good 24/7 939 motherboard

[you2]

Was thinking of updating my 'server' computer which does not need top notch speed (aka no overlcocking). Was thinking of 939 since the 165 are pretty cheap these days ($150). Anyways - I'm looking for a motherboard that will be reliable (running 24/7) - any suggestions? I was thinking of asus A8n5x but a bit worried since it has a fan that can break (on north bridge).

Note this is a home system and a reboot once every 3 or 4 months is fine (runs unix not windows) but I would like it to be reliable and 'correct' even though i'm not using ecc memory.

 

[OhioState]

I use a Biostar 939 tforce board and i leave it running constantly its cheap stable (ocs well even though you dont need it)

mine is paired with a 3800x2 and is a little powerhouse for the money


Linky

 

[DrZDO]

Wouldn't just about anything work? I've never had a mobo screw up on me at stock speed.

 

[dbunder]

Most any decent board these days will work 24/7. I've never had a computer crap out on me, and I've always kept my computer on 24/7 for the past 10 years. Currently running a 9NPA+SLI and I'm quite happy with it. Overclocked or not, it's stable as hell.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Pretty much every board is good 24/7 these days. DFI is great for overclocking if you're into that. Asus is solid, Gigabyte etc.

 

[you2]

Per original post don't need to overclock don't need (and don't want) sli.

 

[deathwalker]

Originally posted by: OhioState
I use a Biostar 939 tforce board and i leave it running constantly its cheap stable (ocs well even though you dont need it)

mine is paired with a 3800x2 and is a little powerhouse for the money


Linky

I have this exact mobo and proc. Its rock solid and not expensive.

 

[DeMeo]

I'm looking for a replacement 939 board.
I was running an asrock 939 dual sata board and it died recently. No overclocking and I ran pretty much 24/7 for about 10 months. I woke up one morning and it was dead.

I need a replacment that handles PCI-16 and would like 3 pci slots. Lots of boards to choose from, but I want something that will last a while.

 

[sumyungai]

Originally posted by: DeMeo
I'm looking for a replacement 939 board.
I was running an asrock 939 dual sata board and it died recently. No overclocking and I ran pretty much 24/7 for about 10 months. I woke up one morning and it was dead.

I need a replacment that handles PCI-16 and would like 3 pci slots. Lots of boards to choose from, but I want something that will last a while.

I'm kind of in the same boat as you, however my DFI isn't dead but is dying slowly (Nvidia LAN died, IDE channel 1 died, then IDE channel 2 died, and now Sata controller is giving me errors) I'm thinking the Asus A8n Sli-Premium would be a reliable 24/7 365 board (hopefully all the kinks have been worked out). What do you guys think?

 

[Rottie]

I know nobody like ECS KV2 Extreme mobo but I am quite happy with it Been running 24 hours for almost 11 months since I first had A64 single core 3500+

 

[soydios]

Check out the Asus A8R32-MVP. It's ~$30 cheaper than the A8N-SLI Premium, and the ATi chipsets run much cooler than nVidia. It's an incredible overclocker, which means it should be rock-solid at stock speeds.

 

[you2]

Well... don't need a crossfire or sli system.... and ati doesn't have decent unix drivers so high end boards don't work very well under unix