amd 64 mobo

[shiffero]

ok i am looking to get a new amd64 3000 but cant decide what mobo to get. i have been looking around and got some ideas to which mobos are good

i have read that the nforce3 chipset is better than the via k8t800 but dopnt really understand any advantages it would have.

ok now these are the motherboards i am concidering:
1) gigabyte "ga-k8ns pro"
2) epox "ep-8kda3j"
3) asus "k8v se deluxe"
4) abit "kv8 pro"

any other suggestions as to other boards i have not listed would be much appreciated

[Jason425]

if you're lucky gnogtr will help you here.. since I couldn't care less about AMD or their mobo's I don't know the answer to your questions.. but i'm sure someone here does

[gnogtr]

The Asus K8V is the one that I have. I love it, great overclocking functions, Asus brand, etc...I recommend that board because I've heard that it is the fastest as well.

[vee_ess]

I'd definately say the only two of those that I'd suggest are the Asus and the Abit.

[CiKoTiC]

I just ordered the Giga-Byte GA-K8NSNXP with an AMD64 3000+.

:)

[Jason425]

why? what did you have before..?

[CiKoTiC]

2800 barton on a Giga-byte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard.

[eviltechie]

gigabyte is doing great now
asus is sucking lately and is NOTHING compared to the quality they had before

even newegg realized that and invited gigabyte managers to sit at the main tables at newegg's banquet earlier this summer
and put the asus guys somewhere behind
asus realized their problems as well and felt ashamed in that banquet
lol

[Jason425]

gg mr. insider trader @ newegg banquets in canada..... :/

but one thing is certain.. asus has the worst tech support.. period.. I don't care how bad everyone else is.. at least they know english..

[CiKoTiC]

The Giga-Byte boards are so feature rich that it's hard to overlook them. Granted they are not the "best" overclocking boards, but they do overclock decently which is fine with me. The trade off for the extra features is well worth it in my book.

The board I ordered for the AMD64 has duel NICS (1 gigabit, 1 10/100), 8 channel audio, SATA and IDE RAID, Dual BIOS, BIOS level disk imaging for backup and restore, 6 phase power, and the Nforce3-250 chipset.

It was a little more than I normally pay for a motherboard but since I can afford it right now I said "what the heck".

:)

[Jason425]

mine has all of those except the extra 10/100, not sure if it's 6 or 8 channel.. but doesn't matter to me.. and I don't know what that bios level disk imaging stuff is.. so I prob don't have it.. but right on to feature rich mobos! (Like mine too!)

[CiKoTiC]

I don't know what that bios level disk imaging stuff is

It's like Ghost. All you do is back up the system partition to a hidden partition on a hard drive. It's all built into the bios.

[Jason425]

really cool... but do you have to make the partition hidden or can you do it in the utility.. or what?

[CiKoTiC]

It's all done automatic. The only options you have are backup, restore, delete, and password protect. That's assuming it's the same as what's on my GA7N400 Pro2 board.

[gnogtr]

I'm sticking with Asus, because their products are amazing. I've never owned a Gigabyte motherboard, so I can't compare them, but I know I love my Asus.

[CiKoTiC]

The Asus board for the AMD64 don't support PCI/AGP locking which is not good if you want to overclock.

[gnogtr]

...Yeah it does, mine does....All of the Asus K8T800 Pro/Delux boards have it, Asus is the one that started that.

[Jason425]

i've never owned anything but an asus board