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![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30986 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 ![]() ![]() |
My 2 cents. Go with the AsRock. While I love ASUS and have several, my fastest crunchers are actually AsRocks. For the money they are great boards. PS: it get's you closer to a new kitty sooner. |
AC ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The Asus. For long term and continuous usage they're more reliable IMO even though I lost my Asus P5e after a bad bios update some months ago. Otherwise i'd look at the MSI GD-xx series. Those also support high freq memory. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The Asus. For long term and continuous usage they're more reliable IMO even though I lost my Asus P5e after a bad bios update some months ago. Otherwise i'd look at the MSI GD-xx series. Those also support high freq memory. Asus would send you a new bios chip, should be nothing wrong with the board. I had a van break our power pole in half during a bios update and they sent me 2 new chips already with latest bios. Surely would never get rid of board because of bad flash. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I'm trying to decide on a motherboard @ Newegg Mwave has the Asus board for $114 Mwave Could even move up to the Deluxe model at your price.... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
AC ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The Asus. For long term and continuous usage they're more reliable IMO even though I lost my Asus P5e after a bad bios update some months ago. Otherwise i'd look at the MSI GD-xx series. Those also support high freq memory. I thought about it but didn't want to go through their tech support hurdles. So I just went back to using a p5ne. The p5ne works perfectly now and it's an Asus budget board. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
If you still have the board I would get the chip, Asus is real easy to work with. They have always beed real good to me...Thermaltake.....that is another matter, won't buy from them again. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
SNIP I should have said this is with sales tax and shipping to Me, Except for the DFI which has Free shipping. The following is the cost of each motherboard @ Newegg before any tax or any shipping(if any that is). DFI: $174.99 Asus: $124.99 Asrock: $111.99[/quote] Both in California so Mwave should still save you $10....I have been to Mwaves store and they were friendly helpful people in case you were wondering.... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
nemesis ![]() Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
<<<------ Does not do product endorsements (mainly because no one pays me to do product endorsements) and besides that, i'm usually wrong. that all being said... i vote against the DFI board. i haven't heard anything good about them in a long time and the newegg review isn't that good. Good Luck SJ. |
AC ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0 ![]() |
If you still have the board I would get the chip, Asus is real easy to work with. They have always beed real good to me...Thermaltake.....that is another matter, won't buy from them again. I'll be updating to an 1156 board but if I decide to keep a second system I might try to get a chip for the p5e so I can use it with the ddr3 I have now. |
AC ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0 ![]() |
But there are worse makers than Tt. Like Ultra. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
SNIP Hmm, I'll have to luck at Mwave as the Open Box is usually just a motherboard, the Asrock or Asus I/O shield would cost Me another $21.36 delivered to Me from ebay. DFI: -1 Asus: 2 Asrock: 2 I forgot to add in My opinion on the Asrock, But then the delivered price does help.[/quote] My last open box was from Newegg board I am using and it came with only the board...Last one I got from Mwave did include parts and book but may have been a fluke, I would call them. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
AC ![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0 ![]() |
But there are worse makers than Tt. All the magnets on my Ultra case door came off eventually :( I just wanted to say that while I voted for the Asus I'm basing it on the hardware.. build quality etc. They're not without quirks and I've had problems with them. I've tried other mid priced boards that have cheap quality plastic connectors and board heatsinks that are loose so I prefer an Asus board for that. |
John G Send message Joined: 29 Dec 01 Posts: 68 Credit: 10,932,850 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Hmmmm I am running an MSI Eclipse gaming series board alot more expensive but quality components Regards John G |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67 ![]() ![]() |
Since NewEgg has choices galore, wondering if anyone has thoughts on a technical reason why you might want to get a motherboard from the SAME manufacturer as your GPU(s)? EVGA for example. Yes, it limits your choices significantly and bumps the cost some, but at minimum, they stand a better chance of having been design-time tested together, and possibly sharing some design advantages or nuances and/or component brand choices. If the answers are tilted towards "no advantage what-so-ever," then does the same hold true about mixing GPU mfgs on the same motherboard? |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51510 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
One of my R2E's was a Newegg 'open box' bargain. And I got a couple of others before....... Usually, they are refurbs from the vendor. Sent back, run through the repair process, and given back to the seller to reship. No manuals, no cables, etc. But I always had enough of that spare crap around anyways. And warranty was still OK on the refurbs anyway. Newegg rocks when it comes to problems.......ship it back and you are good to go, in most cases. Never had anyone better at that. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
SNIP I wouldn't use the store warrenty anyways, I would deal with Asus as they just send a new board but haven't ever had a problem with any Refubs or open boxes. I also have a computer store worth of spare parts...Not sure how dealing with Asrock is...Thats my main concern when buying open box. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51510 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Of course the warranty from either place isn't too important to Me as the cpu and ram will not happen until almost a year later(can't be helped). Then don't even discuss buying it now, you fool. (And I say that in the kindest sense of the word.) When the time comes, there may be many different and better choices on the landscape. Working yourself up about it now, or buying something that you can't even use for a year is just futility. Give it a rest, my friend....give it a rest. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Of course the warranty from either place isn't too important to Me as the cpu and ram will not happen until almost a year later(can't be helped). I have to agree, you are good at budgeting so save the money and buy all at once when you can as you may pay way less or get way more.... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Of course the warranty from either place isn't too important to Me as the cpu and ram will not happen until almost a year later(can't be helped). Never seen any part go up after a year, but you know best... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 ![]() ![]() |
I'd vote for the Asus board. It, or one of the related P7P55D boards, is one I was considering before I bought the Gigabyte board for my HTPC. An option for your wireless network could be to get a USB wireless adapter, or a wireless bridge. Then the boards slots would be irrelevant. Another option is just to wait for newer cheaper things if you are not planning to get things like the CPU till Nov. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours ![]() |
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