NextGen_Gamer Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Ok, then. MSI v. DFI v. ASRock I would throw ASRock out of that three-way. There are more of a value-oriented company, so you are bound to receive a better build quality and higher quality components with the MSI or DFI motherboards. Between those two, I would still say go with the DFI just because it is the newest and will have the better overclocking options. The MSI Neo2 Platinum was the best nForce3 motherboard for a while, though, so I can see why beniza would recommend it. Another thing you could do is look at the newest BIOS and see what CPUs it supports. That will tell you how dedicated each company is to their motherboards. For instance, ASUS just recently added support for all of the new Socket 939 Opteron processors to my motherboard, which I thought was great. If one company offers support for those and the other doesn't, then I would have to pick the one that does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadJoker Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Hmmm, Newegg doesn't stock the DFI or MSI .... Well, I just realized that both of them are more expensive than a 3200+ Venice itself, so ... looks like I'll be going with ASRock. Edited January 15, 2006 by SadJoker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Personally, I have the EPOX 9NPAJ. I've had it for a few months now and seems quite stable. http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/products_content.php?ps=336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextGen_Gamer Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Hmmm, Newegg doesn't stock the DFI or MSI .... Well, I just realized that both of them are more expensive than a 3200+ Venice itself, so ... looks like I'll be going with ASRock. Crazy, but you're actually right. Neither of them are at ZipZoomFly.com either. Apparently nobody cares about AGP 8x motherboards anymore... I did find the DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 Ultra-D in-stock over at ExcaliberPC.com for $110. I have bought from them before and have not had any problems. EDIT: Spoke too soon. That's not even the right motherboard at ExcaliberPC.com. So apparently the DFI is so new that nobody even carries it, and I would suspect nobody is going to since PCI Express is the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen1090 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Nextgen, i dunno why you would throw ASRock out, lots of reviews show its pretty much on par with high end mobo's. overclocking, i cant really complain, it overclocked well for me but im sure better RAM would help more and for support, it supports all the 939's although might require to flash the bios for opertons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 MSI Nforce 3 Ultra Neo2 Platinum i have it and love it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawtai Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Oops, missed the part about having an AGP slot. I'd still suggest Asus though, as all the boards I've used have been from Asus, and they've all worked great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_c_b Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 um, I need to counter that nforce versus via recommendation. Never, ever, go via. I'd go any nforce rev over any via rev any day. And you would be wrong... While I don't love everything about VIA there is no reason not to use them in most cases, people still hold over bad stuff about VIA from the KT133 days. I have used a ton of VIA in recent years (KT266, KT600, KT890) and while not always bleeding edge they have all been rock stable for me. Not sure about their Intel boards but their AMD stuff is nice and has been more reliable for me than nForce 3 (6800 stutter bug) and nForce 4 (large file transfers bug, NIC random disconnects). The board in my sig has been working great for almost a year, just had a CPU upgrade, never balks at memory, has no issue with nVidia or ATI cards and has given me no greif with Creative Labs stuff either. The latest showdwon in Maximum PC shows the KT890 is overall faster than ATI solutions for AMD as well and isn't far off of nForce 4 numbers in most categories. I'm hopeful the KT900 is a solid solution when I go X2 at the end of this year. I've built and sold over 25 systems based on VIA/AMD combos in the last few years, so I will have to disagree with your assertion. I would venture to say that as much ill will that VIA gets from the KT133 days that nVidia gets even more good will from the nForce 2 days (those were great chipsets), but I don't thinki it is earned lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadJoker Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Any more ASRock gripes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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