Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Originally posted by: SnOop005
Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
Well I have mutiple pc's running in my home. One is using an abit ix38 quadgt which works great and I also have two 780i machines which also run great out of the box with no issues. If you want to run an nvidia gpu with the possibility of going sli in the future the 780i is your best ddr2 solution. If you only want to run one gpu or do crossfire then the x38 is the way to go. I will say that all 3 machines perform very well so it really comes down to what features you want on the mb. We went with the x38 for my oldest son because we wanted to see what the intel chipset would do with an intel cpu and it does well. Likewise my nvidia 780i mb's run fast and stable plus offer me sli which I do use on my machine. As far as brands go I've had good service from asus, dfi, abit and msi. The worst brand I ever used was aopen.
Thanks for the suggestions guys!
Regarding the question about DFI boards. Based on what i've heard it seems like the DFI is a dream come true for hardcore overclockers, since I don't think i will dedicate the time to gain a few extra mhz I just don't think i will take advantage of the board's full potiental.
I'm happy with my current oc (2.4@3.6) using common overclocker board and I'm not trying to break any record so thats why i think the mainstream boards are good enough for me.
I acutally tried the Abit IN9-MAX before buying the AW9D and it gave me nothing but issues, it fried my ram and the oc ability wasn't as good as the AW9D. To be honest, i really want a SLI setup but the Nvidia chipset is turning me off.
Right, but the DFI board can get you the same thing just as easily. If you want another board because it has some other extra perk that the DFI board does not, then that's great, go for that board. But don't rule it out because you think you might not fully exploit its abilities.
Seriously, the way you said it sounds something like this:
"All things being equal feature wise, price, and basic overclocking, I'm going to rule out the DFI because it has extra options I probably won't use"
I'm sorry, but that's just crazy. Reasons not to get it would be the price is too high for the features you want, or that it simply lacks features another brand can give you. Heck, even a reason such as "I think it looks ugly" would suffice if all other things were equal as I spelled out.