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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 17, 2002, 12:50:37 PM
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What Motherboard do you have. Vote here.
Also, Have you tryed any other brands. If so what are they and how\'d they perform.
All my MB have been from Gigabyte.. Till i got that ASUS board. I\'m now getting it changed for a gigabyte board.. (i love u gigabyte, forgive me)
I\'ve listed the most known brands That i know off.
So don\'t complain if yours isn\'t there.. That just means your not special.
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I\'m running an Abit KT7-RAID. It\'s served me well and I\'ve always liked Abit, even though they\'ve had some quiality control problems. But theres simply something to be said about a brand that puts the geeks over the normal consumer.
I\'ve been thinking about trying Epox or MSI (which I don\'t see listed ;)) on my next board. But I won\'t even think about an upgrade like that till I start seeing some Hammer benchmarks to see if they\'re worth the complete system rehaul.
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You forgot Iwill, they are very well known.
KK266Plus
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Mine is an FIC. However, the southbridge, which is a VIA686B chipset, has given me grief in Win2k. So you can blame that on FIC or VIA whomever you choose. Other than that no issues.
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The new MB i\'m getting has a Northbridge : VIA KT333
Southbridge : VIA 8233A(CE) chipset.
The Asus mb i got was based on a Ali M1647 Chipset. I\'ll make sure never to get a alimagik chipset board again. Whats worse is i\'ve read that they arn\'t completed chipsets either. If anyone has capture cards / Tuner Cards. Stay away from this chipset.
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typical Intel Motherboard that came w/ my comp
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i\'ve had experience with amd, gigabyte and intel, and out these i prefer the intel as i find it to to perform much better than the others.
but what i dont like is the fact that intel screwed me over with that Rdram bullchit.
:)
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Hey Tyrant... you know you can say shit right? ;)
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I have a good old Abit BE6 2 which is starting to cause trouble lately.
The second IDE controller (with the DVD and CD Burner) will not work in 70% of the time I boot. I always have to look if the lights on the drive go on when I turn on my PC, if not I have to switch of the power and try again. I can`t wait to get a new PC later this year.
Good to hear that there will be nForce 2 boards without GPU this time.
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SOYO !!!!!! MOFO!!!!
:D
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I always buy Asus or Abit, but I especially prefer Asus. They have such awesome manuals, and a great website. You can always figure out what\'s going on with an Asus mb because the manuals don\'t read like they were translated by a 12 year old chinese boy.
My Abit BE6 caused me some problems when I first got it going because it had that weird auxiliary UDMA66 chip onboard. It took several BIOS/UDMA driver combinations before I struck on one that worked correctly. Since then it\'s been rock solid and reliable.
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I\'ve changed to Gigabyte now. My Asus board was R@@TED.. But all is a ok now. I\'ve heard asus have been having quality control issues.. Not good. Cause i got 2 motherboards that were faulty from them.. BASTARDS... Ahh i love gigabyte, lets never fight again.
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Right now I\'m running whatever came stock in this crappy crippled Compaq POS that I got for free. In my Pent 133 I\'m using a FIC board.. which I absolutely hate. I had a AMD K1 200mhz that I wanted to put in it.. but it only supports AMD processors up to 80mhz.. and the only Intel socket7 processor I have is a Pent 133. I thought about overclocking it, but the damned pins inside are so screwed up and confusing that I end up jus leaving it as is. To hell with it.
When I get about 150 bucks saved up, I\'m gonna put a Asus made AT board (It\'s an old case) which supports up to AMDK6-III 800mhz.. and then try to overclock that and see what I can get. Trouble is.. Asus dosen\'t make the board anymore.. their suppliers are out of stock.. and I haven\'t been able to find one ANYWHERE. Life sucks. ._. Guess I may jus have to cut my case after all...
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EBay, SonyFan. Just buy a whole PC that has the mb you want, and then tear it apart. The hard part is getting idiots who think their Pentium 200 is worth something to actually look inside the case and tell you what kind of motherboard it has.
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You want a barebones system try http://www.directron.com or newegg.
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I might do that CoreD.. but the problem is these boards were never sold in packages as new systems. They were always meant for people who had old cases they wanted to upgrade.. and anyone who has one isn\'t likely to get rid of it... and believe me.. they\'d DEFINATELY know they had one and what it was worth to the right person... and it would be advertised as such.
Rob.. I\'m not really looking for a new barebones system. I need this particular board (or an equivilent) for a pet project of mine. It\'s kinda worthless to jus buy a bare bones system with a ATX board in it since I can really use anything in it on my AT case.
Do you guys know if they sell ATX boards specifically with the purpose of putting in old AT cases? Like.. not having any PS/2 ports on it (using a expansion card for that), all the voltage converters needed, ample expansion slots, ect. ??
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SonyFan:
Tell me EXACTLY what Asus model and revision you\'re looking for, and I\'ll keep an eye out for it.
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I wouldn\'t worry about it Core.. s\'pecially since I don\'t have the money right now to buy it anyway. All the information I had on it is on my other computer sittin over in the corner collecting dust... and I can\'t remember the name offhand. Maybe I\'ll get lucky and if I hold out, someone will realize the potential nostalgia/retro market for MoBo\'s that are compatable with old AT cases and will make a limited print of boards I can use which my case.
*Shrugs* Thx anyhow