't a good election, wait 1 week and buy a mobo with Nforce 4 or Via kt890 or ATI R480 (All PCI Express):Take a look here ;)). I buy a part of my new computer in the next week: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90 nm (Winchester) ADA3500DIK4BI MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum-54G OCZ Enhanced DDR 1GB 3200 DualChannel Geforce 6800gt PCIE with the components i have: Sony Multiscan E400 19" Sound Blaster Live Platinum Lian Li PC 6077 Lite-on LTR 52x32x52 Pioneer DVR-108 16x Pioneer DVD Slot-In Logitech MX 510 Samsung keyboard The Final PC is still really good:DD. 584997378[/snapback] NICE setup man! thumbs up from me :DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted November 27, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 27, 2004 Sweet man :D its not really good but b****y excellent. But yeh why is everyone going for nforce and not via? dave164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted November 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 27, 2004 Asus for me. Lots of extra bells and whistles plus the Asus name. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 One more vote for ASUS, please!!! the name is what I want more....(sorry MSI fans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.l. Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 MSI runs fine for me, had it for over a year. Never failed on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 I have the MSI, but if I had a choice I would get the Asus, The way the MSI board is set up is really a pain with the ram above the CPU and the IDE connectors so close you can hardly plug two in at a time :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Get either: MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum or: Abit K8V but since you only posted the MSI one then get that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatosk Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 Get either:MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum or: Abit K8V but since you only posted the MSI one then get that one 585000352[/snapback] crap mobo... only has 3 ram slots and it's only socket 754... I wanted socket 939 like I said in my topic title and it's done by Asus not Abit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islanq Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Can't go wrong with a Neo2 Plat. and overclocking (Y) Although ASUStek has a better mobo reputation IMO. Have you considered any DFi mobo's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatosk Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 Can't go wrong with a Neo2 Plat. and overclocking (Y) Although ASUStek has a better mobo reputation IMO. Have you considered any DFi mobo's? 585000893[/snapback] yup and am not interested. the ones I've seen are only socket 754 and I don't do overclocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 I'm going with Asus on this one, I had problems on the MSI one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatosk Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 Oh well... even though MSI have more votes than Asus. I've done some more research about the problems people are having with the Asus motherboard. I've decided to go Asus because the problems people are having with 3000+ winchester, 3200+ winchester and 3500+ winchester are due to the fact that the BIOS is version 1006 or older which only allow winchesters chips to use only a single ram chip. That ram chip has to be in the 3rd slot away from the cpu socket. It seems alot of people don't know about this :s... oh well... they'll discover it soon I guess :p... my choice will be Asus now. I've already ordered the motherboard. I be getting Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939) AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 Thanks everyone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 crap mobo... only has 3 ram slots and it's only socket 754... I wanted socket 939 like I said in my topic title and it's done by Asus not Abit 585000479[/snapback] whoops i meant the ABIT AV8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolmonk Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 my choice will be Asus now. I've already ordered the motherboard. 585001195[/snapback] Good move. The A8V Deluxe is a kick-ass motherboard and it carries ASUS's name along with its build quality and stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatosk Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 whoops i meant the ABIT AV8 585001559[/snapback] yeah I checked out that mobo aswell but like I said earlier... I had bad experience with Abit. I have checked out Abit, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, DFI and Soltek and the only 2 that I was interested in were Asus and MSI. Good move. The A8V Deluxe is a kick-ass motherboard and it carries ASUS's name along with its build quality and stability. 585001596[/snapback] could you explain more why it is a "kick-ass" please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolmonk Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 could you explain more why it is a "kick-ass" please? 585001613[/snapback] Well, if you'll notice the board design...all slots on the A8V Deluxe are just more conveniently placed. If you placed a nice Thermalright XP-120 heatsink on the Neo2 PT, you'd be taking over one of the ram slots: Another thing (despite what some reviewers will claim), I actually find that the K8T800Pro chipset is slightly faster vs the NForce3 Ultra when benchmarking. The K8T800Pro chipset is also superb for overclocking...something that shows stability, quality, and performance! Mind you these differences are minimal...but they ARE there! Now I'm not too sure about the Neo2 PT, but the A8V Deluxe is known to have good compatibility with almost all brands of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinatosk Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 ok then... just making sure ur not one of them n00bs who says "asus rox0rs... MSI sucks monkey balls" or some crap like that but yes I did find the MSI motherboard layout rather crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted November 28, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 28, 2004 Yeh umm can u do 2 pairs of dual channel RAM?? So like 2 x Corsair PC3200 512mb Modules and 2 x OCZ PC3200 Platinum 512mb Modules together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysnet Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 MSI k8N neo2 PT WIFItake the one with WIFI, it's the Revision 584996540[/snapback] I can't seem to find this damn thing anywhere or at least this revision. Is there a different model number to it or add-on to the number ?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chconline Veteran Posted January 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 1, 2005 ASUS = Best quality. MSI = Best performance I go for ASUS. Asus is not bad in performance too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islanq Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 The Neo 2 plat is proven performance. I would go with that mobo for OCing. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysnet Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 can I ask about the Intel LGA over the AMD 939, seems like the 939 is better from what I have read online but just seeing what you guys think thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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