best AMD gaming motherboard?

[zCypher]

What is THE best gaming motherboard for AMD processors that has S-ATA and dual channel DDR and as many ram slots as possible? I have a preference of MSI then Asus. What do you recommend? I thought of the KT6 but it has nForce2 - no dual channel. What should I look for?

 

[Megatomic]

What's your budget?

 

[Vette73]

I would go with the Abit AN7 $109 at newegg.com

It is a update to the NF7-S.

 

[Elcs]

Ignoring budgets, Id have to say the ABIT NF7-S Rev 2.0.

SATA RAID, Dual Channel DDR, Soundstorm Certified and an excellent overclocker to boot. Id put money on most NF7 owners backing me on saying that it is one top quality board.

 

[zCypher]

I went with the NF7-S for my quotation.
There is no budget, it's a gaming system I'm pricing for people who want a high end system. Is the AN7 any better than the NF7-S?

 

[Megatomic]

No, and as a matter of fact Abit AN7 is currently shipping with a cut trace and some other visible mods to the PCB to remedy a known problem with the board. It will be fixed in Rev. 2.0 but for now it's tainted goods. Go with the NF7-S in the meantime. Aside from uGuru, there is no real difference between them.

 

[Tullphan]

Originally posted by: zCypher
There is no budget, it's a gaming system I'm pricing for people who want a high end system.

If there's no budget and they want AMD, why not go for the Athlon FX-51 or even the Athlon 64?

 

[high]

DFI LanParty NF2 Ultra Rev. B > NF7-S 2.0

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: Elcs
Ignoring budgets, Id have to say the ABIT NF7-S Rev 2.0.

SATA RAID, Dual Channel DDR, Soundstorm Certified and an excellent overclocker to boot. Id put money on most NF7 owners backing me on saying that it is one top quality board.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
I would go with the Abit AN7 $109 at newegg.com

It is a update to the NF7-S.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Elcs
Ignoring budgets, Id have to say the ABIT NF7-S Rev 2.0.

SATA RAID, Dual Channel DDR, Soundstorm Certified and an excellent overclocker to boot. Id put money on most NF7 owners backing me on saying that it is one top quality board.

My NF7-S has better sound than my 'old' Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04. The only feature not on the Abit that peeves me is automatic fan control.

 

[ToxicWaste]

I've got the MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR and I'm very happy with it. Dual Channel memory and SATA RAID, so it meets your two requirements. I'm running dual 80mb Western Digitals off the RAID controller and it has worked like a champ...

 

[CraigRT]

hm, i don't know cause i am not sure which boards have SATA

else i could recommend a few.

 

[DahDee]

I have the Albatron KX18D Pro II and have been very happy with it. Fast, stable, tons of features (including SATA and dual-channel capability), and generally cheaper ($98 at Newegg) than the competition. I hghly recommend this excellent motherboard.

$98 at Newegg

My KX18D Pro II thread in this forum