I'm shopping for a board to get with my winnie 3500+. I don't OC so that isn't a consideration, and the board has to be AGP, so I can use my video card and my PCI cards (don't want to jump to PCI-E just yet.
I can spend up to around $175 or so and as such price isn't much of a concern.So far I have narrowed it down to:
Asus A8V
Abit AV8
Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
I have an Asus now and have always had great luck with their stuff, that board looks good and is well featured, it is the one I am leaning towards most.
I have only ever had one Abit board but they are supposed to be good as well. The only thing I don't like about this board is it only has 2 SATA ports, significant drawback as I plan to install 2 different SATA RAID arrays.
Never owned Gigabyte board, but this one seems to be a good performer. However I would like a Digital audio out, on the jacks in the back instead of one of the little stand off things (or whatever they are called).
I have had a few friends who have had MSI boards all with good luck (except 1). The jack pack is pretty good on this one, and everything else seems to be pretty quality.
Any other input on boards is fine, keep in mind the price limit and the need for an AGP board. There are certain companies I refuse to buy from as well, these include but are not limited to: ECS, Chaintech, Aopen, PCChips...
Thnx,
Pete
I can spend up to around $175 or so and as such price isn't much of a concern.So far I have narrowed it down to:
Asus A8V
Abit AV8
Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
I have an Asus now and have always had great luck with their stuff, that board looks good and is well featured, it is the one I am leaning towards most.
I have only ever had one Abit board but they are supposed to be good as well. The only thing I don't like about this board is it only has 2 SATA ports, significant drawback as I plan to install 2 different SATA RAID arrays.
Never owned Gigabyte board, but this one seems to be a good performer. However I would like a Digital audio out, on the jacks in the back instead of one of the little stand off things (or whatever they are called).
I have had a few friends who have had MSI boards all with good luck (except 1). The jack pack is pretty good on this one, and everything else seems to be pretty quality.
Any other input on boards is fine, keep in mind the price limit and the need for an AGP board. There are certain companies I refuse to buy from as well, these include but are not limited to: ECS, Chaintech, Aopen, PCChips...
Thnx,
Pete