MSI K8N or Gigabyte GA-K8NF9?

[Bucknasty]

Guys help me decide:

Gigabyte GA-K8NF9
or
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra

Info overload on my side! all reviews are looking the same

I am leaning toward the Gigabyte cause it has Firewire built-in.

Halt, what, these mobo's only do SATA 1, not SATA 2? Time to look back to the asus boards that has SATA2.

 

[grooge]

I had the gigabyte motherboard and would definitively would buy one again if I ever have to get another nforce4. And all the blurb about SATA1 vs SATA2.. I can assure you one thing... You will never see any difference in normal use with 2 identical SATA2 HDD used with SATA1 controller and SATA2 controller.. The only difference is for server and benchmark of the burst speed (buffer to controller).

I would not waste more money for one motherboard only to have SATA2.. never.. never.. and never. Unless there is a HDD here that could sustain transfer over 150 mbytes/sec that saturate the interface speed. The fastest one do do better that 70 mbytes/sec..

 

[kevinf2090]

doesn't the msi have firewire on the back too

 

[martman]

give the Gigabyte K8N PRO-SLI a look see..excellent board and has been very stable so far.. I've had mine for 2 months now is is just excellent.



Thermaltake Armor VA8000 case
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Gigabyte K8N-Pro-SLI
OCZ Platinum Dual Channel 4x1024mb(2-3-2-5)
WD 250 gb SATA2 @7200rpm
Ultra X2 modular 550 watt psu
EVGA 256mb Nvidia 7800 GT (470 core- 1.1 ghz mem)
19? Samsung 930B @1280x1024
Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS
Creative 2.1 80 watt (semi-surround)..lol
HP Lightscribe
Logitech G7 Laser cordless mouse
Saitek Eclipse keyboard