Who's your favorite motherboard maker?

**NUTNDUN** · 12-25-2001, 09:42 AM

Right now my main pc is running a MSI, the server is running an A-Trend, and the wife's is running a Gigabyte. Out of the three I like my microstar the best. I am still waiting for another company besides Tyan to release a dual AMD setup to upgrade the server with.

**NUTNDUN** · 01-19-2002, 01:11 AM

I often thought about getting an Epox for my next board because there have been so many rave reviews on em. If the server is my next build then it will be a Tyan board since they are the only ones offering a dually Athlon board yet.

**jrwap** · 01-29-2002, 11:39 PM

Well, I just want to say that Abit and Via are in my $hit house. I am running Abits now KR7a-RAID which uses Via's chipset and Highpoint RAID controller. The board is very fast and has a great bios for overclocking, but the drive performance is just redicuous. I have 2 Maxtor ATA 133 drives in a RAID 0 config and an IBM deskstar ATA100 and the speeds are way way way too slow. Now Abit has released a new mobo called the KR7a133 ... I think we have all been hosed.

What do you think?

-JRW

john80y · 02-03-2002, 01:49 PM

I've got the same mobo as Chris ... Glad he didn't say nothing bad about it !

**NUTNDUN** · 02-03-2002, 02:28 PM

I am ordering an Abit on Monday to replace this MSI until I figure out if it is the processor or the motherboard that isn't letting me run the Athlon 1800+ at 133 fsb. So I have a 1600mhz chip running at 1150 right now till I get it fixed.

05-19-2002, 01:05 PM

MSI, Gigabyte & Aopen

RipperRoo · 03-16-2003, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NUTNDUN
I am still waiting for another company besides Tyan to release a dual AMD setup to upgrade the server with.

Asus do a duel amd board , take a look :
ASUS DUEL MP MOBO

LPDad · 03-16-2003, 10:42 PM

Abit KR7A-R here + AthlonXP 2000.

Going to go for one of the NEW Abits fairly soon. Gots to love those 400 FSBs.

Cirga · 03-17-2003, 10:12 AM

I am a huge Asus fan myself.. once I am ready to purchase a new one I will post the details on the "new" one.

Had an Abit once.. cracked it trying to put on a friggin orb fan. A pox on Abit for breaking so easy.

ho ho ho

Ryathe · 03-22-2003, 06:10 PM

Heh, Abit woes.

I have built three PCs in the last few months, the first two with Abit mobos and my current one with an Asus. Both of the Abit boards crapped out with no, or little warning at all.

Well the first gave me a little warning; the boot process began to take longer and longer and longer. (Less than a one month old XP install) Finally it would not boot unless I drained the CMOS between boots. After that it just died. That one was a KG7 with the AMD 761(751) chipset.

Next came the KR7. VIA KT333 goodness, right? Wrong! The hard drive performance was terrible. SiS Soft Sandra benched my Maxtor ATA133 with eight meg cache FAR below an old ATA33 with two meg of cache. Futuremark's PC Mark showed the same. One day that one decided to stop booting as well.

Ok. The day the second mobo died it went to the local PC shop to find an inexpensive KT333 board. What they had was an Asus A7V8X with KT400. I paid the shops inflated price and replaced the ABIT. At this point the Asus board is rock solid. My current HDD performance beats out Sandra's comparison scores and gets a very powerful PC Mark number. Although both of those benchmarks are synthetic I have noticed real world differences as well. It's also nice to have my 9700Pro running at 8X AGP. (I know 8X AGP makes no difference but that's another story)

To sum things up I feel Asus is the way to go. Not just because of my poor Abit experience, but because I know see that they are as good as everyone has been telling me.

**jrwap** · 03-23-2003, 12:10 PM

Wow, we brought a post back from 2001. Pretty cool.

I am still using my Abit KR7a-RAID with no problems at all. I probably won't look to buy another mobo untill the Hammer (Athlon64) is released in Sept (maybe). Then, Ill just see which manufacturer is manufacturing a board with a perfect set of features to suit my system needs.... I still use both my serial ports, so those new boards without them won't be a consideration.

-JRW

Dr. Avery · 03-23-2003, 08:23 PM

I like the mainboards ECS puts together. I'm using the K7S5A. It has a SiS cihpset, lots of onboard features (sound, video, NIC - it never hurts to have a backup in case one of your cards dies.) and only costs about $50. Because the K7S5A can accept up to 1 GB of DDR or regular RAM it is a good middle point board. You can use your old RAM until you can afford the good stuff.

RipperRoo · 03-23-2003, 08:26 PM

same as with the k75a ,but i got the version that just has onboard sound
also the board is spec'd @2100ddr but with an overclocking bios can do 2700 :smilewink guess what mines running at

TrueInsanity · 04-09-2003, 11:48 AM

used to be chaintech but now its Albatron the KT400 boards are really nice with great OC'ing

Barz · 04-09-2003, 12:17 PM

I'm an EPox board fan...but have been known to use MSI as well.

Running an EPox 8KTA+3 right now in my machine...need to upgrade my CPU soon and give my 1.4ghZ chip to my wife for Mother's Day or something

12-25-2001, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	Who's your favorite motherboard maker? Right now my main pc is running a MSI, the server is running an A-Trend, and the wife's is running a Gigabyte. Out of the three I like my microstar the best. I am still waiting for another company besides Tyan to release a dual AMD setup to upgrade the server with. __________________

01-19-2002, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	I often thought about getting an Epox for my next board because there have been so many rave reviews on em. If the server is my next build then it will be a Tyan board since they are the only ones offering a dually Athlon board yet. __________________

02-03-2002, 02:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	I am ordering an Abit on Monday to replace this MSI until I figure out if it is the processor or the motherboard that isn't letting me run the Athlon 1800+ at 133 fsb. So I have a 1600mhz chip running at 1150 right now till I get it fixed. __________________

03-16-2003, 10:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	Abit KR7A-R here + AthlonXP 2000. Going to go for one of the NEW Abits fairly soon. Gots to love those 400 FSBs. __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

03-17-2003, 10:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	I am a huge Asus fan myself.. once I am ready to purchase a new one I will post the details on the "new" one. Had an Abit once.. cracked it trying to put on a friggin orb fan. A pox on Abit for breaking so easy. ho ho ho __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

01-29-2002, 11:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
jrwap Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Gorham Me Posts: 243	Well, I just want to say that Abit and Via are in my $hit house. I am running Abits now KR7a-RAID which uses Via's chipset and Highpoint RAID controller. The board is very fast and has a great bios for overclocking, but the drive performance is just redicuous. I have 2 Maxtor ATA 133 drives in a RAID 0 config and an IBM deskstar ATA100 and the speeds are way way way too slow. Now Abit has released a new mobo called the KR7a133 ... I think we have all been hosed. What do you think? -JRW

02-03-2002, 01:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
john80y Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 261	I've got the same mobo as Chris ... Glad he didn't say nothing bad about it !

05-19-2002, 01:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
blur Guest Posts: n/a	MSI, Gigabyte & Aopen

03-22-2003, 06:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ryathe eViL Sr. MeMbEr Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 43	Heh, Abit woes. I have built three PCs in the last few months, the first two with Abit mobos and my current one with an Asus. Both of the Abit boards crapped out with no, or little warning at all. Well the first gave me a little warning; the boot process began to take longer and longer and longer. (Less than a one month old XP install) Finally it would not boot unless I drained the CMOS between boots. After that it just died. That one was a KG7 with the AMD 761(751) chipset. Next came the KR7. VIA KT333 goodness, right? Wrong! The hard drive performance was terrible. SiS Soft Sandra benched my Maxtor ATA133 with eight meg cache FAR below an old ATA33 with two meg of cache. Futuremark's PC Mark showed the same. One day that one decided to stop booting as well. Ok. The day the second mobo died it went to the local PC shop to find an inexpensive KT333 board. What they had was an Asus A7V8X with KT400. I paid the shops inflated price and replaced the ABIT. At this point the Asus board is rock solid. My current HDD performance beats out Sandra's comparison scores and gets a very powerful PC Mark number. Although both of those benchmarks are synthetic I have noticed real world differences as well. It's also nice to have my 9700Pro running at 8X AGP. (I know 8X AGP makes no difference but that's another story) To sum things up I feel Asus is the way to go. Not just because of my poor Abit experience, but because I know see that they are as good as everyone has been telling me. __________________ Pure Evil

03-23-2003, 12:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
jrwap Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Gorham Me Posts: 243	Wow, we brought a post back from 2001. Pretty cool. I am still using my Abit KR7a-RAID with no problems at all. I probably won't look to buy another mobo untill the Hammer (Athlon64) is released in Sept (maybe). Then, Ill just see which manufacturer is manufacturing a board with a perfect set of features to suit my system needs.... I still use both my serial ports, so those new boards without them won't be a consideration. -JRW

03-23-2003, 08:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
Dr. Avery Tech Weasel Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Fortress of Awesometude Posts: 1,145	I like the mainboards ECS puts together. I'm using the K7S5A. It has a SiS cihpset, lots of onboard features (sound, video, NIC - it never hurts to have a backup in case one of your cards dies.) and only costs about $50. Because the K7S5A can accept up to 1 GB of DDR or regular RAM it is a good middle point board. You can use your old RAM until you can afford the good stuff. __________________ 01010001 01110101 01100001 01100011 01101011: Fowl Syntax.

03-23-2003, 08:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
RipperRoo AdMiN oF RoCk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 2,080	same as with the k75a ,but i got the version that just has onboard sound also the board is spec'd @2100ddr but with an overclocking bios can do 2700 :smilewink guess what mines running at __________________ PcTechtalk.com Admin A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 1GB 2700DDR Ram Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 3 x 200GB 2x120GB 1 x 250GB HDD'S, 19" TFT Epson R265 HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory http://www.minotaur-computers.co.uk/

04-09-2003, 11:48 AM	#14 (permalink)
TrueInsanity Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 43	used to be chaintech but now its Albatron the KT400 boards are really nice with great OC'ing

04-09-2003, 12:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Barz sR. SmOOcHie iN pInK Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central IL Posts: 102	I'm an EPox board fan...but have been known to use MSI as well. Running an EPox 8KTA+3 right now in my machine...need to upgrade my CPU soon and give my 1.4ghZ chip to my wife for Mother's Day or something __________________

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