what do you guys think is the motherboard that gives you the best bang for the buck? im partial to asus (only had one other board that wasnt made by them outta 5 or so boards), i like their little add-ons/gadgets that come integrated on the board or via software. im also a moderate overclocker, i plan on gettin a new case this summer, finally after 6 years lol. i also have a nvidia geforce 7600 so i dont need integrated video, nor would i use dual lan connections. i also dont see myself buying two video cards in the near future. suggestions?

im thinking about the Asus A8N-E, i currently have a A8N-SLI SE (but its most likely fried see my 'horrible problem' thread) would this be a downgrade without regards to SLI?

My choice: LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR

i second tain ....
dont go for asus.....

i wouldnt go with tain...
i would get the dfi lanpart ultra-d
he doesnt want sli so why waste the money.

you make a good point, but then you suggest a board that goes against what you just said

any other suggestions??

what did i go against? im just saying that you dont need the SLI version of the board, get the ultra-d

I made my recommendation based on advice I recieved from Tomcat76 when i was doing this research. He had a good reason for recommending the SLI board to me over the non-SLI even though SLI doesn't interest me. I don't recall what that reason was.

/pages TC76

Since Socket 939 is being phased out, I suggest you get a real good one. My personal vote goes to the LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert.

Advantages over the one that TAiN linked to:
- one more PCI slot (3 total)
- 4-phase PWM

This is an overclocking bomb. I got my X2 4800+ running at 10x250 for a couple of months now and never experienced any problem. The memory (Corsair TwinX XMS 2GB) is in sync.

I linked to the wrong one, didn't I? Not sure if that is due to my incompetence or DFI's crappy site

well ya this is prolly the best board to get but it like like he needs it. the sli-d/ultra-d still overclock like a god. that board also costa alot more than the ultra-d.

sorry guys in im a rush ill reply to the others later..



the nforce4 based ultra-d board i looked at didnt necessarily say that it had SLI, but that it had support for two PCI-E x16 cards, which is sli in my view, i only need one x16 slot, throw in as many PCI-E slots as you want (forget what the rate of the regular ones are)

oh, lol. well its not sli but it can be modded into the sli version. its just cheaper, thats all.

I am using the DFI LanParty UT RDX-200, and I would recommend any DFI board. I built my roomie's comp on a DFI RS482 INFINITY Socket 939, and his runs like a champ.

i'll look into them, but im still partial to asus

edit: i cant seem to find any prices for the nf4 ultra d, ive put it into froogle and pricewatch and neither of them can find it

But eeuhmmm...

Why the S939? What about going with AM2? DDR2 is even cheaper these days then DDR...

i had already bought the board before i bought the cpu, i had no idea at the time that am2 even existed until i ordered an am2 socket athlon by mistake i also dont want to drop $200+ for a new ram/mobo/processor when 2 out of the three are most likely good

Then I go with the others, I know you like ASUS but that DFI Lanpart Ultra-D is a bad *ss mobo, great price and so much OC options, not to forget rock stable.

lol, dont even get me going on how great the overclocking is with this board. ive looked at many other boards' overclocking features and they cant even touch the dfi boards.

like i said over at srn id go with asus and i have a 7600 gfx card to

your a member at srn? i guess im not there enough to know all of the new members

edit: i found a few on ebay for pretty cheap, im gonna keep an eye on them. newegg has one listed for $52 but when you go to their site its not listed anymore all the other ones listed by froogle are about $130