NoBS|Public Lounge => Rigs, Overclockers, Computers, Tech Help => Topic started by: Super J on May 03, 2008, 07:18:26 PM
Title: motherboards
Post by: Super J on May 03, 2008, 07:18:26 PM
i would like to know what everone is using mb wise. you know like brand, chipset, model. just looking for myself
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: smitty1258 on May 04, 2008, 09:33:08 AM
abit evga asus
P35 chipset or better FTW
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 05, 2008, 10:16:03 AM
gigabyte ds3l p35 gigabyte ds3p p35 dfi dk t2rs p35 (u cant handle this :P) gigabyte 780g (amd chipset)
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 05, 2008, 10:17:47 AM
honestly this is great band for buck. 1 pci-e (sli waste of money) but huge overclocker http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128086&Tpk=ep35-ds3r cheap too
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: A5D on May 14, 2008, 03:20:23 PM
I got GigaByte GA-X38-DQ6, very good plate, very stable and good overclocking plate...
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: carrot on May 14, 2008, 07:52:59 PM
Abit for the on-board RAID. Might not be your cup of tea though.
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 14, 2008, 09:07:59 PM
99% of mid-range and higher boards have raid (minus bottom-model ones)
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: carrot on May 15, 2008, 10:15:28 AM
Werth, have you had Raid arrays go bad on you? I've had arrays that were very unreliable. Are all of them now up to par?
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 15, 2008, 10:34:34 AM
i had raid on my p35-ds3p which was fine. t2rs is fine.
i know smittys went bad when he tried to go for 4.5ghz, thats on his shoddy abit board. abit ftl
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: carrot on May 15, 2008, 12:00:08 PM
Wow really? I held ABIT above everithing else.... Mine is a KN8 Ultra, with 4 SATA mirrored drives.
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: smitty1258 on May 15, 2008, 05:15:42 PM
Well when o/cing anyone can lose a raid array, has nothing to do with the board. werth=noob
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 15, 2008, 09:12:18 PM
abit=get good dfi=got good
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: carrot on May 16, 2008, 03:27:49 PM
DFI ?!?! I threw more dfi's to the garbage than I care to remember! Gosh!
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: Super J on May 16, 2008, 08:47:29 PM
i ended up getting a asus p5b deluxe for a good deal like it so far having problems putting vista on it though
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 17, 2008, 05:38:25 PM
dfi is the blackhorse of boards. they dont do alot of advertising, or have a big product line.,. theyre an enthusiasts board
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: carrot on May 17, 2008, 09:12:23 PM
I have a bad history with DFI, used to have them at work, failure rate 6 out of 10 or so. Granted, thet was a few years ago, but will never use DFI ever again.
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: Super J on May 22, 2008, 06:42:36 PM
ok the person who sold me the p5b deluxe is gonna send me the p5k instead cause the other one was dead. i think the p5k will be good. it is a p35 chipset. it has good reviews on newegg. the raid setup is the only thing but i will get a 40 dollars raid controller probably. anyone else have this board. supposed to be a good overclocker.
Title: Re: motherboards
Post by: werth on May 23, 2008, 09:13:08 AM