Best 939 NON-SLI board?

[kevinvives]

Hello,

I'm planning to buy one opty 165 or 170, OC it to 2,6 or so. I am looking for a mobo that supports a good overclock and be stable.

I like the asus a8n32SLI, for the 8-phase power circuit. But I don't want a second video card, I think there is no sense in SLI.

This left me the Asus a8ne but I have read too many negative reviews, so what are my options? DFI? gigabyte?

please help

 

[kevinvives]

I have found two:

Epox 9NPA+ ultra

MSI Neo4 Platinum

Wich of these is the best?

 

[burntsandwich]

I believe they are both good, but the Epox got an Anandtech gold award thingy. I personally have just bought the Epox, arrived today, will build the system tomorrow, so it was my choice of mobo.

 

[MDE]

I loved my Epox. Overclocked great and the chipset fan was relatively quiet.

 

[hausdave]

Just got my Epox last night and installed. Had to do clean W2k3 install due to my negligence. Checking BIOS tonigiht to make sure I have latest. My only complaint with newer motherboards in general is "where are all the PCI slots?"

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

All I can say is don't get the ASUS. I have the A8N-E and I'm not a fan. In fact, this will probably be the last product I buy from them.

 

[zardozwildman]

I just posted a review of an Asrock board. You might wanna read it and see if it fits your needs. It's a nice board

 

[agathodaimon]

Well, I second not getting the A8N-E.

I've had good luck with MSI, except for a recent DOA K8N NEO Plat that I was going to install.
We'll see how things go once I EVER get the replacement from Zipzoomfly... I don't think their return system
could be ANY SLOWER.

 

[kevinvives]

Thank you very much guys!

I will go with the EPOX, but I am between the + and the +ultra, the only difference is the raid controller and the number of PCI slots

 

[erikistired]

i have an a8n-e and it seems to work okay. what's the big deal with them? now i'm all worried about my motherboard!

 

[furballi]

From a price and performance perspective, I'd go with ECS. Easy 250MHz and north of 280MHz FSB with Clockgen. There are folks with Semprons who have crossed the 300MHz barrier.

I have the socket 754 version of this board. Very stable. No problem with the CPU temperature sensor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135216

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

Originally posted by: fisher
i have an a8n-e and it seems to work okay. what's the big deal with them? now i'm all worried about my motherboard!

my experience has been miserable. I've replaced the NB fan 3 times. I had issues with the 1008 bios and standby mode, I moved to 1010, but that locked my HD book order, so I went back to 1008...which was nearly impossible...I later tried to go to 1011 and fried the BIOS...$20 later I have a new Bios with....wait for it...1010. Yes, Asus shipped me an old bios chip...still have the boot order issues...I would never buy an ASUS product again.

 

[jto168]

I have nothing but praise for the Asus A8N-E.

It isn't the best non-SLI S939 board out there, but it certainly is a great board for its price.

Mine was shipped with BIOS 1008, which was problematic for me because I installed an Opteron processor. The A8N-E did not recognize the processor.

I flashed the BIOS to 1011 with ease, and it has worked great ever since.
It's just a bit picky about its memory, and the timings if you are an obsessive overclocker.

I've been able to push my Opteron 144 @ 1.80 GHz to 2.60 GHz, on air!

 

[darXoul]

Maybe try one of the Gigabyte K8NF9-Ultra or K8N Ultra-9 boards. Packed with features, according to reviews stable, good OC and passive, silent cooling. Plus very affordable, especially the first variant.