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- Kiubo2
Buying and building my first PC. I have always used mac. Im looking into motherboards and dont feel confident enough to choose one with the information I have read thus far. I would appreciate anyone who could tell me from experience which brands you think are good and which are bad. Much thanks
- Kiubo20
oh and the guy at the computer hardware store tried to sell me a Soltek. I think it is german but couldnt find much info on them as far as reviews and such.
- ********0
I have always been a fan of Asus main boards
- frankbb0
depends what processor it is going to be..
AMD - get your self over to http://www.amdmb.com
Intel, you best bet is something like ASUS, ABIT, INTEL and Gigabyte.
go to
tomshardware.comread the reviews - its normally all explained if it isn't don't buy it.
Always check forums out before you buy something to see what the problems are. ie. the new Nvidia boards with serialATA on are a right arse to start.. if using serialATA..
- Kiubo20
I just spoke with the vendor again. He insists that soltek is the choice. I said that Asus has name but quality has diminished in the past years. I dont know how much i trust his opinion. I never heard of soltek (doesnt mean much). http://www.soltek.de/English/hom…
- Kiubo20
oh yeah, AMD processor. Thanks frankbb
- frankbb0
what board is he saying you should get..
Bolloxs ASUS - one of the biggest makers out there.. DON'T buy from him..
n00b'ed
- jox0
I've had Matsonic motherboards on my last 3 machines... never had any bad experiences.
So either that or ASUS.
my 2c
- loralitrala0
why dont you get yourself a mac?
- Kiubo20
he saying a soltek kt400c. I thought it sounded peculiar.
- Kiubo20
loralitrala, you are a dirty greek. I love you
- frankbb0
From the reviews I have read( I have read a lot) - the best ones to get Abit NF7-S, problem is this board has SereialATA - you can disable it and your board should run fine.
Also if you go down the KT400A route then maybe a Soltek(but they are cheap - which generally means mass market).
Just goto amdmb and read some reviews about nvida nforce 2 chipset and via kt400a chipset, to see which board suites you. There is no point buying a board that a guy recommends when they are told to sell a board.. He doesn't care if it breaks or not!
- frankbb0
also what cpu are you getting??
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if you do buy a nforce 2 you have to buy your ram in pairs- this makes the ram faster and better!
ie. if you want 512mb - buy two sticks of 256mb
or
if you want 1gb then buy two sticks of 512mb.
-- buy from somebody reliable i.e. Crucial or Samsung and crossair(expensive but the best!)
- frankbb0
i love my mac, but geeze how expensive!
For the balls out mac I can by a FASTER pc for half the price.
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gotta love the osx though.
- Kiubo20
i really appreciate all your advice frankbb. thanks a lot. i know... i love my mac. i feel a little like im selling out. pc is just cheaper. unfortunately right now that takes priority. By Cpu are you reffering to the processor?
here is what i was spec'ed:
1. AMD AX 2400 xp inbox2. VGA GFORCE4 mx440 128 mb + TV
3. DDR 512/400 x 2
4. HDD Maxtor 120 7200
5. DVD Toshiba OEM
- mitsu0
go here:
toms hardware is the definitive source on all things hardware and has been for as long as i can remember.
if they guy selling you that mobo knows his stuff, this site will back him up on it.
oh and get a board that supports ddr memory.